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Title |
Looking north on Jefferson Street, circa 1950 |
Description |
A black and white photograph looking north along the east side of Jefferson Street from a point near the intersection of Jefferson Street and Church Avenue Roanoke, Virginia. Identifiable businesses from left to right are Mountain Trust Bank, on the corner, followed by Propst-Childress Shoe Co., Samuel Spigel, Finks Jewelers, Lazarus, and Old Dominion Candies, Inc. Pedestrians wearing winter coats are walking along the sidewalk in front of the businesses. Cars are parked along Jefferson Street. The bricked street shows evidence of recent removal of the streetcar tracks. A truck with an open bed parked in front of the bank building has "Marsteller Corp." lettered above the rear window of the cab. |
Object ID |
1990.69.1126 |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Date |
circa 1949 |
Year Range from |
1948 |
Year Range to |
1953 |
Subjects |
Advertising Architecture Automobiles Banking Banking industry Banks Buildings Candy Candy stores Cars Clocks Clocks, outdoor Clothing store Coats Display windows Hat Hats Jewelers Jewelry stores Men Men & women Overcoats People Shoe stores Shoes Signs Signs (Notices) Street scenes Streetlights Streets Streets, brick Trucks Utility poles Women Women's clothing Millinery Millinery stores |
Search Terms |
Fink's Jewelers Finks Jefferson Street Lazarus Lazarus Millinery Mountain Trust Bank Old Dominion Candies Old Dominion Candies, Inc. Probst-Childress Shoe Co., Roanoke, Virginia Propst Childress, Roanoke, VA Roanoke Samuel Spigel Smartwear Smartwear-Irving Saks Spigel, Samuel, Inc. Steins Steins Clothes Virginia |
Collection |
History Museum Photograph Collection |
Imagefile |
063\1990691126.JPG |
Number of images |
2 |