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  1. Looking North on Church Street from 47 Broad Street - 1961

    Three B&W Polaroid photograph of the view north on Church Street from the intersection of Broad and Church Streets*: a: Features the sign for Byars Drugs (43-47 Broad Street), 46 Broad across the street, the edge of 50 Broad Street, and Church Street buildings from 111 Church. St. Philip's Church in background. Car in foreground. b: Features a similar view as above but taken closer to the southwest corner of Broad and Church. The painting o...

    Record Type: Photo

    a: North on Church Street from Byars Drugs
  2. Property File - 43-47 Broad Street (Plenge Haberdashery)

    Constructed ca. 1855; renovated ca. 1870. Although built in the antebellum period as the shop of the saddler and harness makers Charles Love and Conrad M. Wienges, this large structure was thoroughly altered in about 1870 by its subsequent owner, haberdasher Charles Plenge, with the addition of a pressed tin cornice and Italianate facade treatments in stucco. One of the enduring characteristics of the building is the late-19th century painting, T...

    Record Type: Archive

    Plenge the Hatter
  3. The Hat Man (47 Broad Street) - 1961

    B&W photograph of the "Hat Man" painted on the Church Street side of 47 Broad Street. Dated December 1961. Written on back of photo: "Where the tall hat was sold."

    Record Type: Photo

    The Hat Man

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