LAWYERS BUILDING SEPTEMBER 1977

The former First National Bank of Gastonia, later known as the Lawyers Building, is shown above in September 1977 displaying a fading ghost sign for the Paul Rose Department Store in Akers Center on East Franklin Boulevard. The Paul Rose sign would eventually disappear and expose an earlier National Bank of Commerce advertisement. (First National Bank ceased operations at the Bank Holiday of 1933. Its place was taken by the National Bank of Commerce, which was organized in 1934. NBC moved to its new headquarters at the northwest corner of Franklin and Marietta in 1955.)

GHOST SIGN, S.H. KRESS & CO, JULY 1974, CLOSED PRIOR TO THE REMOVAL OF THE MATTHEWS BELK DEPARTMENT STORE COMPLEX OF BUILDINGS AT THE OPENING OF EASTRIDGE MALL IN 1976.  AT LEFT IS COHEN'S WOMEN'S CLOTHING, AND SMITH'S DRUGS STANDS AT THE RIGHT. FROM A GLIMPSE AS IT PASSED, TRENTON CREATIVE ENTERPRISES, 2004.

SNOW AT 102 SOUTH TRENTON STREET, JANUARY 1955. TIMMY ELLIS AND HIS MOTHER, BLANCHE GLOVER ELLIS. COKE SIGN IN BACKGROUND ON NORTH WALL OF COKE PLANT.