Photograph of the Davis family. Cut from one photo album then mounted in another, and then cut from that one. Handwritten text below the photograph reads" Mamma – Margaret – Tallie & Me – Grandma R. J. Davis House E. Poinsett St, Greer, – 1924"
Original photograph of the Greer High School faculty for 1933-34, showing 21 men and women standing on the front steps of the Davenport High School building. The photo is glued to a sheet of heavy paper, which appears to have originally been in a memory album. A handwritten inscription on the paper under the photo reads "Greer High Faculty — Davenport Hi — 1933-34.
This article, presumed to be from a newspaper, is printed in the book "Descendants of William Cunningham" by James S. Paget, Jr. on page 74. He does not list its source. He states: "The following news article was probably written around 1890." It mentions Belton Cunningham and his handsome bride [Emma] Moseley, and congratulates the groom; they were married in October 1887, so this article was written soon after that time. The author calls A.J. Moseley "our" clerk of court; that
Hand-colored photograph labeled "New Piedmont and Northern Depot, Greer, S. C. "
On the back is a handwritten message which is likely from a soldier stationed at Camp Sevier or Camp Wadsworth. His name was Ralph, and the letter is to Miss Mary Weiser in Pottstown, PA.
Paper photograph of Ponder's Ice Cream store at 127 E. Poinsett Street, with the staff standing in front. The photo had a modern paper attached which read:
Back Row - Left - Carl Ponder
Rt. Rear - Melvin Bruce
Front Rt. - Edgar Bruce
On the back of the photo are notes related to the image being reproduced in the Greer Citizen:
3 Col Top
Greer Landmark
97%
Mrs. LaBoone
[Mrs. LaBoone might be who gave the photo to the Citizen]
One interesting detail is the reflection in the glass behind them. The building is now gone — it was the back end of 107 Trade Street. Hanging across the street are thin power lines, from which hang a unique and beautiful design of street lamp. We are not aware of any other photographs showing these fixtures.
Photograph of the draw-in room of Victor Mill, 1906. Photograph is on a cabinet card, and was glued into a memory album. Handwritten in pencil in the lower left corner of the photo is "1906." In the album, under the photograph, is a handwritten note:
Draw-In Room – Victor Mill – Greer
Mother 4th in Row – Made around 1906
Glued on the back of the memory album page were several newspaper clippings.
Cabinet Card photograph embossed with a very early Drace stamp: "C.W.Drace, Greers, S.C." The photograph shows Greer's first telegraph operator, Olin Gaines; his wife, Taccoa Cannon Gaines; son Charlton; and daughter Margarite.
Olin A. Gaines was Greer's first telegraph operator, working for the Southern Railroad for 20 years. He then worked with Victor Monaghan for 35 years, and was assistant paymaster by the time of his death on August 17, 1936.
This photo card was mounted in a memory album, and later cut out of it. A large piece of the album page remains around the photograph, and notes about the family are written on it. On the back are torn areas where things were removed from the album, and a couple partial documents: an admission ticket to a Greenville Horse Show, and an exhibitor tag from the 1946 Savannah Horse Show Assn.
