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[26th Anniversary for Hall, Scruggs & Co.]

Description: Photograph of the Halls, Scruggs & Co Dry Goods storefront. The store is celebrating its 26th anniversary. The text on the back of the photograph reads, "This [illegible] the whole story, and no one can tell just what this meant to Eddie and I. 26 years and still sailing along. The group in the middle is the bunch that for the last years has put Hall Scruggs Co over. And Mr. William and the rear of the [illegible] has guided them right.”
Date: 1936
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Partner: Midwestern State University

[Wagon Yard and Jail]

Description: Photograph of O.K. Wagon Yard and Paducah's first jail. The note on the back of the photograph reads, "First jail and the OK wagon yard; sat on N.E. corner square. The jail was built in 1894 from rock brought from “Talkin’ John” Creek. The building and the jail furnished an income for workmen during the drought years that followed the organization of the county in 1892. The ruins of the old jail went into the foundation of our present-day Veterans Building."
Date: unknown
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Partner: Midwestern State University

[Event on Courthouse Steps]

Description: Photograph of a group of men on the Paducah's courthouse steps. The man on the far left is holding a microphone and the two men on the right are holding a sweater. The note on the back of the photograph reads, “Left to right: Hubert Lee, Rev. W.E. Wilbur (First Christian minister), Roy Jones county attorney, Price Sandlin Paducah Fire Chief." The doors on the courthouse have now been refurbished.
Date: unknown
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Partner: Midwestern State University
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