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Aerial view of Cement Hill and Downtown
This view of Cement Hill (Holston Heights) and downtown Kingsport was taken from above Long Island. The industrial area to the left of Cement Hill was the Pennsylvania-Dixie Cement Corporation.
Type: KPT Archives
Lynn Garden and Oak Hill Cemetery
Aerial view of Lynn Garden looking North. The cemetery in the right-center of the image is Oak Hill. When the image was captured, the cemetery was known as the Kingsport Cemetery. If you can provide a better description for the view in this image, please contact the archives.
Type: KPT Archives
Construction on the Sobel’s Store Building
The Sobel Building was located at 200-04 East Center Street on the corner of Center and Commerce streets. Sobel’s Store remained at this location until its closure in 1999. The store carried a variety of fine men’s clothing. When this store was being built, the business was run by Harry L. and R. Morris Sobel. […]
Type: KPT Archives
Shoppers at J.C. Penny Company
Large crowd of shoppers looking about the downtown J.C. Penny store. The store was located at 151-53 Broad Streets. A new J.C. Penny store was opened in 1949 at the corner of Broad and Center streets.
Type: KPT Archives
Holston River South Fork
View of the Holston River’s South Fork looking upstream. The land on the image’s right is today known as Ridgefields. A segment of the Greenbelt Trail now runs along the image’s left side.
Type: KPT Archives
Playground Construction at Riverview Apartments
Materials in the image’s foreground were used for the construction of a playground in Kingsport’s Riverview neighborhood. At the time this image was taken, Riverview was a segregated community for Kingsport’s African-American residents.
Type: KPT Archives
Staff at the United Nations Restaurant
Staff members of the United Nations Restaurant. The restaurant was located at 209 E. New Street and managed by Miss Lucia E. Klein.
Type: KPT Archives
100 Block of East Center Street
This image shows a portion of the 100 block of East Center Street. The boarded up building became Homeland Furniture and Appliances shortly after this image was captured.
Type: KPT Archives
Kingsport Foundry & Manufacturing Corporation
Exterior view of Kingsport Foundry and Manufacturing Corporation, located at 900 East Sullivan Street. Wiley E. Ring Jr. was the president of the company; Nathaniel Wooten was the secretary and treasurer; Stuart C. Artken was the assistant treasurer.
Type: KPT Archives
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