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by lyonsronnie1
Sat May 11, 2019 10:35 pm
Forum: General Discussion Forum
Topic: Help me date this photo, if you don't mind!
Replies: 10
Views: 6380

Re: Help me date this photo, if you don't mind!

It looks as if there was a lot more going on in that town 100 years ago than there is now. :) Unfortunately you're very correct. It was a cotton town, and up until about 2000 was still doing quite well. The factory shut down 1000 feet or so south of this intersection and dried up the entire town. T...
by lyonsronnie1
Mon May 06, 2019 12:48 pm
Forum: General Discussion Forum
Topic: Help me date this photo, if you don't mind!
Replies: 10
Views: 6380

Re: Help me date this photo, if you don't mind!

35mike wrote:
Mon May 06, 2019 11:19 am
The second car is a Chevrolet from 1926 or 1927.

Mike
Thank you Mike, and I apologize for desecrating this great forum with a .... well you know. A non-Ford. I wonder if there was a Ford/Chevy rivalry way back then as well?
by lyonsronnie1
Mon May 06, 2019 12:46 pm
Forum: General Discussion Forum
Topic: Help me date this photo, if you don't mind!
Replies: 10
Views: 6380

Re: Help me date this photo, if you don't mind!

The visible (gravity) gas pump is the correct height.......most were at least 7' or so. Thank you George, I knew they were tall but that one looked huge with the guy standing in front of it. Strangely I don't have any pictures of Mr. Nicholson (who owned three stores in town).... all the info I kno...
by lyonsronnie1
Sun May 05, 2019 8:53 pm
Forum: General Discussion Forum
Topic: Help me date this photo, if you don't mind!
Replies: 10
Views: 6380

Re: Help me date this photo, if you don't mind!

Wow, that is truly amazing information, thank you folks. If anybody else has any comments please add. So here's the story, the purple (not for long!) building on the left in the new photo, in the back, was built by a Peter A. Nicholson.... who purchased the land it sits on in January of 1920. He had...
by lyonsronnie1
Sun May 05, 2019 8:22 pm
Forum: General Discussion Forum
Topic: Help me date this photo, if you don't mind!
Replies: 10
Views: 6380

Help me date this photo, if you don't mind!

Hi folks! I own a building in the small town of Jefferson, SC, and we have this old picture of the town that everybody cherishes... I wish I had a higher resolution scan but this is from a postcard... if you click it it should get larger. Anyways, this picture is always listed as being from 1925, bu...