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Three businesses in stucco building, c. 1926

Item

Title

Three businesses in stucco building, c. 1926

Description

Three businesses: Stuart Paint Company, Midway Café - Good Home Cooking, and the Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company, located on Dixie Highway at Fifth Street.

Midway Café opened 2 Oct 1926 by Mr. and Mrs. C.E. Hibble in the Bell Market building (in the space formerly occupied by the Seminole Cafe) next to the A&P. The café closed by March 1927, as Mrs. Hibble took the position of manager of the Arcade Restaurant. Mr. Hibble became the volunteer Municipal Employment Agent.

In 2023, located at 198 SE 5th Street or 500 Old Dixie Highway.

Source

Scan gift of Stuart Heritage Museum; Filed under Atwood in photo collections.

Rights

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Format

Black and white print; 3x2 inches

Language

English

Type

Still image

Identifier

SHM-Atwood-008
2023.002

Coverage

Original Format

Photographic print

Collection

Citation

“Three businesses in stucco building, c. 1926,” Martin Digital History, accessed October 5, 2026, https://www.martindigitalhistory.org/items/show/386.