Greensboro (Guilford County, N.C.) city directory, 1954, Part 2

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Publication date: 1954
Publisher: Richmond, Hill Directory Co.
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Stewart & Whitley

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Stigall James

Stone Jos J & Co

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Storkline Diaper Service Inc .

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Stradford E D Rev

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Strong Tire Service Inc.

Summit Radio TV Service

Sunset Flower Mart .

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Sutton's Florists Inc

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Swain J H Lumber Co.

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Sykes Florist Co Inc .

Talley Electric Co Inc

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Tate Cleaners

Tatum-Dalton Transfer Co left top lines and

Telephone Answering Service of Greensboro N C Inc .left bottom lines and

Thomas Miss Dancing School . . left top cards and

Thompson-Arthur Paving Co Inc right bottom lines and Trader's Chevrolet Co Inc . right top lines and

Truitt C S . left bottom cards and

Truitt Mfg Co . back cover, right top cards and

Tuck Photo Supplies Inc

Tucker-Jones Furniture Co Inc

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Turner Transfer Inc .

Vanstory Clothing Co

Vestal's Flower Shop.

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WBIG Radio Broadcasting Station

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WGBG Radio Broadcasting Station . . right top lines and

W& H Home Improvement Co . .left top cards, right top cards and Wachter Surveys Inc.

Wade's Dry Cleaning Co

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Wafco Mills Co .

Ward's Awning & Bedding Co

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Warren Earl D

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Watson Flour & Feed Milling Co

Waynick Paint & Wallpaper Co .

Weaver W H Construction Co Inc Weaver Realty Co .

Weinstein Music Company

Welker's

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West Bros Co

West Lee Street Amoco Service

Western Auto Store

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Weston John H .

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Warren's Inc.

INDEX TO ADVERTISERS

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Whaley's Painting Co

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White David J Realtor

White Plumbing Co . White Star Laundry Co

bottom stencil, left top lines and 242 . left side lines and 224 194 . right top cards and 229 left bottom lines and right bottom lines, 185 and 124 260 205 31 180

Whittemore Plumbing Co

Wilkerson Drug Co Inc .

Wilkins J D Co .

Willard J A Co

Wilson's Auto Glass Shop

Wimbish Insurance Agency .

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Winchester-Ritch Surgical Co

Winkelman D W Carolina Co

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Wrenn Esso Service

Wyrick S T & Co .

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Wysong & Miles Co.

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Yellow Taxi Co Inc

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Younts-DeBoe Co .

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Woolard's H E Piedmont Insurance Agency Inc

GREENSBORO

ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT DISTRIBUTION CENTERS IN THE SOUTH (Courtesy Greensboro Chamber of Commerce)

Monument to Gen. Nathanael Greene, Hero of the Battle of Guilford Court House

Statistical Review

Form of Government-Council-city manager.

Population-City proper, 74, 389; urban area, approximately 100, 000, and Greensboro -High Point metropolitan district, 191, 057 (1950 U. S. Census report). American-born, 99. 80/o.

Area-18. 7 square miles.

Altitude-839 feet above sea level.

Climate-Mean annual temperature, 58. 2 de- grees F. ; average annual rainfall, 45. 65 inches; days of clear sunshine annually, 136; humidity, 42. 43.

Parks-50, with total of 557 acres.

Assessed Valuation-$250, 032, 977 with $1. 14 per $100 tax rate. (1953).

Bonded Debt-$5, 110, 098. 21.

Financial Data -- 4 banks, with total deposits of $143, 879, 818 (Dec. 31, 1953), and totalresources of $155, 173, 280 (Dec, 31, 1953). Clearings for 1953, $1, 427, 207, 548. 2 savings and loan asso- ciation, with total assets of $42, 981, 709 (Dec. 31, 1953).

Postal Receipts-$2, 773,497.54 (calendar year 1953).

Telephones in Service-42, 617.

Churches-130, representing 16 denomina- tions.

Building and Construction -- Value of building permits, $9, 820, 683 (1953).

Real Estate-23, 277 homes, with about 470/o owned by occupants.

Trade Area-Retail and wholesale area has radius of 50 miles, and population of approxi- mately 1, 500, 000.

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Newspapers -- 2 dailies, 1 Sunday and 3 week- lies.

Radio Stations-4: WBIG, WGBG, WCOG and WFMY-TV.

Railroads-Southern.

