Crittenden's Store, Double Springs, AL, 1948, Part 1

This is the grand opening of Crittenden's Store in Double Springs, Winston County, Alabama, possibly on October 2, 1948. The year was obtained from the newest model cars shown, and the rest was obtained from researching newspapers of that year. The building is still in Double Springs, adjacent from the courthouse. Although the quality was not good and has no sound, it's still spectacular. This movie was obtained from Judy Crittenden Boykin and copied by Mike Frazier.

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[mansonrkmc]

The lite blue"shoebox" Ford with the white walls at :34 came out in 49. Another one at 1:34. And the Ford "woodie" at 2:21 could be the same 49 model.

[graywolf1980]

The 1949 models would have come out in late 1948, right?

[mansonrkmc]

Who owed this store? My 2nd great grandma was a Crittenden from Lawrence Co.

[graywolf1980]

Travis Crittenden was the owner.

[reaperpro]

@graywolf1980 Travis "Doc" Crittenden was my gradfather, grandmother Hazel. (we called her "Ha")

[mansonrkmc]

My connection to the Crittenden's is thru my 2nd Great Grandmother, Lucinda Crittenden, daughter of Riley J Crittenden and Martha Bertwell of Colbert Co. This is all way back in the 1800's.

[mansonrkmc]

Not sure back then. These days they hit the dealers early. It may be. A new 49 Ford in Oct 48. They were a big deal as the fat fenders were now flush with the doors and had no running boards.

[garyoverton]

Aren't there a couple of cars from the early 50's in there?

[ke4nu7]

Very good link to the past, thought I might see my grandparents...but didn't