Belt Buckle owned by James Harold "Hodge" Waters, founder and operator of the Fork Restaurant. The buckle features a firetruck in the center; he was also a volunteer firefighter for the Greer Fire Department.
Fork Restaurant keyring with a rotating adjustable calendar. Text:
THE FORK RESTAURANT
Regular Dinners
Short Orders – Sandwiches
Dial 877-5771
For Carry Out Service
Hwy. 29 At Poinsett Dr.
Greer, S. C.
Excellent Food
Small keyring with two matching aluminum Yale keys. Labeled "The Fork Restaurant" with fountain pen on one side; preprinted "Greer Remodeling Co., 404 Trade Street, Greer, SC Phone 877-4503" on the back.
Reproduction of an original. Photograph, 8x10. John Landrum Bomar, 26 Oct 1854 – 17 May 1930, was the son of William and Elizabeth Bomar. His wife, Dora Matilda Jenkins Bomar, 1857 – 3 March 1932, was the daughter of Ike and Mary Jenkins. They had at least three children: Oscar Kattlett Bomar, 1883–1959; Mary Elizabeth Bomar Meares, 1891–1968; and Frances Lillian "Fannie" Bomar O'Neal, 1895–1926.
Cardstock hand fan with wooden stick handle. Front shows a painting by Frederic Gauley titled "A Real Thrill" picturing a boy in a red coat excitedly catching a fish, with a dog jumping beside him.
The reverse features advertising for Greer Bakery.
White canvas with hand-painted art. Center is a large, full-color peach. Curved around the top are the words "S.C. Peach Festival" and flat across the bottom "Greer S.C."
This banner appears in some photographs of the peach festival.
1: D. D. Davenport High School, Greer, SC
2: Graded School, Greer, S.C.
3: The Song of Chick's Spring (1914)
4: Greer Drug Co. Greer, S. C.
5: Chick's Springs Hotel, near Greer, S. C.
6: Supt. Residence, Victor Mill, Greer, S. C.
7: Emma Street Greer's S.C. (1910)
8: Mostella St., Greer, S.C.
9: Views, Greers, S.C. (1910)
10: The Rexall Store, Greer, S. C. (1919)
11: Tooley's Store Arlington Rd.
12: City Park Greer, S. C.
13: Street Scene, Greers, S. C. (1910)
14: I'd like to spend a day with you in Greer, S. C.
A drawing (or retouched photograph) of May (or Mae) Davenport as a teenager. May Davenport, 1876-1896, was the daughter of D. D. and Mattie Davenport, and sister of Malcolm Davenport. She married John D. Wood on November 6, 1895, and died of unknown causes just four months later on March 19, 1896.
Mill tokens were given out to mill employees as an advance on their pay. The catch was they could only be used in the mill general store. Since minting coins was expensive, many mills shared coinage with surrounding mills and differentiated them by punching the first letter of the mill name in them. Victor Mill coins came in 1¢, 5¢, 10¢, 25¢, and even one dollar variants.
Mill tokens were given out to mill employees as an advance on their pay. The catch was they could only be used in the mill general store. Since minting coins was expensive, many mills shared coinage with surrounding mills and differentiated them by punching the first letter of the mill name in them. Victor Mill coins came in the 1¢, 5¢, 10¢, 25¢, and even one dollar variants.
Tinned steel box, lacquered black; double red striping top and bottom. This box, likely from the mid- to late-1800s, was kept for generations in a drawer of a hallway secretary. It held numerous letters and photographs. They center around the families of William Clark and Victoria Cunningham Bailey, their daughter Etta, and her husband William Wesley Burgiss.
