
The Pictures
Where is Vaiden, Mississippi?


Vaiden

Front Street

Vaiden’s Front Street – Circa
mid-1960s
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Photos courtesy of James Ferguson,
Vaiden,
MS.
B.F. Wiley’s Service Station and Garage – Circa late-1950s
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Photos courtesy of James Ferguson,
Vaiden,
MS.
Waiting On The Bus – May 1971
Photos courtesy of James Ferguson,
Vaiden,
MS.
Pictures of Vaiden's Front Street
Before Demolition
Aerial View of Front Street -- Before
1989 Courthouse Was Added
Northern End to Mulberry Street
Summer Day in Vaiden
Front Street From The Depot
A Better Shot of the Photo Above -- 1905
The Depot -- Established as the Center
Point of Vaiden During Vaiden's Incorporation in 1860
Johnnie McCorkle in 1955 With
Depot in Background
Front Street in the Snow -- Around 1930
Highway 51 Revisited
The Stores
A Bustling Town
Early Cotton Haulers
Box Car and Wagons
Main Street in 1900
Before Highway 51
-- Looking West
Up Magnolia Street
View of the Depot From Front Street
Loading Up -- Another View
One Little, Two Little, Three Little Indians
Carroll County Centennial -- 1934
Carroll County Centennial
-- 1934 -- View 2
Alpha -- The Beginning
J.G. Fullilove, Grocery -- Inside Photo
-- Date Unknown
J.G. Fullilove, Grocery -- Inside Photo
-- 1920s
J.G. Fullilove, Grocery -- Inside Photo
-- 1952
Omega -- The End -- Before 1989
More Front Street Demolition
Side of the Former Farrish's Grocery
Side of the Former Crook's Grocery
South End of Front Street -- CB
Furniture Barn and Vaiden Clinic
North End of Front Street
Rumored to be a House of Ill Repute During WW II
In the 50s
Looking South -- April, 2000 -- Looking North -- April, 2000
From the Southeast, First Photo -- April, 2000
-- From the Southeast, Photo 2 -- April, 2000

Back of Front Street -- Pictures
During Demolition
Rear of Cearley's Grocery
Rear of Cearley's Grocery During Demolition
Back of Front Street Viewed from South End
-- New Courthouse Visible
Cearley's Grocery -- Only Building Left
Standing During Demolition


The Old Walkway Over Highway 51
Image 1 -- Image 2 -- Image 3
Image 4 -- Image 5
Sidewalk from Front Door of Presbyterian Church
(Looking Westward)
Did the sidewalk in the
above image cross over what is now Highway 51 to connect with the Northern
End of Front
Street at a point close to the
former Vaiden-Kopperl-Hawkins Store (later known as Braswell's)?
New
Pictures
Scans Courtesy
of Marie Nutt
The lone man
in the middle has been identified as Gaius (Gay) Milton Cain. The others are unknown.
John McClurg
Drugs. Buss Cain is one of the men in
the picture, but it is uncertain which one he is.

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Credits: Many of the wonderful photographs available from
this page, were taken by Dennis Welch.



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