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Sam B Mayer & Sons

Sam B Mayer & Sons was a dry good business that started in 1903 at 138 Second Street. They were Henderson’s leading department store and known for their…

Liquor Store

Anyone know which store and where this was?

701 Dixon / Acme Drug Store

Roger W. “Doc” Cabell ( ) owned and operated Acme Drug Store at 701 Dixon St. (now Martin Luther King Jr. Ave.) from 1936 to 1970. According to…

Eastwood Drug Co Poem

EASTWOOD DRUG CO.If of drugs you are in need,EASTWOOD’S drug store is in the lead.For SEVENTEEN YEARS he’s compounded prescriptionsThat have cured you of ills of every description.For…

Danny’s Shoes

The Danny Shoppe (Danny’s Shoes) was a shoe and accessories shop located at 212 N Main. Owned and operated by Joseph (Danny) Dannheiser. “Danny’s, Fitters of Feet”

207 Letcher / 1330 Powell

207 Letcher Street (1330 Powell) opened as Troutman and Burris Shell Service Station. William Troutman and Rudy Burris were owner operators. It is currently the location of Bodega…

Big G

Big G was a self serve retailer of home building supplies, furnishings, appliances, and related products that opened at 275 Klutey Park in 1977. The store location was…

David Hall Lehman

In selecting only representative institutions of Henderson in their respective lines of business, the house of D. H. Lehman must head the list in his special business as…

S. & E. Oberdorfer

Henderson stands well to the front in the dry goods and general merchandise business, and claims with justice to posses many first class establishments in that line. Among…

Clay Drug Co

Clay Drug Company at 222 Second Street was run by Clarence Leslie Clay (1874-1946). Drugs, Office and Kodak Supplies, News Agency, Cigars and Tobacco. Reference: 1923 Henderson Sanborn…

Crowd at Belk-Henderson Store in 1946

213 and 221 Second Street A crowd lines up on opening day at the Belk-Henderson Store at 213 Second Street on June 1, 1946. Quinn’s Rexall drugstore is…

Beard’s Restaurant and Vayden’s Variety Store

109 and 115 Letcher Street Owned and operated by Vayden Beard and Ernest Beard. Reference: WKU KY Museum Special Collection