Sailors uniform that belonged to John Fleming Stroud of Greer who enlisted in the Navy on October 3, 1942 but was discharged on November 28, 1945. Her served as a pharmacist at the naval hospital in Charleston and Portsmouth. He went to submarine school in CN and the transferee to the Pacific Ocean. He received the World War 2 Victory and Good conduct medals.
1996.26.1a: pants
1996.26.1b: shirt
1996.26.2a: hat
1996.26.2b:kercief
The Big Joe No. 31 was produced by the Hanks Stove and Range co. Of Rome Georgia between 1850 and 1925. It is a standard item in stores and businesses. It provided a hot heat got cold winters as a coal and wood burner with also sticks paper and trash.
This particular one was used at Pebbles Department Store
"Book: Transformation: The Story of Greenville Hospital System University Medical Center 1912-2012" by Dave Partridge and Fay Towell.
ISBN 978-0-87152-569-7
LOC Control Number 2011945488
Book: Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport, Upstate South Carolina's Gateway to the World: A History
ISBN 978-0-87152-557-4
LOC Control Number 2007933112