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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 Businesses. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Businesses. 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
Amarillo Cotton Oil Company
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| Ad from the 14 Aug 1938 Amarillo Sunday News-Globe. It was located somewhere on North Grand, probably where the Cargill Animal Nutrition plant is today. |
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| This photo shows an aerial view of the Cargill Animal Nutrition plant. |
"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. |
Troy Steam Laundry - 1912
J. N. Vernon not only operated the Troy Steam Laundry in 1912, but he also was an Amarillo City Commissioner from 1929 to 1932.
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| Clipped from the 5 May 1912 Amarillo Daily News |
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| Clipped from the 5 May 1912 Amarillo Daily News |
Saturday, August 30, 2014
Amarillo Mill and Elevator Company (1912) - 801 S. Grande
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| Clipped from 5 May 1912 Amarillo Daily News |
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| Ad clipped from 5 May 1912 Amarillo Daily News |
Durrett, J. R. (1881 - 1957) -- J. R. Durrett Investment Co., real estate, ranching
This fairytale home at 2202 S. Tyler was once owned by J. R. Durrett (2 Mar 1881 - Jun 1957). The house was built in 1925, and I think it has been in the Durret/Hays family ever since.
I am not sure if it was this house or another nearby, but a few years ago I saw some interior photos of a house in this neighborhood that showed a large living room with a beautifully ornate doomed ceiling. I am not sure, but maybe the whole living room was oval. It was beautiful. I wish I could remember which house it was.
I am not sure if it was this house or another nearby, but a few years ago I saw some interior photos of a house in this neighborhood that showed a large living room with a beautifully ornate doomed ceiling. I am not sure, but maybe the whole living room was oval. It was beautiful. I wish I could remember which house it was.
Anyway, J. R. Durrett was described in an undated article in the Amarillo Daily News as follows:
"J. R. Durrett, a large land owner of Armstrong County, was born March 2, 1881, in Lampasas, Texas, and was educated in Belton, and at Hardin-Simmons University, Abilene. In the early 1900's he taught school and was principal of the school at McLean. It was there that he met and married Vern Teel, the daughter of G. J. Teel. From McLean he went to Clarendon where he continued to teach school. In Clarendon he also began to deal in real estate."
"He came to Miami, Texas where he was in the insurance business and bought and sold real estate. He then came to Amarillo in 1923 and has been engaged in extensive investments both in town and farming property in the Panhandle."
"He operated the J. R. Durrett Investment Co. in the Paramount Bldg. in partnership with his son Delmar and son-in-law McDonald Hays. Following the death of Eldon in a highway accident in 1950, Mr. Durrett established for his son the Eldon Durrett Memorial Scholarships. The initial amount of the fund was established at $30,000 to be used by young men of Amarillo to achieve a higher education. The Durrett family home is 2202 Tyler, Amarillo, where Mrs. Durrett lives following her husband's death June 1957."
Also, the Arts and Commerce building at Amarillo College was renamed J. R. Durrett Hall on July 7, 1958 in memory of Mr. Durrett, who died in June 1957.
"J. R. Durrett, a large land owner of Armstrong County, was born March 2, 1881, in Lampasas, Texas, and was educated in Belton, and at Hardin-Simmons University, Abilene. In the early 1900's he taught school and was principal of the school at McLean. It was there that he met and married Vern Teel, the daughter of G. J. Teel. From McLean he went to Clarendon where he continued to teach school. In Clarendon he also began to deal in real estate."
"He came to Miami, Texas where he was in the insurance business and bought and sold real estate. He then came to Amarillo in 1923 and has been engaged in extensive investments both in town and farming property in the Panhandle."
"He operated the J. R. Durrett Investment Co. in the Paramount Bldg. in partnership with his son Delmar and son-in-law McDonald Hays. Following the death of Eldon in a highway accident in 1950, Mr. Durrett established for his son the Eldon Durrett Memorial Scholarships. The initial amount of the fund was established at $30,000 to be used by young men of Amarillo to achieve a higher education. The Durrett family home is 2202 Tyler, Amarillo, where Mrs. Durrett lives following her husband's death June 1957."
Also, the Arts and Commerce building at Amarillo College was renamed J. R. Durrett Hall on July 7, 1958 in memory of Mr. Durrett, who died in June 1957.
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| 2202 Tyler St. -- built in 1925 |
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| 2202 Tyler St. -- built in 1925 |
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| 2202 Tyler St. -- built in 1925 |
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| 2202 Tyler St. -- built in 1925 |
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 |
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