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West Corner Public Square pondered with little dog photo By Linda Waggener This is a thank you for a great conversation about the West Corner of the Public Square in Columbia. Thanks to all who responded to the question posted on December 12, 2019 about an old photo, asking readers if anyone could say what the little animal was in the left front section of the picture. Responses indicate agreement that it is an animal, a dog, but we're unsure of the circumstances that make it appear nearly legless. Billy Joe Fudge said: Looks like a dog wading in water from left to right. Must have been a downpour recently. What looks like rough ground to the dog's left and ahead, appears to actually be water running from Greensburg Street down to Burkesville Street on its way to the Western Fork of Town Branch. Charles Marshburn said, simply: Some would call it a dog! Linda Lewis said: That little animal is a black and white dog with a stubby tail lying down. The front feet are pointed to the right. Michael Potter said: The base of the building relative to the sidewalk from right to left indicates downhill. From the pole to the far left the relative height difference between the sidewalk and the foreground is relatively constant. The car on the right has no water at the base of the tires. If it was standing water, the length of the right front leg of the dog would suggest, relative to the sidewalk/foreground, there should be water above the sidewalk on the far left. My guess: the dog is laying down in the road. Robert Cumming said: The upper right facade on the Bank of Columbia building is dated 1922 and the mid '20s vintage convertible roadster is parked on a dirt & gravel street. The town dog looks like a bob-tail Jack Russell terrier. Jackson Brower said: Maybe Jesse James' little doggie who supposedly fell out their getaway automobile following the infamous hold-up of the Bank of Columbia. The old-timers used to talk about this for hours down at the Pellyton General Store. The James boys were in a big hurry to get home to Missouri. Ann Curtis said: The plaque honoring WWI veterans was placed on the facade of the Bank of Columbia in 1930, and remains there today. Since it's not shown in the photo, this would date the picture as sometime between 1922 and 1930. I wonder what the subject of the photo is? the dog or the bank? Maybe the newly built bank? Melissa Stone asks, for future discussion: What is the small building next to the bank? Bob Barnes said: I doubt that Jesse James dog fell out of an automobile. The robbery of Bank of Columbia was in 1872. The first autos made were made in 1893. Martha Berry said: Several years after this photo was taken it was a barbar shop. I can't recall the owner's name right now but he owned it for several years. Marsha Walker asks: Was this a haircut shop where Mr. Hugh Thomas worked? Dave Rosenbaum answered that question: During the 50s, that building was where Hugh Thomas and Berley Young operated a barber shop. (In an earlier letter to Ed at ColumbiaMagazine.com, this writer also shared memories from the interior of the narrow building, "My earliest memories include those of sitting in Burley Young's barber chair, located behind Hugh Thomas's chair, and listening to the baseball talk. There was always a group of men in the shop - real man talk." - Dave In 2014 Eleveta Sparks described this building and businesses on the West Corner of the Public Square: ... Bank of Columbia, next is Maupin barbershop where later Burley Young and Hugh Thomas worked for years. To the right of it is Garnett Young's drug store. A small doorway lead to the telephone exchange and Dr. Mercer's office, later Dr. Salato's office. This story was posted on 2019-12-15 10:16:42
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