The decline of the retail trade and its impact on vehicular traffic on the Square is obvious in this picture of West Mifflin Street taken by L. Roger Turner about 1990. Contrast it with the 1933 view of this intersection. (Use the index to locate the 1933 picture.) Photograph used courtesy of Wisconsin State Journal

Baron’s Department Store | Buses | Capital Square | Department stores | Hub (Clothing store) | Mass transit | Turner, L. Roger (Photographer)