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Kingsport Laundry Company
Exterior view of Kingsport Laundry located at 619 W. Sullivan Street. The laundry’s president and vice president were Wade M. Miles and Claude M. Dixon. The business provided laundry, dry cleaning, and pressing services.
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Type: KPT Archives
Bray-Gibbons Lumber Company
Exterior view of Bray-Gibbons Lumber Co. located at 425 Clinchfield Street. The company provided building and general contractors, materials and supplies, roofing and insulation, and sold lumber, brick, and building hardware.
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Type: KPT Archives
Morelock Motors Garage
Exterior view of Morelock Motors located at 835 on the Bristol Highway. This company sold Nash vehicles along with used cars. Rass Morelock owned the business.
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Type: KPT Archives
Hayden’s Jewelers and John C. Patty Optometrist
Entryway to Hayden’s Jewelers and John C. Patty Optometrist located at 106 East Market Street.
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Type: KPT Archives
Kingsport Hardware Company and Rialto Theatre
Businesses visible in this image are the Rialto Theatre and Kingsport Hardware Company. This block of buildings was eventually leveled for the construction of a city parking lot.
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Earles’ Drug Store
Exterior view of Earles’ Drug Store located at 120 East Center Street and owned by George W. Earles.
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Type: KPT Archives
Brashear Motors Inc.
Exterior view of Brashear Motors located on the corner of Oak Street and Bristol Highway. Albert R. Brashear, Jr. was the business’s president. The business had a service station with wrecker service and dealt with automobile sales and service along with body repair.
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Type: KPT Archives
Looking Towards Downtown
This view of Kingsport was taken from the area near or on Howard Hill. Visible in the image’s background are the industries of Mead Corporation and Kingsport Press. Much more detail can be obtained from the high resolution image retained in the Archives.
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Type: KPT Archives
Copeland Office Equipment Company
Front exterior view of Copeland Office Equipment Company located at 107 W Center Street. The store was located at the west end of the Freels building.
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Youth Basketball Team
Youth basketball team with trophy. This group of boys was sponsored by W.B. Greene Company.
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