"Walden Paint Co." advertisement on the side of Shepard's Grocery, looking down North Court Street, c.1920

North Court Street, c.1920

The City Cafe next to the Majestic Theater and First National Bank buildings, c.1940

Otto Denson Speake (pictured 1961) of Hartselle, Alabama, owned menswear stores in Florence and Sheffield from the early 1950s until c.1980

Looking down North Court Street in the 1960s, notice the Otto Speake Menswear sign on the left

The Otto Speake building on the far right c.1990