West side of Main St., from a postcard sent in 1908. The building at the right, 61 Main Street, contained the Briggs Pharmacy. Note the two people sitting on the wooden sidewalk out front. In 1926 Glenn Peterson's pharmacy had its start in this building. Peterson bought out Briggs in 1927 and moved across the street to 40 Main Street, the location many of us remember. 61 Main Street is now a vacant lot. The light-colored building to the left of Briggs pharmacy, with current address 57 Main St., was the Harris Chapin Oil Can Factory, patent holders for a leak-proof oil can. At the left of the photo is the Gann Brothers grocery store, later the Rhodes grocery, then the Dan Maher grocery, and today the Village Offices. I wonder if this was the location of the first store in Oakfield, opened in 1833 by Alfred Cary. Anybody?
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