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| Clipped from the August 14, 1938 edition of the Amarillo News-Globe |
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| This is the old Cal Farley's Goodrich Silvertowns building today. |
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| Clipped from the August 14, 1938 edition of the Amarillo Sunday News-Globe |
Showing posts with label Buildings. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Buildings. Show all posts
Sunday, October 11, 2015
1938 - Cal Farley's Goodrich Silvertowns
Wednesday, September 3, 2014
Nest-Fresh Egg Ranch Co. at 2nd & S. Harrison
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| This old building at 2nd & S. Harrison housed the manufacturing line for Nest-Fresh Egg Ranch Company. |
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| This old building at 2nd & S. Harrison housed the manufacturing line for Nest-Fresh Egg Ranch Company. |
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| The sign seems to say "Nest-Fresh Egg Co." |
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| The engraved stone reads, "Tom M. Seay Building." Tom M. Seay was the attorney for Potter County from 1938 until 1948, the year he went into private practice. |
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| Clipped from the 8 Aug 1957 Wood County Democrat |
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| This article was clipped from the 18 January 1960 "Amarillo Daily News." |
Nest-Fresh Egg Co. also had a store in this building at 200 S. Buchanan.
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| Nest-Fresh Egg Co. also had a store in this building at 200 S. Buchanan. |
Tuesday, September 2, 2014
Panhandle Laundry and Dry Cleaning Co.
The b/w photo comes from an ad in the 14 Aug 1938 Amarillo Sunday News-Globe. It shows the Panhandle Laundry and Dry Cleaning Company at 201 S. Pierce Street. The company was incorporated in 1907, and, believe it or not, it is still, today, operating at the same location, just east of the Herring Hotel.
The posted article is also from the 14 Aug 1938 Amarillo Sunday News-Globe.
The posted article is also from the 14 Aug 1938 Amarillo Sunday News-Globe.
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| Clipped from an ad in the 14 Aug 1938 Amarillo Sunday News-Globe |
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| Ad from the 14 Aug 1938 Amarillo Sunday News-Globe |
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| Panhandle Laundry today |
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| Panhandle Laundry still at the same location |
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| Looking south on Pierce, the Panhandle Laundry is on the left and the Herring Hotel is on the right. |
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| Article from the 14 Aug 1938 Amarillo Sunday News-Globe |
Monday, September 1, 2014
"Pay Cash Grocery" & Charlie Priolo beginning at 2300 West 6th Ave.
This neat-looking building at 2300 West 6th Avenue was home to "Pay Cash Grocery" from 1927 until, at least, 1967. Charles Rocco Priolo (1894 - 1977) and his family owned and operated the store. In stone above the building is engraved "The Priolo, 1927."
Charles Rocco Priolo (1894 - 1977) was born in Italy and moved to Amarillo from California in 1919. He not only owned and operated the Pay Cash Grocery at 2302 West 6th Street, but also operated an investment and real estate business across the street at 2301 West 6th called Park City Development. He was still operating both businesses when he ran for Position 3 on the Amarillo City Commission in 1967.
The Priolo building at 2300 West 6th seems to have been divided into, at least, two addresses: 2300 and 2302. At one time the Priolo family had their home address listed as 2300 West 6th Avenue, suggesting they lived next door to their store, at least, in the beginning years. By 1938, however, they had moved out of the 2300 address because that address was apparently being leased to Donnell Drug Store, based on a Donnell Drug advertisement in the 14 Aug 1938 Amarillo Sunday News-Globe. The Pay Cash Store, however, continued to operate out of the 2302 address. By that time the family seems to have moved across the street to 602 S. Rusk, still close to their family business and livelihood. Now 602 S. Rusk is part of a used car lot.
Charles Rocco Priolo (1894 - 1977) was born in Italy and moved to Amarillo from California in 1919. He not only owned and operated the Pay Cash Grocery at 2302 West 6th Street, but also operated an investment and real estate business across the street at 2301 West 6th called Park City Development. He was still operating both businesses when he ran for Position 3 on the Amarillo City Commission in 1967.
The Priolo building at 2300 West 6th seems to have been divided into, at least, two addresses: 2300 and 2302. At one time the Priolo family had their home address listed as 2300 West 6th Avenue, suggesting they lived next door to their store, at least, in the beginning years. By 1938, however, they had moved out of the 2300 address because that address was apparently being leased to Donnell Drug Store, based on a Donnell Drug advertisement in the 14 Aug 1938 Amarillo Sunday News-Globe. The Pay Cash Store, however, continued to operate out of the 2302 address. By that time the family seems to have moved across the street to 602 S. Rusk, still close to their family business and livelihood. Now 602 S. Rusk is part of a used car lot.
I am impressed with Charlie Priolo because he seems to have been a very hard-working, frugal businessman who built his own store, raised a family, and operated a family grocery store for so many years.
The two advertisements below were clipped from the 14 August 1938 Amarillo Sunday News-Globe. One ad mentions Charlie Priolo's two business interests, Pay Cash Grocery Store and Park City, and the other ad shows that Donnell Drug Store was occupying the 2300 West 6th address by, at least, 1938.
