This was at a estate sale in Gate City. It’s 4″ wide. According to an article by Jeffrey Sloan on Facebook, this department store was about 88 years in business when it closed (1891 – 1979).
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152 Broad Street
This old building (1938 or so) is being renovated. In 1951, the location is shown as Clinchfield Drug Store. By 1957, it was empty, but has been home to various businesses since then. As you can see from the pictures, it may have started as a bank and realty company.
JBR Buick
This Chinese knockoff of a Victorinox pen knife is 56mm by 15mm and is from the current JBR location on Stone Drive. The original JBR Buick at 513 Lynn Garden Drive (now the Hope Haven Retail Store) was founded in 1978 by Neal Jessee, Leon Bray and Bill Roberts. That location closed in 1988.
Mills Motors
Mills Motors movd to this location in 1963, having first been at the northeast corner of Market and Commerce in 1926. Then, a new building was built across the street in 1929.
In 1936 the company built the building on Commerce Street (opposite the current WKPT studios). Several years ago, you could still see the Mills Motors sign painted on the back of this building.
Harry Mills Volkswagen opened on the new Stone Drive in 1964.
Fun Fest ’84
WJHL’s top show that year was Dallas, just behind ABC’s Dynasty
Dobyns-Bennett Football
I ran across this at an estate sale. It’s 7″ x 10″ with 55 pages and some b&w images. Published in 1987 by Overmountain Press. It contains text, statistics and full index.
Dixie Pottery
This was quite a popular place in the 50s and 60s. We used to get up to Abingdon maybe a couple times a year to have lunch and shop at Dixie Pottery. I never bought a lot, but I enjoyed going there.
J. Fred Johnson’s
J. Fred Johnson & Co. was on the corner of Broad and Center Streets in downtown Kingsport. My family didn’t shop there. We tended more toward Belk’s or Penney’s. However, in J. Fred’s, there was a roasted nuts kiosk at the bottom of the escalator that always carried roasted, salted jumbo pecans. A quarter’s worth would do me for an hour or so. For me, that’s a fine memory.
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