Lloyd, Thank you for this information. If you will send the photos to quest@insightbb.com I will post them on a web site so everyone on the list (who is interested) can view them. Karima ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lloyd Johnson" <lloydl@charter.net> To: <iljackso@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, August 28, 2006 5:10 PM Subject: Re: [ILJACKSO] Pomona General Store > Karima, I can only take you back to 1930. In the '30s there were two > general > stores in Pomona. Both were brick buildings and represented the "downtown" > area of Pomona. One was operated by a gentleman named Rosson, and that > building has long since been torn down. The other store was operated by > Hugh > Crowell and his wife Bessie and later operated by Mabel Gearhart. There > may > have been interim owers and operators. Perhaps someone else can fill you > in on > that. The Crowell store building is still there but no longer used as a > store. I > think perhaps someone is living in that building, although it is in a > state of disrepair. > I have a picture of the front of the building, as it is today, and also a > picture taken > inside the store in the late '30s. If you will send me your e-mail > address, I will be > happy to send you copies of both pictures. Lloyd lloydl@charter.net > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > Karima, List Administrator ILJACKSO-admin@rootsweb.com > List Guidelines: http://www.rootsweb.com/~illinois/JacksonCoWelcome.html > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ILJACKSO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I shot a photo of the inside of the store in the late 1980's or early 1990s. I believe I took this a couple of years before it went out of business. They were still serving sandwiches and I remember he had a great turkey sandwich. We had talked about the possibility of using one of the indoor shots for postcards. The church next door finally fell down I see. If I can find the photo I will scan it and email it to you. George Basden Photography www.basden.com gebasden@charter.net -----Original Message----- From: iljackso-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:iljackso-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Karima Sent: Monday, August 28, 2006 8:44 PM To: iljackso@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ILJACKSO] Pomona General Store Lloyd, Thank you for this information. If you will send the photos to quest@insightbb.com I will post them on a web site so everyone on the list (who is interested) can view them. Karima ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lloyd Johnson" <lloydl@charter.net> To: <iljackso@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, August 28, 2006 5:10 PM Subject: Re: [ILJACKSO] Pomona General Store > Karima, I can only take you back to 1930. In the '30s there were two > general > stores in Pomona. Both were brick buildings and represented the "downtown" > area of Pomona. One was operated by a gentleman named Rosson, and that > building has long since been torn down. The other store was operated by > Hugh > Crowell and his wife Bessie and later operated by Mabel Gearhart. There > may > have been interim owers and operators. Perhaps someone else can fill you > in on > that. The Crowell store building is still there but no longer used as a > store. I > think perhaps someone is living in that building, although it is in a > state of disrepair. > I have a picture of the front of the building, as it is today, and also a > picture taken > inside the store in the late '30s. If you will send me your e-mail > address, I will be > happy to send you copies of both pictures. Lloyd lloydl@charter.net > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > Karima, List Administrator ILJACKSO-admin@rootsweb.com > List Guidelines: http://www.rootsweb.com/~illinois/JacksonCoWelcome.html > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ILJACKSO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Karima, List Administrator ILJACKSO-admin@rootsweb.com List Guidelines: http://www.rootsweb.com/~illinois/JacksonCoWelcome.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ILJACKSO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message