An ad for Park City Development Company also ran in the 8 March 1938 Amarillo Globe-Times, which read as follows:
NOTICE! MOTHERS-IN-LAW AND COWMEN! Well! You're in Amarillo. Buy a lot in Park City for a Souvenir of Amarillo. See us at the Park City Development Co. Office, 2301 W. 6th. Let us tell you about the future growth of Amarillo and why you should buy a lot in Park City Addition for an investment. Amarillo is the fastest growing city in the United States and Park City addition is the fastest growing addition, and is conveniently located in the center of this city.
"We have restricted residential lots for beautiful homes. We have industrial property. We have business lots on main street in the center of the city. The lots are the biggest money makers ever known or heard about. Let us show you the property in Park City. Make an investment while you are here in the Park City addition so you may have an opportunity to call Amarillo your future home. Be sure to see us in Park City while you are in Amarillo!"
PARK CITY Development Company, 2301 W. 6th, Charlie Priolo, President, Phone 2-0879
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| The Priolo Building at 2300 West 6th Ave. It was built in 1927. |
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| The stone engraving at the top of the building says, "The Priolo, 1927." |
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| A side view of the building |
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| A back view of the building |
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| This ad from the 14 Aug 1938 Amarillo Sunday News-Globe shows that both Park City Development and Pay Cash Grocery were managed by Charlie Priolo. The 2301 W. 6th Street address was for the office at Park City Development. |
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| Ad clipped from the 14 Aug 1938 Amarillo Sunday News-Globe. This ad suggests that one part of the building was being used by Donnell Drug Store in 1938, though the part of the building at 2302 West 6th was still being used as Pay Cash Grocery. |
Saturday, August 30, 2014
Amarillo Hotel after 1927 expansion
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| Amarillo Hotel after its expansion in 1927 - Image housed in Amarillo Library |
Cooperative Union Laundry -- 300 North Tyler (1920)
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| Ad clipped from the 11 July 1920 Amarillo Daily News |
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| Building at 300 N. Tyler Street today |
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| Building at 300 N. Tyler Street today |
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| Building at 300 N. Tyler Street today |
Burkett, Ben C. (1888 - 10 Jul 1956) -- Owner of Burkett Paper Co.
Benjamin Clinton Burkett was an Amarillo businessman whose interests included the Burkett Paper Company, a wholesale paper distributing company that was located at 1015 S. Polk Street. He and his wife Ione Burkett (1900 - 1987) came to Amarillo in June 1931 and began building their business. They lived at 2101 S. Lipscomb.
Ben C. Burkett was the father of Benjamin Burkett II, who went to work for at Shamrock Oil and Gas Corporation in 1960 and later become an assistant to Mesa Petroleum president T. Boone Pickens.
Ben C. Burkett was the father of Benjamin Burkett II, who went to work for at Shamrock Oil and Gas Corporation in 1960 and later become an assistant to Mesa Petroleum president T. Boone Pickens.
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| 1015 S. Polk Street, once the home of Burkett Paper Co. |
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| Article clipped from the 14 Aug 1938 Amarillo Sunday News-Globe |
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| Ad clipped from the Aug 14 1938 Amarillo Sunday News-Globe |
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| Ben C. Burkett home at 2101 S. Lipscomb |
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| Ben C. Burkett home at 2101 S. Lipscomb |
Friday, August 29, 2014
Cunningham Floral Co. at 2511 West 6th Ave. (1938)
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| Ad clipped from the 14 Aug 1938 Amarillo Sunday News-Globe |
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| Building at 2511 West 6th Ave. |
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| Building at 2511 West 6th Ave. |
Dempster Mill Manufacturing Co. at 98 S. Polk St. (1938)
The b/w photos are from an ad in the 14 Aug 1938 Amarillo Sunday News-Globe for the Dempster Mill Manufacturing Co. at 98 S. Polk St. The color photo shows the same building today. The company in 1938 was manufacturing and selling windmills, which probably explains why there is a windmill in the background of the b/w photos.
Notice that the building has not changed much in the past 76 years since the b/w photo was taken. An engraving on the building states that the building was built in 1925, which means that the building is almost 90 years old.
Notice that the building has not changed much in the past 76 years since the b/w photo was taken. An engraving on the building states that the building was built in 1925, which means that the building is almost 90 years old.
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| Clipped from an ad in the 14 Aug 1938 Amarillo Sunday News-Group |
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| Building at 98 S. Polk, the same building that appeared in the 1938 ad. |
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| Ad clipped from the 14 Aug 1938 Amarillo Sunday News-Globe |
2918-20 West 6th Ave. - Ratliff Grocery & Market (1938)
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| Ad clipped from the 14 Aug 1938 Amarillo Sunday News-Globe |
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| The building pictured in the ad is still standing at 2918-20 West 6th Avenue today, though the front part of the building has been remodeled. |
Thursday, August 28, 2014
705 S. Polk St. - The New Marizon - Ready-to-Wear Clothing (1938
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| Clipped from an ad in the 14 Aug 1938 Amarillo Sunday News-Globe -- 705 S. Polk St. |
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| Building at 705 S. Polk St. today. Notice that the display windows have been removed on one side. |
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| Ad from the 14 Aug 1938 Amarillo Sunday News-Globe |
613 West 10th Ave. -- Shaw-Graves Cleaners (1938)
The ad for Shaw-Graves Cleaners is from the 14 Aug 1938 Amarillo Sunday News-Globe. The building in the ad is still standing today at 613 West 10th Ave.
