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1.	Hammond-Brown-Jennings Furniture, main showroom	Business

2.	Craft's Drug Store	Business

3.	Electric power plant near Spartanburg	Business	In this picture the wooden building beside the waterfall housed a waterwheel that was the source of power for textile looms.

4.	Fairforest Finishing Company	Business	Fairforest Finishing began as a partnership between the Ligon family and Reeves Brothers. The mill village was known as Clevedale.

5.	Gas works plant	Business	The plant was located near the intersection of Daniel Morgan Avenue and Pine Street. The area around the gas works plant was known as Gas Bottom.

6.	Gas works plant	Business	The plant was located near the intersection of Daniel Morgan Avenue and Pine Street. The area around the gas works plant was known as Gas Bottom.

7.	Anderson's Mill	Business	On the North Tyger River, Anderson's Mill dates from the late 1700s when the Nicholls family operated a mill as part of Nicholl's Fort. The first session of Spartanburg County Circuit Court was held at the mill. James Anderson became owner of the mill in 1831. The gristmill is still standing in this photograph.

8.	Sears Roebuck and Company	Business	Sears was located on North Church Street. The Spartanburg County Administration Building is now on the site.

9.	Glenn Springs Hotel interior view	Business	The Glenn Springs Hotel drew crowds from South Carolina each summer who came to enjoy the relative coolness of the Upstate and the relaxed pace at the resort hotel. The springs are named after John B. Glenn who was the first to offer lodging for guests. A rail line ran from Spartanburg to Glenn Springs especially for the hotel guests. This interior view of the hotel dates from the 1920s. The photograph was taken on the second floor staircase.

10.	Glenn Springs Hotel dining room	Business	The use of the springs as a cure and resort began in the 1830s, and the Glenn Springs Hotel heyday was in the late 1800s until the early 20th century. The springs are named after John B. Glenn who was the first to offer lodging for guests. The dining hall of the elegant hotel was expanded several times to to keep up with increasing visitors.

11.	Anderson's Mill	Business	On the North Tyger River, Anderson's Mill dates from the late 1700s when the Nicholls family operated a mill as part of Nicholl's Fort. The first session of Spartanburg County Circuit Court was held at the mill. James Anderson became owner of the mill in 1831. This photograph shows the water wheel of the gristmill near the river.

12.	Run on Central National Bank	Business	All six of Spartanburg's banks failed during the Depression. The Central National Bank, located in the Andrews Building on Morgan Square, was the last to close in March 1933.

13.	A.G. Floyd, General Merchandise	Business	A.G. Floyd began his business on East Main Street in 1870. He also had a warehouse on North Church Street and a furniture store in the Merchant's Hotel, later the Spartan Inn. His business is mentioned in the 1884 edition of South Carolina Industries and Resources.

14.	Hammond-Brown-Jennings Furniture staff	Business

15.	Group of men behind Southern Bell Telephone &Telegraph Company	Business	Large group of men, motorcycle, horses, wagons, buggies. The Hertzog Apartment building is in the background.

16.	Hygea Ice and Fuel Company	Business	Hygea Ice and Fuel Company was the largest of its type in the upstate during World War II.

17.	Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Company workers	Business	This photograph was taken when the company was located on 117 East Main Street, above the Elite. A calendar on the back wall is dated October 1912.

18.	Gosnell Furniture	Business	Gosnell Furniture was located on the corner of North Church and St. John streets.

19.	Lockwood, Greene and Co. engineers	Business	This photo was taken before 1928. Lockwood Greene opened an office in Greenville in 1898. Company engineers designed many Spartanburg structures , including the Lyman Mill, First Presbyterian Church, and the Montgomery Building. Lockwood Greene moved its headquarters to Spartanburg in the 1960s. This photo was probably taken at Pacific Mills in Lyman.

20.	Glenn Springs Hotel	Business	The use of the springs as a cure and resort began in the 1830s, and the Glenn Springs Hotel heyday was in the late 1800s until the early 20th century. It was easily accessible by rail and one of the earliest telephone lines in the county ran from Cannon's Store downtown to the hotel. The springs are named after John B. Glenn who was the first to offer lodging for guests. Later John Conrad Zimmerman and then John W. Simpson and his son J. Wister Simpson enlarged the hotel and enhanced its reputation as 'the place to be' during the summer months. This exterior view was taken in 1926. The hotel burned in 1941.