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1927 West Blocton Fire
Courtesy of Paula
Taken July 12, 1927 by Mrs. Coleman Parker (Lelia Payne Turner)
Written on back: "looking North - Gillespie Furniture Store"
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Taken July 12, 1927 by Mrs. Coleman Parker (Lelia Payne Turner)
Written on back: "West Blocton Bank"
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Taken July 12, 1927 by Mrs. Coleman Parker (Lelia Payne Turner)
Written on back: "looking West from Q & N Quality Store"
(note burned trees in front of drug store ruins)
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Taken July 12, 1927 by Mrs. Coleman Parker (Lelia Payne Turner)
Written on back: "The Tuggle Home on the left - three homes above the pic show (not shown) burned here." Tuggle owned the photography business in West Blocton.
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Taken July 12, 1927 by Mrs. Coleman Parker (Lelia Payne Turner)
Written on back: "Looking North East - drug store again. Also the bank walls."
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Taken July 12, 1927 by Mrs. Coleman Parker (Lelia Payne Turner)
Written on back: "Masonic Temple (x) did not burn - it stopped the fire on the East end of Main St. - Pope Drug - Q & N Quality Store & Odess (?) stores burned - no this picture."
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Taken July 12, 1927 by Mrs. Coleman Parker (Lelia Payne Turner)
Written on back: "The brick store was the JB Davie Store - tin building was a furniture store and funeral home - the house in the back seen between the stores is the Robert Keith home - Negro homes at the back of the stores."
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Taken July 12, 1927 by Mrs. Coleman Parker (Lelia Payne Turner)
Written on back: "Looking North from ruins of the Manring Hotel"
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Taken July 12, 1927 by Mrs. Coleman Parker (Lelia Payne Turner)
Written on back: "Pictured in back - the Coco Cola Bottling Co - Elks home and the M. Pope home - The Smith home and barn shown at the left - several stores burned on this block"
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Taken July 12, 1927 by Mrs. Coleman Parker (Lelia Payne Turner)
Written on back: "The Manring Hotel, several stores and houses burned here - unknown males"
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Taken July 12, 1927 by Mrs. Coleman Parker (Lelia Payne Turner)
Written on back: "The Douthit Hotel burned here"
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Taken July 12, 1927 by Mrs. Coleman Parker (Lelia Payne Turner)
Written on back: "Drug store after walls fell - note the burned tree - another tree shown in another picture was on the East corner of the Drug Store"
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Taken July 12, 1927 by Mrs. Coleman Parker (Lelia Payne Turner)
Written on back: "Looking East from the old Davie Store on the right - at the far end is the Masonic Temple - drug store walls shown again"
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Taken July 12, 1927 by Mrs. Coleman Parker (Lelia Payne Turner)
Written on back: "Front of furniture store below the Davie ruins"
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Taken July 12, 1927 by Mrs. Coleman Parker (Lelia Payne Turner)
Written on back: "Another view of the Manring Hotel - more homes burned at this side"
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Taken July 12, 1927 by Mrs. Coleman Parker (Lelia Payne Turner)
Written on back: "Looking East the Drug Store of Mr. Harvey was burned but did not fall - The old 3 story Opera House - Smith Grocery - City Market - Fire Department and the Douthit Hotel along with the West Blocton Bank burned"
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Taken July 12, 1927 by Mrs. Coleman Parker (Lelia Payne Turner)
Written on back: "The house shown on left is the T C Tuggle home - on the right is the two story home owned by Dr Buntin - It burned down 2 years later - Picture Show and three houses burned on the right - two on the left"
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Taken July 12, 1927 by Mrs. Coleman Parker (Lelia Payne Turner)
Written on back: "Mr Lucas in front of Harveys Drug Store - Trees were growing out of the sidewalk. Home of Mrs Sally Thrasher on right - Old Love Riley house on left in the background"
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