Memories of Marion

    This black-and-white postcard that shows the interior of Buddy’s Cafe in Jasper, was printed around 1942. Identified among those eating at Buddy’s is “Whistle Breeches” Webb (nearest to the…

    In the 1950s and 1960s, Stuckey’s Candy Shop at Kimball was located where the Krystal Restaurant is today. The notation at the back of this real picture postcard reads, “Bought…

    This postcard shows what South Pittsburg’s First National Bank looked like in 1906.  The people, from left to right, are Tom Mix, company officer for the old Dixie Portland Cement…

    This postcard of the Dixie Portland Cement Plant at Richard City/South Pittsburg dates from the Fall of 1910. The cement plant was constructed in 1906 and was in…

    This Real Picture Postcard of the Marion Memorial Bridge at Guild dates from 1939. The bridge was built in 1929 and featured an unusual truss configuration that was a…

    Clents Restaurant and Gift Shop Fireworks-Country Hams as it appeared in 1981, was located next to Interstate 24 at the Martin Springs Exit. In 1983 portions of the movie, Star…

    Tooter Moss started out small in the auto business in South Pittsburg in the late 1950s, advertising as having the “Cleanest Used Cars in the Valley”. Through hard…

    Tom and Sue Dyer were the original owners of this hotel located just east of the Marion Memorial Bridge in Guild. This image dates from the late 1950s. Located…

    This is one of several Real Picture Postcards produced for R. M. Payne who owned and operated Wonder Cave. Dating from 1906, the card shows a dilapidated bridge…

    This is one of about a half dozen different postcards of the Dixie Portland Cement Plant at Richard City which started in 1906. Richard City was on the Nashville…