The Opening of Stowe Park July 04, 1951, Belmont, North Carolina
The Stowe Park Special Train’s home was at Stowe Park, Belmont, North Carolina
Firestone Mills ( Loray Mills ) & Mill Village showing Franklin Boulevard, Gastonia, North Carolina
Loray Mills & Village circa 1920, Gastonia, North Carolina
The Southern Railway Trestle crossing the South Fork River, Cramerton, North Carolina
Aerial view of The Mays & Mayflower Mills in 1950, Cramerton, North Carolina
Christmas in 1940 at North Tryon Street, Charlotte, North Carolina
Independence Square ( Trade & Tryon Streets ) 1941, Charlotte, North Carolina+
Passengers loading in Charlotte headed to Gastonia at The Piedmont & Northern Station in Charlotte, North Carolina
Abel Caleb Lineberger Sr’s House, Belmont, North Carolina
Belmont Drive In Theater, Belmont, North Carolina
Matthews Belk Company 116 Main West Avenue in 1944, Gastonia, North Carolina
Chief Ramsey & MT. Holly Police investigate a wreck, Mt. Holly, North Carolina

Welcome!

     Millican Pictorial History Museum

     East 37 Woodrow Avenue 

     Paul Ford Recreation Building, Belmont, NC 28012   

     Parking behind museum   Phones: 704-829-8033  or 980-297-1604 mobile   

     Email: allenmillican45@gmail.com                      

     Open Monday – Saturday 10:30 am – 5:00 pm   

 

