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SENOIA HOME IN LATE 1800S
This house was home of Capt. W.D. Linch. The photo, submitted by Paul McKnight, Jr., was probably made in 1891, or that may be the date the house was…
ARNALL GROCERY OPENING, 1929
This crowd was gathered for the opening of a new self-service grocery started by the H.C. Arnall Merchandise Company on April 17, 1929. The photo, a companion to another published in this feature April 21, 1987, is provided y Dorsey Beavers, present…
Dixie Shoe Shop
This photograph shows how the interior of the old Dixie Shoe Shop in downtown Newnan looked to customers in the 1940s and 1950s. The establishment was located on Jackson Street, where the La Fiesta restaurant is today. Shown in the photograph are…
First Self-Service Grocery
Dorsey Bowers provided this interior view of the new self-service grocery store opened by the H.C. Arnall Merchandise Company April 17, 1929. The company had moved from what is now the Kessler's building to the former Burdett warehouse building on…
FORD DEALER IN SENOIA
This interior view of Hutchinson Motor Company in Senoia is the second of two photographs provided by J.B. Hutchinson Jr. and his sister, Eleanor H. Smith. An exterior view was published October 1. The automobile dealership was operated by J.B.…
GREENVILLE STREET IN 1900
Today, in 1986, Newnan downtown merchants and government officials are talking about starting a Main Street program to keep the downtown vital and alive, a place where people will continue to work, shop and do business. Many of the buildings in this…
HUTCHINSON MOTOR COMPANY
The Ford automobile dealership in Senoia was operated by Hutchinson Motor Company on Main Street from 1928 until 1947. It was owned by J.B. Hutchinson, Sr. During the years of World War II, civilian automobiles were unavailable; so Mr. Hutchinson…
J.A. LATIMER COMPANY
J.A. Latimer Company once occupied the building at 14 Jackson St. in downtown Newnan where Badcock Home Furnishings is located today. In this photograph of the shop department in the back of the building are Monroe McKoy, Walter Phillips, Harold…
MAGNET BUILDING RENOVATION
These scenes show the "before and after" of the Magnet Building at LaGrange and Spring Streets in downtown Newnan at the time of a remodeling in 1947 and 1948. The top photo shows the building while the remodeling work was going on in 1947. The…
MURRAY WAREHOUSE BLOCK
This postcard scene of the Murray Warehouse Block building just off the Court Square on West Washington Street. The postcard listed the address as 2450 West Washington, about which Pinson is surprised because he started Newnan Electric Company in…
Newnan Chevrolet Dealership
In 1935 the J.L Weddingon, Jr. Chevrolet dealership and Texaco gasoline station was located on Greenville Street at the site presently occupied by Arnall Insurance Company and the drive-in windows of the C&S Bank. Shown in the photograph is the staff…
NEWNAN SHOPPING IN 1918
This old photograph shows the interior of Ellis Mansour's Department Store in 1918 on the Court Square in a building later occupied by Hamilton and Company. According to a brief history in the Newnan Times-Herald Centennial Magazine, the dry goods…
NEWNAN SHOPPING IN YESTERYEAR
This photo shows the interior of one of Newnan's old stores, Boone's department store, which was located on the east side of the Court Square. It is not known exactly when the photo was taken, but the men in the store are, from left, S.G. Dukes,…
Once Newnan's Mayor
I.N. Orr, Sr. once served as Newnan's mayor. He is shown in this photograph with his family. From left are, front, Dora Johnson Orr, I.N. Orr, Sr., Mrs. Syl Orr (former Anniee Freeman); second row, Paul Orr, Frank Orr; third row, Ben Orr, Bob Orr,…
RAGLAND HARDWARE
This scene is of Ragland Hardware Company in downtown Newnan about 1928. Harold Ragland, standing at center, was the owner of the building on Greenville Street. At left behind the counter is W.T. Herrin, father of Mrs. Glover Sewell who provided this…
SENOIA HARDWARE COMPANY
Senoia Hardware Company was owned by L.L. Hutchinson and Walt Arnall and located on the north side of Main Street in downtown Senoia. Standing inside the store in this scene are Walt Arnall, left, and Elbert Caldwell, right. The building is still…
SHARPSBURG TOWN COUNCIL IN SESSION
This group of gentlemen are members of the Sharpsburg Town Council at a meeting, probably in the late 1940's, at the old Bridges and Cole Store. The store remained the center of activity in Sharpsburg until recent years, when renovation of the…
Stripling's Department Store
Stripling's Department Store was a fixture on the north Newnan Court Square after the turn of the century, This view of the store interior shows merchandise of the era. From left, are two unknown workers; Frank W. Stripling; Jim Kersey; Ossie Allen;…
TAYLOR'S BARBER SHOP
Taylor's Barber Shop was located on East Broad Street in the space now occupied by the MONY firm. This photo is provided by Paul B. Ferrell who was a barber at the shop. In front of the shop are, from left, an unidentified shoe shine boy, barbers…
THE STRICKLAND MARKET
This is a view of the Strickland Market at 17 East Broad Street in Newnan as it appeared on August 8, 1937. Earl Strickland, now retired, ran the store for 38 years. Behind the counter in the old view of the store are, from left, Earl Strickland,…
THE T.G. FARMER AND SONS
The T.G. Farmer and Sons General Merchandise Store was the original occupant of the building at 15 Jefferson St., at the corner of Madison Street, that now houses the Newnan Times-Herald offices. The building dates from 1914, and the T.G. Farmer sign…
THESE NEWNAN MEN ARE GATHERED
These Newnan Men are gathered in front of the former store operated by H.C. Glover downtown. The store was located on the northeast corner of Spring and Greenville Streets, across Spring from the Post Office building. In the photo made about 1910…
THIS POSTCARD SCENE
This Postcard Scene
This postcard scene is from by-gone days on the main street in Grantville. Notice the goat cart in the center of the photograph. The card was an advertisement for Tatum Drug and Seed Store.
This View of Downtown Newnan
This view of Downtown Newnan shows the east side of the Court Square looking north about 1910. In the distance is the Virginia House building, which still stands at the corner of East Washington Street and Jefferson.
This View of Lee-King Drugstore
This view of Lee-King Drugstore in downtown Newnan on East Court Square is from about 1914. The scene is from a post card provided by J.B. Newman. Note the awning that was rolled down when the sunlight came from the west in the afternoons. The store…
Walthhall's Drug Store
Walthall's Drug Store in downtown Newnan was located on the east side of Greenville Street where Sprayberry's Small World is now house.
WEST SIDE OF COURT SQUARE
This picture post card presents a fine view of the west side of the court square in the early 1900s. The dime store building in the foreground later became the Alamo Theatre and is now being refurbished. Notice the Carnegie Library in the background…
YESTERDAY'S SHOPPING IN NEWNAN
The Reynold's Furniture store at 31 South Court Square in downtown Newnan has changed its look but is still serving customer 50 years after this photo was taken in the late 1930s. In this view of the G.M. Reynold Furniture Company are, left to right,…