Description
This vintage postcard showcases a vibrant Shelby, North Carolina business district teeming with 1940s automobiles. The scene includes the Diada Shops and Crest Stores, highlighting the town’s bustling commercial center. This charming postcard, mailed around the 1940s, offers a glimpse into Shelby’s past as a key trading center for Western North Carolina.
Front Text (cleaned):
OR
S-18
Scene in the business district, Shelby, N.C.
Diada Shops
Crest Stores
E-13406
Back Text (cleaned):
Shelby, N.C., as the county seat, is the natural trading center for Cleveland County as well as the surrounding areas. Shopping facilities are numerous and excellent and serve not only this section but, in many cases, all of Western North Carolina. Shelby has two newspapers: one daily and one semi-weekly. Also, several good hotels and motels convenient to the traveler.
Hello—here is a postcard from N.C., U.S.A. I would be glad to exchange postcards and letters with you, if you wish.
Best wishes,
Nora
Box 493
Black Harbour,
N.B., Canada.
Mrs. W. C. Hicks
104 Hicks Street
Cherryville, N.C.
