The Old Store in Florence
an old postcard plagiarized from a John Uri Lloyd Photo

 

C. W. Myers' Store, 1903	Fred Reich's Shop,1903	Ford  Garage,  1930

 

272 Main Street, Florence	Arnold's Soda Fountain and Candy Store,  circa 1914	Ernie's Market 06718 Dixie

 

Bank of Florence
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune, November 29, 1903

 

Osborn's Store
From a Facebook post by Boone County Borderlands Archive and History Center

 

Florence Deposit Bank left, 1930's; right, 1950's History of the bank is here. The matchbook is c. 1970's, and shows a different bank location Image on the right from a Facebook post by Barb Hodges Henninger In 1955, they left this location and opened a new office on Dixie Highway

“Florence, Ky., Nov. 8 - Five well-heeled cracksmen dashed into the city this after midnight in an automobile and dynamited the safe in the Florence Deposit bank, partially wrecking the building.  After firing shots at Citizens who rushed to the bank, they escaped.  No money was secured.  One robber wore a silk hat.” from the Paducah Evening Sun, November 8, 1907

A longer version of this bank robbery story is here.

Florence Drive-In opens: here and here.

 

Florence Marathon, 1969
US 42 and Pleasant Valley

 

Loews, on Mall Road
From a Facebook post by Laura Hallman Massey

 

Kentucky Automobile and Carriage Company
Pike and Shelby Streets, Florence, Kentucky
 (in which you can see the famous chickens crossing the road!) 
(Thanks! to Tom Bakes for the image)

 

  Florence's Bradford Brothers

 

Cincinnati Commercial Newspaper, March 19, 1869