Leaksville Historical Photos

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1- First Airmail fight from Leaksville, W.W. Hampton (right), Postmaster
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A Leaksville service station, 1920s...Ben and Frank Eggleston
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The Lily B. Morehead, first locomotive to enter Leaksville, 1883

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4- Hampton Two-seated surry, made in Leaksville 1900. Price: $115.00.
5- Charlie Pruitt
and his bus, 1909 (note the "Leaksville, Spray, Draper on the side).
6- Price Photo Studio
on the Boulevard, 1922

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7- Ivie Brothers on Washington Street about 1906...proprietors R. H. and J. W. Ivie
8- Floyd Hill Furniture
staff on the Boulevard, 1904
9- The Carolina Ramblers,
(left to right) Posey Rorer, Charlie Poole (seated) and Rob Harvey.

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10- Glenn School, near Leaksville, c.1920
11- Dr. John B. Ray
, practiced medicine in the Leaksville area from 1898 until 1958.
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Doffers at Spray Cotton Mill, 1912. Child labor was common in the textile industry at the time.

13- The Leaksville Covered Bridge

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