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Murphy Street Black Business District: this
picture, taken in 1940 looking from the construction site of the
Murphy Street Post Office (former location of Greasy Bill’s
Restaurant), shows (left to right) the JL Roberts building, then
Press Byrd’s Café, the John Gentry Barber Shop, Jethro Franklin’s
Shoe Shine, and the Pressing Club. To the right in the picture, with
a tin roof, is the Livery Stable.