Kaiapoi Freezing Works

 

 

Taken in 1917, the mutton killing board with the beef department on the left. The NC Sheepfarmers Freezing Company was formed in 1915 and the Works in Bowler Street opened in 1917, and closed in 1991.

Country Store, 1939

 

Country store on dirt road. Sunday afternoon. July 1939. Gordonton, North Carolina. Kerosene pump on the right and gasoline pump on the left. Rough, unfinished timber posts have been used as supports for porch roof. Brother of store owner stands in doorway. Photo by Dorothea Lange. Found at /r/historyporn, posted by /u/texanwill.

One family took photos of what this area looks like now, you can see them at Panoramio; photos by coleimage.