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

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

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.

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

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

H.V. Johnson and Son Coal & Fuel Oil Company Truck in a train wreck February 26,1941, Charlotte, NC

Looking North up South Tryon Street showing its huge skyscrapers beginning in the late 1920s, Charlotte, NC

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

Tourists walking the boardwalk checking the exciting attractions out in the 1920s, Atlantic City, New Jersey

Employees at the Mays Mill in the 1940s, Cramerton, NC

Aerial View of people bathing & walking on the boardwalk, September 8, 1921, Atlantic City, New Jersey

Pyramid Motor Company Chevrolet Sales & Service, East Avenue at Davidson Street Circa 1928, Charlotte, NC

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

One of the movie projector rooms at The Diane 29 Twin Drive – In Theaters August 05, 1957, Gastonia, NC

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

Stuart Warren Cramer Jr’s House built in 1929 & known as “The Cramer House”, 200 Hermitage Road, Charlotte, NC.

Stuart Warren Cramer Jr’s House built in 1929 & known as “The Cramer House”, 200 Hermitage Road, Charlotte, NC

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
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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