Radio and Television Repair

762-764 Ninth

Looking southeast, 1940s. (Courtesy Durham County Library / North Carolina Collection) 762-764 Ninth St., the bookend to the two-story structures at the Perry St. end of the Ninth St. commercial strip, appears to have been built in the late 1920s. It initially housed Whitmore’s Bakery at 762 and Mack’s Food Shop at 764. Upstairs tenants appear to...

810 North Mangum St.

810 N. Mangum, late 1960s. Tel-Rad had previously been located at 407-413 N. Mangum.

219-225 Foster Street

219-225 Foster Street

404-406 Mcmannen (south Mangum)

The northernmost portion of McMannen Street transitioned from residential to commercial use early on - certainly by the late 1800s. This included the Peerless Flour / Austin-Heaton company and the Kramer tobacco prizery.

217-219 North Dillard Street

217-219 N. Dillard, 1963 217-219 N. Dillard st. - looking west-southwest from the southeast corner of Dillard and Holloway, 1966. This building was demolished by the city via urban renewal in the late 1960s. In the 1970s, WTVD bought this empty block and constructed their main office/studios. A view from the other side of the block (from Liberty St...

2102 Angier Avenue

2100-2104 Angier Avenue, 05.28.63 (Courtesy The Herald-Sun) In 1928, 2102 Angier is listed as "William Thomas, Billiards." By 1934, the building was vacant. By the mid-1940s, Andrews Market was located here, and remained here through the 1950s. In 1960, Linthicum Radio and TV repair moved to the building. 2102-2104 Angier, 1980

2110-2114 Angier Avenue

2110-2114 Angier Ave., 1980 2110-2114 Angier Avenue was built between 1945 and 1950. 2110 initially housed Patsy's Beauty Shop and 2112 the Tip Top Supermarket. Patsy's would close within a few years, replaced by the Linthicum Radio and TV Service. The grocery would also go by the name "Tip Top Royal Blue Grocery" By the 1980s, the building housed William's Jeweler at 2114 and Waters Barber Shop at 2110.