Highways -- U. S 29, 70, 220 and 421. Also a network of hard-surfaced State highways.

Airports -- Greensboro - High Point Airport nearby. Served by Eastern Air Lines, Capital Lines and Piedmont Airlines, with 30 planes daily.

Auto Registrations -- 18, 700.

Amusements -- Largest auditorium in city seats 2, 700 persons. 7 moving-picture theatres, with total seating capacity of 6, 500 persons. 6 drive- ins. 1 legitimate theatre, with seating capacity of 1, 400 persons. 6 golf courses.

Hospitals-5, with total of 678 beds.

Education -- Institutions of higher learning in- clude Woman's College of University of North Carolina, Greensboro College, Bennett College, Agricultural & Technical College of North Caro- lina, and Immanuel Lutheran College. 26 public schools, including 3 senior high and 8 junior high. 2 parochial schools. Number of pupils in public schools, 15, 378, in parochial, 178. Number of teachers in public schools, 538; in parochial, 6. Value of public school property, $10, 668,000; parochial, about $5, 500; college, $42, 760, 357. 9 institutions of higher education in county, with approximately 7, 500 students. 31 urban public schools.

Public Libraries-2, including branches, with total of 405, 107 volumes (including college li- braries).

City Statistics-Total street mileage, 293, with 180 miles paved. Miles of gas mains, 123; sewers, 242. Number of water meters, 20, 492, electric meters, 59, 394; gas meters, 6,278. Pumping capacity of water works (municipal), 53, 000, 000 gallons; daily average pumpage, 10, - 000, 000 gallons; miles of mains, 217; value of plant, $5, 963, 000. Fire departmenthas 102 men, with 7 stations and 23 pieces of motor equipment. Police department has 116 men and 7 women, with 1 station and 33 pieces of motor equipment.

History

GUILFORD COUNTY: Settled by Ulster Scots, English and Welsh, Quakers and Germans, prin- cipally between 1750 and 1770. The county was established in 1771, formed from parts of Orange and Rowan counties and named after Frederick (Lord North), Earl of Guilford. 624 square miles. Population, 191, 057 (1950 U. S. Census).

GREENSBORO: County seat, chartered, 1808, located in exact geographic center of county; named for Gen. Nathanael Greene, hero of the Battle of Guilford Court House. Comprises 18. 7 square miles. U. S. Census figures show steady growth: 1890, 3,317; 1900, 10,035; 1910, 15, 895; 1920, 19,861; 1930, 53, 569; 1940, 59, 319; 1950, 74, 389. American-born, 99. 80/o. 250/o Negro.

POINTS OF HISTORIC INTEREST: Battle- ground National Park on site of the Battle of Guil- ford Court House. Here Gen. Greene so crippled the army of Lord Cornwallis that he was forced to surrender at Yorktown. Generally regarded by historians as the "turning point of the Revolution. " Maintained as a national park. Historical museum and many monuments of battle heroes on grounds, including that of Gen. Greene, Winston, Cladwell, and the famous "giant, " Peter Francisco.

Birthplace of O'Henry (Wm. Sydney Porter), internationally - famous short-story writer. Bronze tablet on Masonic Temple identifies the location. O'Henry exhibits at Public Library, O'Henry Hotel, and Mann's O'Henry Drug Co.

Dolly Madison's Well-Identified by bronz e marker near Guilford College.

Birthplaces of Dr. David and Rachael Cald- well, identified by bronze markers of Friendly Road.

Greensboro Historical Museum in Greensboro Municipal Center on Church Street.

Government

Assessed valuation of all property in Guilford County, $544, 841, 912 (1953). Tax rate, 70¢ per $100, plus 27o/o supplemental school tax on all property in the Greater Greensboro School District (1953). Total population, 1950 U. S. Census, 191, - 057.

Guilford County is administered by a com- mission of five elected at large. It is generally regarded as one of the best managed counties in the state, being frequently pointed to as a model by the North Carolina Institute of Government.

Greensboro, county seat, is administered by a non-partisan council of seven elected at large. The council employs a full-time experienced city manager. For many years the council has been composed of successful business and professional men of demonstrated capacity in their private undertakings.

