Old Main Street seen from Manatee Avenue.

Old Main Street seen from Manatee Avenue. University of South Florida Tampa Library still image eng Old Main Street (12th Street West) with Zale's Jewelers. Zale's soon moved out to DeSoto Square Mall after it opened in 1974. A truck is loading up in front of Zales. It bears the sign: "REA Air Express Unites the States." The two story white wooden building on the right side of the road, near center of image, is the Gaar House Hotel, which was used as the county courthouse for a short time after 1887, when DeSoto County was formed to the east of Manatee County and the courthouse papers were brought back to Bradenton. Old Main Street (12th Street West) with Zale's Jewelers. Zale's soon moved out to DeSoto Square Mall after it opened in 1974. A truck is loading up in front of Zales. It bears the sign: "REA Air Express Unites the States." The two story white wooden building on the right side of the road, near center of image, is the Gaar House Hotel, which was used as the county courthouse for a short time after 1887, when DeSoto County was formed to the east of Manatee County and the courthouse papers were brought back to Bradenton. United States Florida--Manatee County--Bradenton Manatee County Public Library Historic Photograph Collection

Old Main Street seen from Manatee Avenue.

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Old Main Street (12th Street West) with Zale's Jewelers. Zale's soon moved out to DeSoto Square Mall after it opened in 1974. A truck is loading up in front of Zales. It bears the sign: "REA Air Express Unites the States." The two story white wooden building on the right side of the road, near center of image, is the Gaar House Hotel, which was used as the county courthouse for a short time after 1887, when DeSoto County was formed to the east of Manatee County and the courthouse papers were brought back to Bradenton.

Old Main Street (12th Street West) with Zale's Jewelers. Zale's soon moved out to DeSoto Square Mall after it opened in 1974. A truck is loading up in front of Zales. It bears the sign: "REA Air Express Unites the States." The two story white wooden building on the right side of the road, near center of image, is the Gaar House Hotel, which was used as the county courthouse for a short time after 1887, when DeSoto County was formed to the east of Manatee County and the courthouse papers were brought back to Bradenton.

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Manatee County Public Library Historic Photograph Collection