Instruction Manual for the first projector of the Greer Theatre. Opening night was on February 12, 1948. Listed operators for the projector are Virgil Greene and Billy Joe Sanders (pg. 5). First movie shown was "Wake of the Red Witch" starring John Wayne (from note).
At the beginning of the 20th century, the newfangled automobile caught the attention of America. The focal point became an annual race in New York: the Vanderbilt Cup. After the 1909 Cup ended, another race began: the New York Herald – Atlanta Journal Good Roads Tour. The Tour intended to mark out a new national highway between New York and Atlanta. Thirty-eight cars left New York, some of them racing each other to their destination, others just parading down the route. Their course took them right through downtown Greer before continuing on toward Anderson.
This photo shows the moment that the ALCO car that had just won the Cup roared past Greer’s Wood-Mendenhall Company on what was then the Trade Street extension of Hill Street, now East Poinsett. In the background stands Planter’s Savings Bank (a miniature version of the Bennett Building which would replace it) and Drace’s photo studio and store.
One of two drafts of a letter; see 2024.16.3.59
The name "Easley" in the salutation has been scraped off the paper, in a similar style to several other obliterated names in Audrey's correspondence.
