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Submitted by Kris (not verified) on Sun, 5/22/2011 - 3:01am
Can't make out any of the text on the signage, which might help a lot. Can you provide hi-def scans of those parts?
Submitted by Gary (not verified) on Sun, 5/22/2011 - 3:02am
Kris
I don't know that it does - it appears to all be advertising - the most prominent sign for a wrestling match. I've included maximum resolution crops of the front in case you can pick up something that I didn't
GK
Submitted by Kris (not verified) on Sun, 5/22/2011 - 3:02am
Thanks Gary -- very helpful. The wrestling ad is for a match between Billy Two Rivers (according to wikipedia, "From 1957 to 1959, he competed primarily in North Carolina"). I can't find a reference to the other guy (Togg?).
Submitted by Kris (not verified) on Sun, 5/22/2011 - 3:02am
I believe this is at the corner of Glendale and Hargrove, looking northwest. Pay attention to the house on the right of the old photo and compare to the modern building.
Submitted by Gary (not verified) on Sun, 5/22/2011 - 3:02am
Kris
I think you're right - I totally missed that little store on the corner on the 1950 Sanborn map - it matches the northwest corner of Hargrove and Glendale - 1001 Glendale. You're still the Mystery Photo champ!
GK
Submitted by Gary (not verified) on Sun, 5/22/2011 - 3:02am
I'm guessing Hargrove was paved and widened at some point, based on the Sanborn map, so I think some of the land it sat on is now part of the street.
GK
Submitted by Kris (not verified) on Sun, 5/22/2011 - 3:03am
You may be right, but I don't think is necessary to assume the street was widened since the photograph was taken. The curb looks identical, and this narrow store is right up against both the street and the house next-door. It could have fit in that space.
Submitted by Gary (not verified) on Sun, 5/22/2011 - 3:03am
I've added the Sanborn map - something seems odd about the spacing on the map vs. in the photo - combined with the significant regrading and paving, I'm wondering if something wasn't changed (in addition to the lack of a building.)
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 5/23/2011 - 3:03am
I think that store was still open as late as the 1980's - I remember going to a store called Glendale Grocery (I think) that was operated by one of my co-worker's cousins. Not much to buy except a soda and pack of nabs.
Submitted by eah919 (not verified) on Tue, 5/24/2011 - 3:03am
.. and it appears they sold 'Tru-Ade' non-carbonated "soda", which a guy named Jethro on the Internet tells me has been reintroduced to parts of NC as of April 2011 (no Durham, though)...
http://tinyurl.com/42g9z4y
Submitted by Kimberly M. Ro… (not verified) on Sun, 3/10/2013 - 4:41pm
During the late 70s and early 80s this was our neighborhood store (Glendale Grocery). The store was operated by Ms. Marsha (I think her last name was Williams) and Mr. Shaw. The store was located on the corner of Hargrove and Glendale Ave.
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