Reportedly called Swan because of swan's in a lake that used to be behind it.
Who was the famous Charles Chandler?
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Swan Menu From a Facebook post by Charlie Lunsford |
Swan's children's menu From a Facebook post by Charlie Lunsford |
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The first Gayety Theatre | The Gayety | Elsmere, c. 1950 From a Facebook post by Ruth Ann Weiss |
These two images ran along with a history of the Gayety in 1955. |
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Burns Brothers Service Station,
May and Dixie From a Facebook post by Buzz Burns |
Four Ace TV, Dixie at Sunset |
Mark Dusing commissioned this painting from artist Marisa Paolucci.
From a Facebook post by Donald Lee Skirvin
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Dusing Brothers from upper left, an aerial view, Franklin (l) and Ben (r) Dusing (1938), The Business, Workers at Dusing Ice, Electrical Panel (?!?) at Dusing Ice |
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The Dusing Brothers called it quits. Retrospective and history at this site. |
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Dusing Brothers | Brothers Ben and Franklin Dusing, c. 1930 |
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Sid's, an Elsmere institution From a Facebook post by Beverly Sturgeon |
Chester Dryer's Gateway Grill 3619 Dixie, next to Dusings |
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Zitt's Taylor Shop, on Garvey | Little Boy Blue Golf At Dixie and May in Elsmere |
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Joe Michael's Service, 1946. From a Facebook post by Sue Michaels Howell |
Tate Builders Supply | Elsmere Grocery From a Facebook post by Candace Schaefer Olivo |
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First Federal Savings and Loan, Elsmere, 1959 |
Inside Tom Howard's Grocery on Garvey |
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Pieper's on Dixie, near across from Forest From a Facebook post by Shelley Pieper Miller |