Here's the view of Main and Elm 49 years ago this month. Dick Boehr took this photo in September 1966.
Here's some interesting things to notice:
• Crow's occupied the building now housing Groves Bears
• Check the street crossing - it looks as if the brick under today's pavement is showing as the crosswalk
• There's a tree in the Crow's parking lot, that doesn't exit today
• Now look closely as what is today the A to Z Meats building. It shows the "drive in" gas station, probably operated by Richard Cookson when this photo was taken. It was a Marathon station. We can't make out the words on the yellow sign next to the archway. It looks like "TOP ALLEY." We will defer to the Cookson brothers for an answer.
• If the stoplight was in this photo you'd only see one. Today's the are two at this intersection.
RESPONSE FROM KEN COOKSON:
Thanks Fred. The yellow sign in my father’s Marathon Station reads "Top Value," a type of stamp given out by various merchants and collected by customers. Books of stamps could be redeemed for prizes and merchandise by that company. A competitor to Top Value Stamps was S & H Green Stamps.
Thanks, Ken Cookson
