Number  00168

Scan Date   5/9/02

Time Period    1940s

Subject Matter      Main Street

Location      200 Block of E. Main St. Monroe North Carolina

Description
Businesses along N. Main Street -
Penders (Pender D. Grocery at 108 N. Main St*), Dixie Photo Studio (2nd floor at 202 N. Main*); Bivens Store (202 N. Main*)

*From Miller's Monroe, NC 1942-43 City Directory, pp 226-227

Photographer (if known)

Notes

Meats Groceries Signage; the three-story building prominent in the photo is known as the Belk-Bundy Building - the third floor was mostly residential apartments.  Per "Sweet Union" (p. 79, edited by Suzanne Pickens) the building was constructed in 1911.  Note the original overhanging at roof that was removed in a later remodeling.

Updated description & notes 5/28/2010 -pmp

Measurements of original photograph

Height  5 1/2"

Width  7 1/2"

Type of photograph    Black and White