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Business Cards, 1922-1980

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 5

Scope and Contents

Holds business cards from various Charleston (unless otherwise noted) establishments and institutions grouped by catagory:

Apartment and Furnished Rooms:

Mrs. A.S. Gibson ("Furnished Rooms" 11 State Street, Charleston); Jones River Road Apartments and Guest House; Mrs. Martha D. Alford, Joseph Floyd Manor

Attorneys:

Bernard R. Fielding; Aaron Harvey

Automotive: Cabs and Chauffeur Services, Service Stations:

A.B. Smalls (Chauffeur, 21 Logan Street); Ever Ready Cab Company (Cannon Street); Safety Cab Company; Economy Cab Company; Bob Wine and Associates (chauffeuring service); Arthur Haynes (car wash); Blume's Service Station (Meeting Street)

Beauty and Barber Shops:

Mrs. A.B. Smalls ("Hair Culturist using the Poro System"); Mary's Beauty Shoppe (using the Poro System); Madam V.M. Carter (using the Poro System); Heyward's Beauty Shop (Wadmalaw Island, South Carolina); Barbara's Salon of Beauty(Ashe Street); Perry's Barber Shop (Rutledge Avenue)

Churches:

African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.):

Reverend Paul Lovely Wells, Saint Peter's A.M.E., Liberty Hill, South Carolina; Reverend James Cookley, Mount Lebanon A.M.E., Andrews, South Carolina; Reverend John Mack, Mount Zion A.M.E. (Glebe Street); Reverend S.A. Brown, Georgetown District, Charleston

Baptist:

Reverend Robert Deas, Lovely Hill Bapist Church, John's Island, South Carolina

Apostolic:

Miracle Temple Church of Christ-Apostolic, Red Top, South Carolina

Employment Agencies:

University Employment Agency

General House Contractors:

Boatwright Electric Service (Meeting Street); Julius Bunkum, painting contractor (Congress Street); Bernard S. Brown Carpentry; Brown General Contractor; Frank Campbell (Roofing, Always Street); B.C. Harris, painter; Hudson and Perry (painting contractors); Ike Construction (Willis Drive, North Charleston); Clarence Morrison, carpenter and painter; Morant H. Pittman, general contractor (Ashley River Road); Samuel Ravenel, floor sanding and finishing (Sullivans Island, South Carolina); C.H. Richardson, wallpapering and painting (Fifth Avenue); Andrew Robertson House Painting; William F. Scaffe, electrical contractor; Herman Smalls, electrical contractor; A.E. Shuler, painting and carpentry

Independent Business Owners and Miscellaneous Services:

Azalea Flower Shoppe (King Street); S7 Disco, Music and Lighting for Parties; Irene Wilson, dressmaker(Ashley Avenue); Irline Frazier, piano teacher (Hanover Street); Dr. Frank G. Hayne, dentist(Calhoun Street); Althea J. Noisette, Child Craft and World Book sales representative; J.M. Brown, Amway distributor (Spring Street)

Moving and Hauling:

Irving W. Singleton (Moultrie Street); Myers Bishop (Saint Philip Street)

Photography:

"The Harleston Studio" 1920s; Hollywood Studios (Maryland)

Restaurants and Grocery Stores:

The Manhattan Dairy Lunch (King Street); Smith's Grocery (Elizabeth and Coming Streets); The Noisette's Health Table; Mamie's Lunch Room

Shoe Repair:

The Villa Shoe Shop, Sam Richardson (Saint Andrews Parish); Carolina Shoe Repair Service (King Street); Wescott's Modern Shoe Rebuilder

Dates

  • Creation: 1922-1980

Creator

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions to this collection and it is open to the public for research.

Extent

From the Collection: 2.5 linear feet

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Repository Details

Part of the Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture Repository

Contact:
125 Bull Street
Charleston South Carolina 29424 United States
843-953-7608