A Photo Stroll Through Some of the Weaver Family Stores

Dear Family Trails readers,

Our family history is filled with stories of shop-keeping, and this week's "Weaver Wednesday" edition is a "photo stroll" through a small part of that history. In past posts, I have tried to honor the Weaver businesses in 50 Years in the Mercantile Business on August 26, 2015, and Uncle Dewey, on June 24, 2015,  and Cousins and Cookbooks, on November 12, 2014, and Shop Local, September 3, 2015.

 I am thankful to my cousins for submitting pictures that I could use for this post. 

An article submitted in 1960 to the Daily Home newspaper

A photo from the internet of a dry goods store in the turn of the 20th century, similar to
C. S. Weaver and Sons

Kiser Weaver in front of Wood-Weaver Shoes 

A sign from the Weaver-Ragsdale store

Dewey Weaver at the Weaver-Ragsdale Store

Kiser Weaver in C. S. Weaver and Sons

A framed page from the Daily Home newspaper advertising  the closing of  Weaver-Ragsdale 

The sign in  the window of Wood-Weaver Shoes 

Talladega Square 

Talladega Square

The soda fountain in The Owl Drugstore

The restored soda fountain today

Our family's cookbook, Seasoned With Love, contains family stories throughout. Here are 2 of these stories that tell about days of the stores:

William Malone remembers Grandfather telling him that pennies were not used in Talladega when he opened for business in 1897. They were introduced later by Mr. Goldberg of "Goldberg and Lewis Department Store."

And : 

The owner of the store from whom Grandfather rented felt sorry for him because he had so many children to feed and clothe. She would come into his store each month before the rent was due and buy more groceries and dry goods than she could possibly use in order to take some of his rent in trade. 

Save your pennies! 

Love, 

Mariellan