The council has directed municipal affairs upon well-established business principles unin- fluenced by partisan political considerations. Good management is reflected in nationally-rec- ognized superiority in public health administra- tion; reduction of fire losses and low insurance rates; the salability of municipal bonds; efficient police protection; unusually good water supply; clean, well-paved streets; modern sewerage and sanitation facilities. These and other evidences of good government have given to the city an at- mosphere of enterprise and well-being which causes it to be enthusiastically pointed out as "a good town. "

Education

GUILFORD COUNTY has nine institutions of higher education, with approximately 7, 500 stu- dents. Eighteen modern consolidated rural pub- lic high schools and 31 urban public schools: to- tal enrollment, 16, 560.

GREENSBORO: The Woman's College, Uni- versity of N. C., ranks high among liberal arts

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O.HENRY

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colleges in America. Founded in 1891. Advan- ced schools of music, art, dramatics, home eco- nomics, physical education and secretarial science. Grants bachelor of arts and science de- grees and offers graduate work. Dr. E. K. Gra- ham, chancellor.

GREENSBORO COLLEGE (Methodist): For 100 years has been highly regarded as a liberal arts school for young women. Music, dramatics, and cultural courses leading to bachelor degrees. Dr. Harold H. Hutson, president.

GUILFORD COLLEGE (Quaker co-ed. ): Char- tered in 1834-an accredited liberal arts college, conferring bachelor degrees. Dr. Clyde A. Mil- ner, president.

GREENSBORO EVENING COLLEGE DIVISION OF GUILFORD COLLEGE, with headquarters in downtown Greensboro, offers accredited college courses in night school, with particular attention to adult education.

HIGH POINT COLLEGE (M.P.): Founded 1924 at High Point. Liberal arts courses, bachelor de- grees. Dr. Dennis Cooke, president.

OAK RIDGE MILITARY INSTITUTE (R. O. - T. C. ): Founded at Oak Ridge, 1851. Boys' pre- paratory school with long record for highest rating by War Dept. Col. T. O. Wright, commandant.

AGRICULTURAL AND TECHNICAL COL- LEGE (N.): Founded by State in 1891 for advanced training. Bachelor degrees. Dr. F. D. Bluford, president.

BENNETT COLLEGE (N. ): Founded 1873- liberal arts-bachelor degrees. Dr. David D. Jones, president.

IMMANUEL LUTHERAN COLLEGE (N. ): Founded in 1903. Senior high school departments, junior college, theological seminary. Dr. Wm. H. Kampschmidt, president.

PALMER INSTITUTE (N. ): Founded 1902- liberal arts. Dr. Charlotte H. Brown, president emeritus.

Industry

Guilford County, according to data compiled by the Employment Security Commission of North Carolina, had a total labor force of 61, 240 in 1951. Their average weekly wage was $55. 05, totaling a payroll of $175, 303, 664 for the year. These figures include only those employers having eight or more employees in 1951.

Greensboro's industrial structure is well di- versified -- there are cotton, silk and synthetic tex- tile mills; women's full-fashioned silk stocking and men's hose mills; woodworking, laundry, saw- mill, farm tool, machine tool and sheet metal in- dustries; general foundry and stove works; orna- mental iron and steel fabricators; sewer pipe and building tile manufacturers; overalls, work pants and sleeping garment plants; fertilizer plants, belting and textile specialties factories; lumber and mill work plants; chemicals and pharmaceuti- cals manufacturers; coffee-roasting, flour and food products plants; auto body builders; railway repair shops; ice cream and dairy products plants:

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Guilford Court House

printers and bookbinders; and a variety of specialty manufacturers.

The Cone Mills are the largest producers of cotton denim in the world. The Blue Bell Overall Co. is the largest in America, and the Mock- Judson-Voehringer Hosiery Mill and Pomona Terra Cotta Co. are the largest in the South. Vick's Vapo-Rub is known around the world.

Greensboro is the home office of the Burl- ington Mills Corp. , and located here are the pur- chasing offices of J. P. Stevens & Co., Inc. , and executive offices of the Carter Fabrics Group of J. P. Stevens & Co. ; a multi-million-dollar Sears, Roebuck & Co. mail-order plant; a folding carton plant of the Container Corp. of America; a re- drying plant of the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co .; and an electronics plant of Western Electric Co.

The principal industrial advantages are cli- mate, good living and working conditions, availa- bility of intelligent native labor, harmonious in- dustrial relations, strict maintenance of law and order, efficient public utilities, adequate power, water and sewage-disposal; competitive transpor- tation facilities, accessibility to raw materials and profitable markets, low taxes and insurance, and good government. Operating under these con- ditions and certain intangible factors, manufac- turers have demonstrated that goods can be pro- duced and sold at Greensboro for a larger net profit than incomparable establishments else- where, giving local plants a decided competitive advantage.

