A Trade Token From the Star Hotel

A few months back I bought this little token, because I had never seen it before. Trade tokens, were used like money, in exchange for goods. This little token would get you ten cents worth of stuff at the Star Hotel Cigar and News Stand. At the time Blake was the manager, the Star Hotel … Continue reading A Trade Token From the Star Hotel →

Southern Hardware Company at the Turn of the Last Century

I wish the men in the photo were identified! This building still stands on North Grand Street.

North Grand and Walnut

This area looks a tad different today. What you are looking at is the intersection of North Grand and Walnut Streets around 1920. The Bohemia Hotel sits where a parking lot is now. I call it the triangular lot. In the foreground is the Southern Hardware and Sugar Brothers Opera House, which is now undergoing … Continue reading North Grand and Walnut →