East Main Street in 1914 This picture postcard is dated 1914. On the left is the old Lyric Movie Theater, followed by the stairway to Dr. J.P. Jewell’s office. Next is the Parrish Brothers store which specialized in clothing, shoes and hats. The small frame building includes Oree’s barber shop and advertises hot and cold baths. The large building with the wide porch is the Easley Hotel, which was on the corner of Sardine (Pendleton) and Main St. Across the street is the drug store, a bank, and the department store of Edwin Bolt Sr.

This family gathering was photographed at the home of Mrs. Henry Briggs on East Main Street, Easley, in 1898. Pictured are (from left, front row) Mary Hamilton Martin, Lidie Bowen Pickens, Esther Holcombe Hunt, Bessie Hamilton Richey, Bowen Tate (small boy), Charles Hamilton, unidentified, Andrew Hamilton, Nettie Bowen Tate, Hattie Briggs Hamilton, Vincent Hamilton, Mary Caroline Blassingame, Briggs, Briggs Hamilton, Jamoe Briggs Hamilton, Nora Enos Tate, Henry Bowen, Ernest Hamilton, Robert Holcombe, Norman Hamilton and Whit Hamilton.