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The Old Neumeyer House...just west of Second Street and Broadway has been a hotel since it was built in 1879 by Oscar Neumeyer. The structure originally had 88 rooms, a dining and bar areas on the ground floor and a stable in the rear. The lower…

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Small Stores...along Broadway typified the architecture of their day--each different but just about the same. Reminiscent of the "mom and pop" stores of another era, most of the second story apartments have been vacant for a number of years. Now…

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The Leading Corner...of the new shopping center planned by Midlands Northern Joint Venture will be the northeast corner of Main Street and Broadway. It now houses Brodkey's Jewelers and Clark Drug Co.

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Up The Street...from Woolworth's Store, are Brown's Shoe Fit Co., the Yum Yum Tree Candy Store, Kaypers Clothing, C.R. Fifer Co. hearing aids, Capitol Optical Co., and Calandra Camera Store. Many of the firms have now moved to other locations.

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Groundbreaking Service: The Rev. Clarence Woolard turns a shovel of dirt at ground=breaking services Sunday for a new $75,000 educational unit at the Fifth Avenue Methodist church. Flanking the Rev. Mr. Woolard are Forest A. Moore, building committee…

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Fifth Avenue Methodist Church . . . was organized in 1889.

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Fifth Avenue Methodist Church . . . at 1800 Fifth avenue was completely rebuilt in 1924.

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Fifth Avenue Methodist Episcopal church, Fifth Avenue and Eighteenth street, is completing its forty-seventh year.
The church has carried on its ministry along with the development and growth of the west end of the city. It serves a large…

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Allowing Light . . . to flow into classrooms are the large and plentiful windows in the new educational unit at Fifth Avenue Methodist Church.

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This Stately Church . . . Fifth Avenue United Methodist opens its doors wide to its ever-increasing active memberships. It is most proud of its growth which has earned recognition.

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The Rev. Richard Wagner, pastor at St. Patrick's Catholic Church, adds another grocery sack with food for The Feed 5000 Project to those already in the vestibule of the church.

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Bonneted And Gowned . . . Farragut ladies prepare for the town's centennial celebration which runs through Sunday. From left are Mrs. Harold Brooks, whose husband is co-chairman of the centennial, Mrs. Arnold Spears and Mrs. Kenneth Livingston.

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The Present Home . . . of the First Congregational Church in Farragut. A special service here Sunday marked the 80th anniversary of the founding of the church.

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Her Children Travel . . . at times like the doll-infant that Mrs. Stephen Akangbe, a Nigerian, displays for Mary Hurlbut and the Rev. and Mrs. George Campbell, Farragut. Miss Hurlbut holds an African woman's hoe.

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Christmas lights and snow deck downtown Broadway in jewels and ermine in this cold scene looking west from Pearl Street. The camera captured the setting with a time exposure shot Tuesday evening. Nonpareil photo by Jack Kennedy.

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A Steady Stream Of Traffic...passes Eighth St. and Broadway

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Parade of Progress...moves across the $2,000,000 Broadway Viaduct. Pretty girls, jeeps, floats, dignitaries, clown-mobiles, convertibles, National Guardsmen and horses were all included in the parade celebration here on Wednesday afternoon.

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ca. 1950 Broadway (100 block) looking west from 1st Street, through arched window (in Broadway Methodist Church?)

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Night-time photo of Broadway looking west from 4th Street.

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