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| Clipped from the 14 Aug 1938 Amarillo Sunday News-Globe |
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| Building at 613 West 10th Avenue |
Chisum, Toney (1885 - 1944) - Automobile Distributor
The building in the b/w newspaper clipping is the old Toney Chisum Automobile Building at 1019 S. Polk Street, just across from the old Bivins home/library. The color photo shows the same building today. Amarillo automobile distributor Toney Chisum had the building specifically designed and built in 1927 to serve as an automobile sales and service center. He moved in with his Hudson and Essex distributorship in December 1927.
Tony Chisum (22 Dec 1885 - 6 Oct 1944) was not born in Amarillo, but he moved here in 1916 to set up a Hudson automobile dealership, which was first located in a small building on Polk Street, just north of 6th Avenue. He then moved to a similar sized building in the 100 block of West 5th Ave., next to the Amarillo National Bank.
By 1920, Mr. Chisum was able to buy the corner at 5th & Tyler and renovated the building there to suit his specific needs. I am not sure which corner of 5th & Tyler he bought, but the only building left standing on a corner there is the 1-story white building in the photo below.
Toney Chisum was a smart businessman because he realized early on that wives had an important say in car buying decisions, so he catered to the needs of the lady of the house by setting up a ladies' sitting room in his dealership, designed to appeal to the tastes of women. One of the b/w photos below shows the lady's sitting room for his dealership in 1922.
Toney went out of his way to promote his automobiles. In October of 1920, Toney Chisum and a Dave Lewis arranged to race the Santa Fe passenger train "California Express" from Amarillo to Belin and Albuquerque, New Mexico, which was 396 miles away. Driving an Essex Touring Car, Toney and Dave beat the California Express to Albuquerque by exactly two hours and twenty-three minutes, even though the route taken by the car was eighteen miles longer and included mountain roads made difficult to negotiate by recent rains. The 10 Oct 1920 clipping posted below, from the Amarillo Daily News, gives more details of the race.
The b/w photo of the Toney Chisum building at 1019 S. Polk comes for a newspaper ad in the 14 Aug 1938 Amarillo Sunday News-Globe. The b/w photo of the ladies' sitting room comes from the 2 September 1922 weekly trade magazine "Automobile Topics," published out of New York.
Link to photos of the former home of Toney Chisum
Tony Chisum (22 Dec 1885 - 6 Oct 1944) was not born in Amarillo, but he moved here in 1916 to set up a Hudson automobile dealership, which was first located in a small building on Polk Street, just north of 6th Avenue. He then moved to a similar sized building in the 100 block of West 5th Ave., next to the Amarillo National Bank.
By 1920, Mr. Chisum was able to buy the corner at 5th & Tyler and renovated the building there to suit his specific needs. I am not sure which corner of 5th & Tyler he bought, but the only building left standing on a corner there is the 1-story white building in the photo below.
Toney Chisum was a smart businessman because he realized early on that wives had an important say in car buying decisions, so he catered to the needs of the lady of the house by setting up a ladies' sitting room in his dealership, designed to appeal to the tastes of women. One of the b/w photos below shows the lady's sitting room for his dealership in 1922.
Toney went out of his way to promote his automobiles. In October of 1920, Toney Chisum and a Dave Lewis arranged to race the Santa Fe passenger train "California Express" from Amarillo to Belin and Albuquerque, New Mexico, which was 396 miles away. Driving an Essex Touring Car, Toney and Dave beat the California Express to Albuquerque by exactly two hours and twenty-three minutes, even though the route taken by the car was eighteen miles longer and included mountain roads made difficult to negotiate by recent rains. The 10 Oct 1920 clipping posted below, from the Amarillo Daily News, gives more details of the race.
The b/w photo of the Toney Chisum building at 1019 S. Polk comes for a newspaper ad in the 14 Aug 1938 Amarillo Sunday News-Globe. The b/w photo of the ladies' sitting room comes from the 2 September 1922 weekly trade magazine "Automobile Topics," published out of New York.
Link to photos of the former home of Toney Chisum
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| Clipped from an ad in the 14 Aug 1938 Amarillo Sunday News-Globe |
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| Old Toney Chisum Automobile Building at 1019 S. Polk |
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| Ad clipped from the 14 Aug 1938 Amarillo Sunday News-Globe |
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| Clipped from 10 Oct 1920 Amarillo Daily News |
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| Clipped from the 14 Aug 1938 Amarillo Sunday News-Globe |
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