Number   00130

Scan Date  5/8/02

Time Period   1890  (other sources note year as 1897)

Subject Matter      Main Street

Location      Monroe North Carolina

Description

First Belk Store at Main & Morgan

Photographer (if known)

Notes
From left to right (per Monroe Enquirer, Sept. 1, 1938, pg. 7):
1. Frank Thomas
2. Walter Crowell
3. Miss Alice Norwood
4. Mrs. Carrie Rudge Coble (m. John Bunyan Coble 2-2-1897)
5. Henry Brown
6. Dr. Redfern (hands on hips)
7. Ed Austin
8. Will Rudge (sitting)
9. Henry Walkup    10. Billy Benton   
11. Old man standing in the door "Old Man Charley McCauley"

other sources:  Boy with cap on - Albert Levy; Man with hands on hips - Walter Wallace; & year 1897 from "Monroe, NC:  The First Belk Store"

Measurements of original photograph

Height  8"

Width  10"

Type of photograph       Black and White

See also Belk Department Store