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Looking at early pictures of the Vandergriff Building, Arlington Theater, and the various activities being photographed at the time really takes you back (if you're old enough to be taken back) to what seems now to be a simpler world. The photos that follow were obtained from various historical sources. They show the building as a car dealership, and a number of the activities that took place in and around the area at the time. Explanation or text will not accompany every photo.

No idea as to the year this was taken. It appears to still be used as a dealership, but impossible to say for sure

This is a great old night shot of the neon sign that lit the corner of Center Street and Division. Today if you look, you can still see the hardware used to hold this sign. When it was taken down we don't know, but wouldn't it be great for the restoration to replicate it in some way?

How does that commercial jingle go about "...apple pie and Chevrolet???"

Imagine where these guys are standing, probably out pretty far on either Center or Division. Probably not quite as much traffic as we have along those two streets today, huh?

Not much known about this picture. The Vandergriff dealership garage can be seen in the background. Looks like the 30's maybe??

This was a picture taken from inside the Vandergriff Building, second floor car storage. The picture was of a passing parade, occasion unknown. You can see the neon sign in the left corner of the picture, so the parade must have been passing from west to East on Division at the time.

This has to be a favorite. This photo can be dated to approximately 1947. This is because the movie showing at the time was "The Screen Story of Seabiscuit" which was playing about that time. A few uniforms can be seen as well, suggesting that World War II hadn't been over too long.