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26-BDO-21

1981

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2

Dougherty High School. Wife's alma mater (class of '87).

24-BDO-22

1981

21

1

Harvey's Outlet. Wife (from this area) recalls: "To the right of it was an old skating rink that...

15-IMA-22

1991

22

1

Torch 85 Truck Stop - exit 42, I-85 at AL 186 (Wire Road)

3-BMO-11

1983

49

1

Mosley's Store - still there today. US 31 at Federal Road.

21-BDO-7

1981

11

1

Kwickie Foods - SW corner of Holly Drive & US 19. Now a Flash Foods.

21-BDO-8

1981

15

1

Kwickie Foods -- SW corner of Holly Drive & US 19. Today, a Flash Foods (it's a big chain around those...

24-BDO-23

1981

15

1

Lee Sentry Hardware and (Neal's?) Pharmacy. In later years there was a video store in this little strip...

24-BDO-24

1981

10

1

This is Nelms Road at US 19 (NE corner). Frank's Package Store in the middle, a small grocery on the right...

24-BDO-10

1981

21

1

Jr. Food Store, once a c-store chain out of Panama City, Fla. - locations all over SW Ga., SE Ala., Fla. panhandle...

24-BDO-8

1981

9

1

The Bottle Shop liquor store on US 19 south ... today it's Bill's Beer & Wine.

21-IDA-2

1983

12

1

River Bend Fish Camp. Long gone and abandoned. The archway to the right is the Dougherty-Mitchell County...

16-BDO-37

1981

7

1

Putney United Methodist Church.

17-BDO-1

1981

10

1

Putney United Methodist Church. Married my wife here in 2001!

1-BDO-3

1981

25

1

Georgia Power Plant Mitchell. In the lower right corner is an old concrete arch over the roadway; still there...

1-BSH-24

1983

58

1

YES! I was hoping to see this caught on film! This was the Motel For Pets - a boarding kennel set up to resemble...

1-BSH-10

1983

63

1

Parade - a longtime cut-rate brand once common in Alabama (H.L. Hunt owned). I cannot place where this was...

1-BSH-27

1983

84

2

A dinky old gas station/store with rock facade. It's still there, its heels stubbornly dug in as it'...

1-BSH-12

1983

76

2

Lloyd's Restaurant. It's been an icon since the 1930s - originally out toward Chelsea, but they moved...

46-BSH-14

1983

41

1

Shell service station - today, it's still a Shell, but the ranch-style building here was replaced with the...

46-BSH-12

1983

47

1

This Gulf station used to greet those coming off I-65 north at this exit (the interstate ended here for a long...

7-PCH-14

1993

59

1

Stuckey's near Verbena, Ala. (I-65 exit 200). Opened 1966, closed by 2012. Stopped here many times over...

61-BMO-36

1983

23

1

"Let's swing around and get some more shots of east Montg--- GAAAAAH, DUCK! Phew, that was a close...

22-PMON-3

1993

30

1

A Chevron station, then ... a Chevron station today. Rare in this day, where brand flags change at the drop...

21-PMON-22

1993

15

1

Firework/souvenir store - stores like these were once a common sight along US 231, a main route to Florida...

21-PMON-33

1993

16

1

Pine Lake Old Car Company - going back to the '80s. Was originally Saxon's Candy Kitchen & Restaurant...

21-PMON-32

1993

19

1

The Pine Lake Motel. Sold by longtime owners in the early 2010s, and is now Relax Inn. Hated to see the...

21-PMON-35

1993

35

1

Scottish Inn - then, and now. Very seedy. Years ago was the Heart of Dixie Motel. The original sign still...

56-BMO-22

1983

16

1

Obviously a church :-) Abandoned in the '90s - windows broken out, very creepy. Building appears to...

52-BMO-13

1983

18

1

Pine Lake Old Car Company. Building is empty. Parts of the signage shown here were still on the building...

42-BMO-28

1983

11

1

Jack's Nut Shop - for years a roadside icon on US 231. Later just "The Nut Shop." Both buildings...

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