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| 2nd and Market, Maysville, Circa 1906 You're looking east on West 2nd. That's Maysville's Mayor Tom Russell at the wheel, for sure. We've also read that this was the very first car in Kentucky. Maybe . . . |
Maysville Ice Delivery Truck
Thought to be a Walker Electric Truck (Wikipedia)
From a Facebook post by Tony McFarland
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| Standard Oil Station,
at the foot of the Bridge, Tom Moran, proprietor. (With a 1949 Studebaker on the left) (from a Facebook post by Bob Chamblin) |
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Jimmy Lykins Service Station, The Right Spot
carved out of the corner of the Home Tobacco Warehouse,
Lexington and Forest
from the left,
Jay Applegate, Holman Hamm, and James Hiatt
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| Eugene Pyles and Son Service Station, On US 68, 7 miles from Maysville |
East Side Auto Service, circa 1930 a.k.a. B & R Radio |
| William Farley owned a Kaiser-Frazer Automobile (Wikipedia) dealership after WWII on West Third. Earlier, the Farley Motor Co., on East Second Street, was a trucking company, among other things hauling tin plate for the Carnation plant from the barge to the plant, on trucks with chain drive, and solid rubber tires. |
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| Clark Motor Company Ford Dealer |
Keith and Keith Motor Car Company Buick, Marquette and Oldsmobile 28 & 29 E. Second Street |
Auto Inn “In the center of the business district on routes 68 and 10” |
Kirk Hupmobile Dealership at 208 Sutton.
From a Facebook post by Lisa Collins
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| Same spot, on Limestone by the High School. On the left, is Ken Downing at Crest Oil, and on the right is Emerson “Buster” Atherton. From Facebook posts by Ron Bailey, left, and Steve Atherton. | |
Gibson Motor Sales
Later, Tolle Brothers.
From a Facebook post by Ron Bailey
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| Spur Station, later a Gulf Station, 1969. Average wage in Kentucky in 1969 was $6,537. from a Facebook post by Ron Bailey |
Colonel George Bowers' Talk of the Town Car Wash, Flemingsburg Road at Lexington Street from a Facebook post by Ron Bailey |
Franklin Motors
“Pontiac, Buick, Cadillac, and GMC Trucks
2 miles south of Maysville on Rt. 68
We have the sharpest used cars in the state of Kentucky and Southern Ohio
(See us before you buy for a good deal)”
Calvert Motors
From a Facebook post by John Harmon
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| Before it was Calvert's, it was Buckley's from a Facebook post by John Henderson | Calvert Motors, with a 1967 Dodge Coronet 500. That's Bill Calvert in the background from a Lisa Collins post of Facebook | Calvert and Buckley Hupmobile and Dodge Brothers Cars |
Calvert Motor Company, Maysville Dodge & Plymouth |
| Read more about Calvert & Buckley here. And we note in passing that the sign on it says “Mayall & Calvert, Funeral Directors.” | |||
Gibson Chevrolet, in flood (1913? 1937?) Later, Queen's Chevrolet
From a Facebook post by John Harmon
| Gibson Chevrolet | The Limestone Motor Car Company | Maysville Auto Company, Oakland Automobiles |
