DOWNTOWN CANOPIES CIRCA 1985-86

300 BLOCK S. IRBY STREET IN THE MID 1950’s

MCKENZIE SCHOOL FIRST GRADERS are pictured outdoors, circa 1950. The student identified is Lynn Bryant, sixth from left.

FOXWORTH’S GULF SERVICE STATION at Coles Cross Roads. Phone number MO 9-9464. Photo from the 1964 Southside High School yearbook.

CITY HALL SOON AFTER RENOVATION IN SEPTEMEBER OF 1954 Old clock tower has been replaced with a modern version

GATHERING - The husbands of the members of the Ladies Literary Lantern Club are pictured at the Florence Country Club in May of 1954. Seated, third from left, is J. Boone Aiken Sr. The others are not identified.

MERITA BREAD TOUR – Teacher Hazel Meserve with third and fourth graders from Delmae Heights Elementary School pose outside the Merita Bread plant following a tour, circa 1959. Photo courtesy of Tom Holston.

FLORENCE HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 1941 poses for a photo during a reunion held at Oakdale Country Club in the 1960s.

THE U.S. POST OFFICE, front entrance facing West Evans St., with decorated podium/platform probably for Veterans Day program. Photo taken on Nov. 11, 1949 by Pete Thornell.

CONCRETE CANOPIES LINE THE 100 BLOCK OF WEST EVANS STREET The canopies were installed during a downtown renewal project in 1976 and removed around 1985.

WOOLWORTH’S – This photo taken around 1963 shows Dorothy Holston who ran the pet department at the back of Woolworth’s Five and Dime when the store was located on the northwest corner of West Evans and Irby Streets. Photo courtesy of her son, Tom Holston.

AERIAL VIEW OF THE PEE DEE SANATORIUM FROM A 1938 PUBLICATION ABOUT FLORENCE