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Elmer T. Herzog, Jeweler – Jewelry-Watches – 806 Madison Avenue – Covington, KY
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To understand Herzog Jewelers today, it’s important to take a look at Herzog Jewelers from the beginning.
Let’s go back to 1922, when phones had been around for less than 50 years and flappers were bobbing their hair. In that year, our founder, Elmer T. Herzog, opened up a small jewelry store at 806 Madison Avenue in Covington, Kentucky. While working long hours serving his customers (something we can all relate to even today), he earned a reputation as a solid community member and trustworthy jeweler. And to think—he did all of this without a smart phone, call waiting or a laptop!
Fast-forward to 1980, when cell phones were the size of infants and hair was even bigger. It was in this year that Elmer retired and his son-in-law, Joseph Koester, Jr., took over. – Herzog Jewelers dot com
Like most urban stories, demographics change and so do locations for services to follow their market.
Gordon’s Gin – Regency Liquors – The Half Note Club – Chattanooga, TN
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This awning was full of mold an inch deep and the smell coming out of the building of both the Half Note Club and Regency Liquors indicated they were closed for a number of years.
For decades, Ninth Street was the hub of the black community, home to black-owned retail shops, nightclubs and businesses. Bessie Smith sang there as a child and teenager, and it attracted many of biggest black entertainers such as Ella Fitzgerald, Lena Horne and Nat “King” Cole, who would stay in the Martin Hotel. Clubs like the Whole Note and The Half Note were full of blues and jazz.
East Ninth Street was renamed M.L King Boulevard in 1981. – Chattanooga Now, March 2014
According to a thread in Old Bars, Chattanooga;
The Whole Note started out as a top of the line club for R&B entertainment and the Half Note was private for the who’s who’s in African American businessmen and politicians. Charles Bryant was the owner.
Bull Durham Tobacco – Uneeda Biscuit – Nabisco – Sloan’s Liniment, etc. – Birmingham, AL
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Dixie Cycle & Toy Co. – Bicycles, Toys, Lawnmower Supplies – Cook Credit Furniture © Frank H. Jump
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Sloan’s © Frank H. Jump
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Also featured in Charles Buchanan’s Fading Ads of Birmingham (History Press, 2012.
Frank Jump, Charles Buchanan & Vincenzo Aiosa – Birmingham, AL – July 2015
