Description
Discover a sunny Abilene, Texas streetscape, showcasing vintage storefronts like Lester’s Jewelers and Bab’s Import Mart. The postcard features parked cars and lush trees under a clear blue sky, offering a charming glimpse of downtown Abilene’s Showcase Square Shopping Center. This delightful image of Abilene’s bustling street scene dates from approximately the 1970s.
Front Text (cleaned):
LESTER'S JEWELERS
Community FINANCE & THRIFT CORP.
LOANS UP TO $2000
WINDSOR
Bab's IMPORT MART
RECORD SHOP
JEWELRY
Back Text (cleaned):
STREET SCENE LOOKING NORTH
Abilene, Texas
With its growth greatly augmented in pioneer days by the advent of the Texas and Pacific Railroad and in the present era by manufacturing, Abilene's economy centers on ranching, agriculture, and oil, as well as manufacturing. In the foreground is Showcase Square Shopping Center, in downtown Abilene.
Walcott & Sons, P.O. Box 1044, San Angelo, Texas 76901
Photo by: Wayne Craig
S-73745-1
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