PRESTON TUCKER STANDING NEXT TO A TUCKER 48 AUTO OUTSIDE THE TUCKER FACTORY. THE TUCKER 48 WAS A REVOLUTIONARY AUTO DECADES AHEAD OF IT’S TIME. IT WAS CONSIDERED THE SAFEST AUTO IN THE WORLD, WITH DISK BRAKE, POPOUT WINDSHIELD ( IN CASE OF A WRECK ), PADDED DASH & PADDED DOOR PANELS, INDIVIDUAL WHEEL SUSPENSION, PERIMETER FRAME & INTEGRAL ROLL BAR, CENTRAL CYCLOPS EYE HEADLIGHT SYSTEM DESIGNED TO TURN WITH FRONT WHEELS TO ILLUMINATE AROUND CORNERS, LUGGAGE COMPARTMENT UNDER THE FRONT HOOD & THE ENGINE WAS IN THE REAR & LATER IT HAD A 5.5 LITRE HELICOPER ENGINE. 47 OF THE 51 BUILT ARE KNOWN TO EXIST. CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
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THE TUCKER PLANT WAS AROUND SIX MILLION SQUARE FEET & COVERED ABOUT 30 BLOCKS, SOME AUTOMOTIVE HISTORIANS SAID IT WAS ONE OF THE LARGEST FACTORIES IN THE WORLD. IT WAS BUILT IN CHICAGO DURING WORLD WAR II TO MANUFACTURE B-29 BOMBER ENGINES. IT BECAME THE ASSEMBLY LINE FOR THE TUCKER 48 & TUCKER TORPEDO AUTOS. THE FIRST TUCKER 48 AUTO WAS COMPLETED MARCH 09, 1948, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
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Akers Motor Lines Autocar Diesel with sleeper, 1950s, Gastonia, NC
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South Point Life Saving Crew at Gaston Memorial Hospital, Gastonia, NC
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Formal Opening, April 22, 1949, Carothers Funeral Home & Fleet, on corner of 3rd St. & Church St., East Belmont, Funeral Director J. Aldrich ( Fat ) Myers, Belmont, NC.
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Formal Opening, April 22, 1949, Carothers Funeral Home & Fleet, on corner of 3rd St. & Church St., East Belmont, Funeral Director J. Aldrich ( Fat ) Myers, Belmont, NC
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This is Charlotte, The City which has grown from 18,091 population in 1900, from 46,338 in 1920, to 80,290 in 1928 ( federal census ), Charlotte, NC
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Gastonia Coca – Cola Bottling Company, 620 West Franklin Avenue, Gastonia, NC
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H.V. Johnson and Son Coal & Fuel Oil Company Truck in a train wreck February 26,1941, Charlotte, NC
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R.L. Rhodes Grocery Store located at Arkray Mill Village, Gastonia, NC
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View of M.A Rhyne & Sons Dairy, Highway 74 & New Hope Road, Gastonia, NC
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Boy at warping machine, Catawba Cotton Mill 1909, Newton, NC
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Postal Telegraph Messengers August 1908, Indianapolis, Indiana
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These boys work at Obear – Nestor Glass C0, May 1910, East St Louis, Illinios
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Looking North up South Tryon Street showing its huge skyscrapers beginning in the late 1920s, Charlotte, NC
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Stuart Cramer built this nine hole golf course for the exclusive use of Cramerton Mills’ Employees & Their Guests to use free in the 1930s, the children of the village caddied for the golfers after school & during holidays, Cramerton, NC
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Spargo & Sisk Barber Shop in the 1950s, 134 South Street, Gastonia, NC
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Red, White & Belmont Fireworks July 02, 2022 at Stowe Park, Belmont, NC
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Red, White & Belmont Fireworks July 02, 2022 at Stowe Park, Belmont, NC
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2022 Gaston Braves American Legion Baseball Team, Gaston County, NC
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2022 Gaston Braves American Legion Baseball Team, Gaston County, NC
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Tourists walking the boardwalk checking the exciting attractions out in the 1920s, Atlantic City, New Jersey
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Employees at the Mays Mill in the 1940s, Cramerton, NC
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Aerial View of people bathing & walking on the boardwalk, September 8, 1921, Atlantic City, New Jersey
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Pyramid Motor Company Chevrolet Sales & Service, East Avenue at Davidson Street Circa 1928, Charlotte, NC
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Smyre Mill Village Baseball Team having a wedding in 1940, Ranlo, NC
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Wedding at Smyre Mill Baseball Field in 1940, Ranlo, NC
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Efird’s Department Store at 127 North Tryon Street, opened September 1924, designed by architect Louis Asbury Sr. & erected by J.A. Jones Company at a cost of $700,000, Belk’s purchased Efird’s 58 stores in the 1950s, Charlotte, NC
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Springmaid Girls dressed in Springmaid Fabrics, Fort Mill, SC
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One of the movie projector rooms at The Diane 29 Twin Drive – In Theaters August 05, 1957, Gastonia, NC
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Children on the runway at Browntown Airport, Belmont, NC
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1940 – 1941 Belmont High School Chemistry Class, Belmont, NC
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The older girl is Ruth Tucker, The younger girl is Pinckye ( Pink ) Cannon Tucker Jenkins, sitting on the car in 1923 next to the J.D. Tucker Store at 707 East Catawba Street, The National Cotton Yarn Mill is in the background, Belmont, NC
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Stuart Warren Cramer Jr’s House built in 1929 & known as “The Cramer House”, 200 Hermitage Road, Charlotte, NC.
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Stuart Warren Cramer Jr’s House built in 1929 & known as “The Cramer House”, 200 Hermitage Road, Charlotte, NC
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Stuart Warren Cramer’s Winter Home, called Withgate Hall circa 1897 at 301 East Morehead Street, neighbors recall Cramer’s Chinese male servants who exercised on parallel bars at the public school across the street & much admired by the school children, Charlotte Country Day School began in this Cramer House, The Withgate Hall was razed in the 1950s, Charlotte, NC
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Millican Pictorial History Museum

East 37 Woodrow Avenue

Paul Ford Recreation Building

Belmont, NC

We have moved the museum into the Paul Ford Recreation Building. We are operating out of four small areas now but soon we will have the whole building. We are the caretaker of the Bannernews hardback journals ( total of 90, 1945 – 2013 ). We are looking for 2014 – 2022 Bannernews papers to complete our museum library to preserve our history. We are also looking for  old magazines such as Life, Post, Look, Popular Mechanics & Time, city directories, phone books, school annuals & old history pictures of all the surrounding areas as well as the Charlotte area. We are trying to preserve as much history as possible. You can drop any of the above off to the museum or ship it to the address above. We are also looking for wood cabinets ( usually 5 foot long & 4 foot tall ) that are used to display women’s hosiery like were in Belk’s & Dillard’s. 8 ½ x 11 historical prints will fit perfectly in them. We are also looking glass display units to display historical items.

Any items that you can donate to help our museum grow would be appreciated. Thank you so much.

Allen Millican
Millican Pictorial History Museum

If you need more information you can contact Allen Millican at email: allenmillican45@gamail.com or call 704-829-80333 or 980297-1604 cell.

 

 

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