"Picture must have been taken from the center of Madison Avenue, about opposite the present Porter Insurance Agency. This location is much the same as that described in connection with Numbers 79 and 102, page 22 .

Asa S. Emery and C. B. Folsom are evidently carrying on a general store, or perhaps a grocery store in the right hand of the two brick buildings. Mr. Emery was captain of a military company of those days and foreman of the Fire Department. C. B. Folsom was a prominent citizen and served the town in several official capacities. The little wooden building at the right is the bank structure already several times referred to. On the left of the two brick buildings may be seen the sign, "H. A. Wyman." Mr. Wyman was a prominent attorney and his son, Hon. Henry A. Wyman, is now a prominent citizen of Massachusetts.

Just below may be seen the sign, "A. & S. Coburn." This undoubedly indicates the office of Abner (Alonso) and Stephen Coburn, the latter being a lawyer and at one time a member of Congress.

The old stagecoach in the center of the picture was undoubedly ready to start for The Forks. In those days there was a connection at that point through Moose River to Canada and perhaps to Quebec.

The old wooden building at the left was Eusebius Weston's barn. This area is now occupied by the First National Bank. It is to be recorded that the structures across the river cannot be identified. They appear to be different from those showing in any other picture. It is of interest to note the hitching posts in front of the brick buildings referred to and that the street is not macademized.

~Roland T. Patten, Custodian of Historical Views, 1929"

Henry A. Wyman Collection