Commerce and Trade

Greensboro is easily accessible to a 50-mile trade area having a population of approximately

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Greensboro Municipal Building

1, 500, 000. Retail sales for the area were approxi- mately $1, 589, 813, 000 in 1952.

Greensboro is the principal market of the northern Piedmont. There are approximately 1, - 500 retail, service and professional outlets, hand- ling goods, wares and merchandise lines avail- able in metropolitan centers.

Wholesale and agency establishments travel between 1, 800 and 2, 000 salesmen and agents and distribute a wide variety of merchandise over a much larger territory.

The home offices of several large insurance companies, together with the territorial and gen- eral agencies of numerous national firms, offering all forms of coverage, have created an "insurance fraternity" which characterizes Greensboro as the "Hartford of the South. "

Greensboro is one of the principal cities for Virginia and North and South Carolina conventions. Because Greensborois the focal point of the most densely populated area in these three states, many organizations register larger attendance at Greensboro than elsewhere. Class "A" hotels offer every modern facility.

Greensboro is territorial headquarters for many nationally-known firms.

Although far from being the largest tobacco market in the Old Belt, Greensboro's tobacco mar- ket is by any standards the Old Belt's most rapidly growing market. Reactivated in 1949 after a quarter-centuryof inactivity, the Greensboro market by the 1952 season had increased its an- nual sales by 4090/o. This remarkable growth is due mainly to a high calibre of management and Greensboro's strategic location in the center of one of the nation's finest tobacco-growing areas. Annual sales for the first five years of the re- activated market have been: 1949, 1,935, 084 pounds; 1950, 3, 102,664 pounds; 1951, 5, 894, 950 pounds; 1952, 8, 681, 812 pounds; 1953, 5, 577, - 000 pounds.

Transportation

REGULAR SCHEDULED DAILY DEPAR- TURES: 22 passenger trains, 184 busses in and out week days, 28 planes daily, 18 freight trains, and 11 package cars.

Greensboro is the focal point of rail, highway, and air carriers of the northern Piedmont. It is served by the main line of the Southern Railway system (double-track), running north and south. Here also is the east and west line of the North Carolina Railroad (Southern operated), and the Southern Railway lines, Greensboro to Winston. Salem and Mt. Airy to Sanford and points beyond.

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Cone Mills Corporation Greensboro Plants

Pilot Life Insurance Company Home Office

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Modern union passenger, mail and express terminals with free pick-up and store-door de- livery on LCL shipments. Railway Express A- gency maintains express service on practically all passenger trains, making available passenger train express service at railroad freight rates to all points in North Carolina and to a large portion of Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee and Vir- ginia and a part of West Virginia.

A network of more than 2, 500 miles of hard- surfaced highways within a radius of 50 miles, provides a means of easy access to Greensboro for approximately 170, 000 automobile owners in the area.

Standard bus lines move in eight directions, connecting with all principal cities. Atlantic

a first-order weather bureau, hangars, restau- rant, modern lighting, service equipment, radio beacon, radio and telephone. Transportation faci- lities and density of population combine to make Greensboro more easily accessible to more people than any other city in the South Atlantic States.

Greensboro is served by a large number of trucking companies, having excellent warehouse facilities and operating large fleets of trucks in alldirections, which further adds to Greensboro's transportation facilities, with transportation rates rates to serve all industries on a fair basis.

Religious and Social Features

The church as an institution has always been a powerful and constructive force in the life of

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Greyhound, Carolina Coach and the other carriers operate under State regulations, clearing through a union terminal.

Greensboro-High Point Airport-(a pioneer in the Southeast)-serves Greensboro and High Point. On Eastern Air Lines' main line. Also Capital Air Lines and Piedmont Airlines-passengers, mail and express. The field has paved runways;

every neighborhood in Guilford County. The Qua- ker Meeting House at New Garden (now Guilford College) was established in 1752. Old Buffalo Presbyterian Church was established in Greens- boro in 1756.

Colonial churches at Alamance, Deep River, Friedens and elsewhere in this county have made important contributions to the development of fine character and strong citizenship.

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United States Post Office, Greensboro, N. C.

