Travel Back in Time to See Aberdeen as it Really Was

We all remember the scenes from Back to the Future where Marty McFly would jump into the Delorian to travel back to the past. We do not have that ability but with photographs we have the ability to see pictures of Aberdeen both as it was and what it has become today.

Imagine that you are standing on Main Street looking at the west corner of Main Street and Second Ave. S.E.  This is in the late 1800’s before the Citizens Building was built with its roof top restaurant.  

Main Street Then

Now picture yourself in the same location looking at the Red Rooster coffee house and the Citizens building today.

 

Main Street Now

On the other side of the intersection on the east side, picture the Aberdeen Hardware Company that serviced the Aberdeen community back then. Look at all of the employees standing in front of the store and others in the windows above where there were offices to sell Insurance and Real Estate.

 

Main Street corner of Second Avenue Then

  

Around 1945 the building was the home of Buttz Drug and Kinney Shoes.

Main Street Corner of Second Ave Around 1945

Now see the building as it is today. The empty storefront on the corner used to be Natural Abundance before they moved to the old Piggly Wiggly Building.

 

Main Street corner of Second Avenue Now