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Subject Files : Business and Industry

File names that appear in blue are readable when clicking on the file name. Most of the files are newspaper articles, collected by DeKalb History Center staff over the years.

Accountants

Smith and Raab, P.C.

 

Antiques

Chamblee Antiques Row

Kudzu Antiques

Yikes!

 

Art Gallery

By Hand South

The Goodbye Girl, Decatur

 

Automotive

General

General Motors (see also Special Collections page, General Motors collection)

Doraville GM maps

History of Doraville GM plant

 

Bakeries

General

 

Banks

Bank of the South

Citizen and Southern, Emory

Citizen’s Trust Bank

Decatur Bank & Trust Company

Decatur Building & Loan

Decatur Federal Savings & Loan

Decatur First Bank

DeKalb Federal Savings and Loan

DeKalb State Bank

Embry National Bank

Fidelity National Bank

First National Bank of Atlanta, Decatur Branch

First National Bank of DeKalb, formerly The First Bank of Glenwood-1972

First Southern 

Fourth National Bank of Atlanta

Fulton National

Heritage Bank

Homebanc Mortgage

Horizon Bank

Miscellaneous

Nations Bank

SunTrust Bank

Trust Company

Tucker Federal Savings and Loan

Tucker Federal Savings and Loan, “The Eagle” publication, several issues

 

Beverage

DO, Inc.

 

Books & Publishing

General

 

Chemical

Biolab, Inc.

 

Chimney Sweeps

Magic Hats Chimney Sweeps

 

Cleaners

General

 

Coins/Collectibles

Northlake Stamp & Coin

 

Consignment/Retail

Cofer Bros, Tucker

Designers, Etc. Bargain Outlet

Glass & Brass

Jack & Jill, Avondale

Lime Katz, Brookhaven

 

 

Construction

Pattillo Construction

 

Design

Church Street Design, Decatur

 

Economics

 

Engineering

 

Film, Musical, and Digital Entertainment

 

Fitness

Decatur Fitness

 

Florists/Nurseries

Baker (Maud) Flower Shoppe

Decatur Floral Company

Decatur/DeKalb Florist

Emory Village Flowers and Gifts

Green Brothers’ Nursery

 

 

Food

H.W. Lay and Company, Chamblee

Kraft

 

Funeral Homes

A.S. Turner, Bond and Greene, Inc., Grissom (East Lake)

 

 

General/History

 

Grocers

Buford Highway Farmers Market

Caribbean African Supermarket

DeKalb Farmers’ Market

Shield’s Meat Market

 

Hardware/Home Improvement

Bailey and Son’s Hardware

DeKalb Supply Company

Home Depot

King Hardware

 

Hobby Shops

Bicycle South

Decatur Hobby

 

 

Hotels/Lodging/Motels

Dinkler Hotels

Garden House Bed and Breakfast

General

Holiday Inn – Decatur

 

 

Industrial Park/Office Buildings

General

 

Insurance

Cotton State Life and Health Insurance Co

Life Insurance Company of Georgia

Safeco Insurance Companies

 

Jewelers

Decatur City Jewelers

Joseph Siegel Jewelers

Maier & Berkele, Decatur

Moody’s Fine Jewelry, Decatur

 

 

Locksmith

Decatur Lock and Key

 

Manufacturing

Chattahoochee Brick

Fluorescent Lighting – Greater Atlanta Signs

Miscellaneous

South River Brick Company

Steel

Tucker Mattress Company

Woodman Co., Inc. – Decatur

 

Media-Newspapers (see Reference & Periodicals)

 

Media – Television

Cable DeKalb

WAGA – TV

 

Mills

Durand

Flake’s Mill- Ellenwood

General

Georgia Duck and Cordage Mill- Scottdale

Guess sawmill- Peachtree Creek, North

Henderson Mill- Northlake

Houston Mill- Emory

Pea Ridge Grist Mill- Tucker area

Scottdale Mills

Sugar Creek Mills

Thompson’s Mills- S Candler, Decatur

Wadsworth Mill- Shoal Creek, Decatur

 

Movie Theatres

General

 

Music

Clarks’s Music Store

Emile Baron Instruments

 

 

Pharmacy/Drug Store

McKinney’s Apothecary

 

Photography

General

 

Printing

John H. Harland Co.

Miscellaneous

 

Quarries

General

 

Real Estate

Coldwell Banker

Cousins Property

 

 

Restaurants/Bars

Huddle House

Waffle House

Claudette’s French Restaurant, Decatur

The Grog Shop Tavern, Decatur

Our Way Cafe

Upstage Cafe/Picasso’s Performance Cafe

Manuel’s Tavern

Meno’s New Orleans Cafe

Thumbs Up

The Freight Room, others- Historic train depot, Decatur

Babalu Restaurant and Tapas Bar

Sweet Melissa’s

Twain’s

 

Retirement/Senior/Personal Care

Chancellor Park

Tulip Garden Personal Care Home

 

Rugs/Home

Sharian, Inc.

 

Salons/Hair

Decatur Hair, Inc.

Depot Barber Shop, Decatur

Nick’s Barber Shop, Stone Mountain

Salon Red

Terra Mater, Decatur

 

 

Shoe Repair

General

 

Shopping Malls/Shopping Plazas

Avondale Mall

Emory Commons

Georgetown Shopping Center

Lithonia Plaza

Memorial Bend

Miscellaneous

North Decatur Plaza

Northlake Mall

North DeKalb Mall

Northeast Plaza

Northlake Festival

Outlet Square

Perimeter Mall

Sage Hill

South DeKalb Mall

Stonecrest Mall- news articles and original public relations materials; large maps stored

Suburban Plaza

The Plaza at Snapfinger

Toco Hill/Toco Hills

Turner Mall

Twin Oaks

WalMart – Avondale

 

Sports

General, Pro teams

America Field

 

Technology

General

 

Telegraph

General

 

Transportation

Allied Holdings

Trucking Schneider National

 

Utilities

General