HOTEL KING COTTON

GREEN TRO

Hotel King Cotton

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Today all leading denominations are repre- sented-Protestant, Catholic, Jewish-and main- tain handsome and inspiring places of worship. There exists among all communes an extraordi- nary religious tolerance activated by progressive ministerial associations and the Council of Protes - tants, Catholics and Jews.

The social life of many rural communities cen- ters around and in their neighborhood churches. The urban churches also have highly-developed social programs.

Modern country clubs at High Point, Sedge- field, Starmount and Greensboro have handsome clubhouses, where friends gather for dancing, bridge, study, musical programs, fox-hunting, riding, tennis, skeet, hiking, swimming and many other forms of social activities.

Regular music and lecture courses bring out- standing attractions to the city: Authors and art- ists, symphony music, occasional opera and metropolitan stage productions. Seven moving- picture theatres (two largest seating 3, 350) offer current attractions. Three auditoriums seating 2, 700, 1, 100 and 1, 585 respectively.

Thefamous "Playliker"organization of Woman's College, University of N. C., and the dramatic units at Greensboro and Guilford colleges offer an outlet for amateur theatricals.

Recreation

Few sections offer greater opportunity for year-'round living out-of-doors, or more varied

recreational advantages. The extent to which peo- ple in all walks participate in outdoor pursuits is remarkable, and has a distinct influence on com- munity health and well-being. Greensboro has re- peatedly won national recognition in municipal health contests.

The World War Memorial and Senior High School stadiums provide ideal settings for major football games, day and night baseball, inter- state track meets, tennis tournaments, etc.

A city-county park provides three lakes for fishing and boating. A recreation center near Jamestown affords a modern swimming pool. Brandt Lake offers boating and fishing.

At Sedgefield there are horses and fox-hounds. The countryside abounds in quail and other game. Several game preserves are maintained by sports - men of national prominence. There are numerous private clubs and camps nearby, containing hun- dreds of acres of land and water area.

Championship 18-hole golf courses, munici- pal and public golf courses, private tennis courts and swimming pools are 'offered by country clubs at High Point, Starmount, Sedgefield and Greens- boro. A total of 678 acres is reserved for parks and playgrounds by the City of Greensboro, and a full-time recreational director is employed to promote a well-rounded program of neighborhood activity throughout the year.

Pinehurst and Roaring Gap resorts within two hours' drive, and Greensboro is equi-distant be- tween famed mountain and seashore resorts.

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

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GREENSBORO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

GREENSBORO, N. C.

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Jefferson Standard Life Insurance

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GENERAL ABBREVIATIONS

acct

accountant

drsmkr

dressmaker į mfg

manufacturing

s or S South

adj . adjuster

e or E

East

mfr

manufacturer san

sanitary

admn .. administrator

educ

education

mkr

maker sch

school

adv

advertising

agcy

agency

electn electrician

mılnr

milliner

serv service

agt

agent

alley

American

appr

apprentice

engr

engraver

apts

apartments

archt

architect

asmblr

assembler

exam

examiner

assoc

associate

exch

exchange

mut

mutual

srtr sorter

atndt

attendant

fety

factory

Natl

National

sta

station

aud

auditor

Fed f1

floor

northwest

. . statistician or

bkbndr

bookbinder

formn

foreman

bkpr

. bookkeeper

forwn

forewoman

opr

operator

blk

block

foot

fitter

furniture

blvd

boulevard

furngs

furnishings

PTS

. Postal

sup supply

branch

brklyr

bricklayer

genl

general

brkmn

brakeman

bur

bureau

CSP

Christlan

householder

pkr

packer tchr teacher

cabtmkr

. cabinetmaker

carp

carpenter

cash

cashier

hndlr

handler

plumbing

telev television

chem

chemist or

headquarters

plstr

plasterer

tmkpr timekeeper

tndr tender

chkr

checker

Hts

Heights

implements

prin

principal

trav

traveling

clk

clerk

ins

Insurance

priv

private

treas treasurer

cln. . cleaning or cleaner

insp

Inspector or

prntr

printer

trmr

trimmer

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Greensboro (Guilford County, N.C.) city directory, 1954, Part 2

Author: Publication date: 1954 Publisher: Richmond, Hill Directory Co. Number of Pages: 1316

Author:
Publication date: 1954
Publisher: Richmond, Hill Directory Co.
Number of Pages: 1316