Photographs of the business block ruins on West and South Streets after the 1886 fire. Views looking north include residences and the Congregational Church on East Street.

Views of the corner of West & South Streets after the construction of the brick blocks (including Phelps block) and the newly built wooden courthouse [it burned down in the 1888 fire]. Also a view across the Green with the temporary buildings used by merchants.

Photographs of the aftermath of the 1888 fire that destroyed the Court House and buildings to the west, down to and including Beach's block. Some photos show furniture, barrels, and other goods pulled from the buildings and piled on the Green.

Two postcards pasted together to show the identical views of business blocks and the Court House on West Street before (1867) and after (1907) the fires of 1886 and 1888.

Miscellaneous views of the south side of West Street, including World War I celebration; 2 men in a Marmon roadster with West Street in the background, taken in 1917 by Kate Knapp Vondermuhll; and a series of small black & white photos of all the buildings from the corner of South Street to the corner of Meadow Street, taken in Dec. 1975. Also a photo of a building burned down in a fire sometime after 1888, at the corner of West St. and Meadow St.