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Title	[Tip Top service station and grocery store, 4608 Summit Ave, Greensboro, N.C.]
Date	1940-1949
Date approximate?	yes
Time period (decade)	1940-1949
Creator (individual)	Gilley, Troy V.
Subject headings	Greensboro (N.C.) -- History -- 20th century
Topics	Businesses Summit Avenue
Place	Greensboro (N.C.)
Description	Troy V. Gilley and his wife Alice operated the Tip Top Service Station and Grocery Store on Summit Ave. for over 35 years. They lived in the house beside the station.
Type	Image
Original format	photographs
Original publisher	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified]
Contributing institution	Personal collection
Source collection	CC014 Gilley-Liles Family Collection [Personal Collection]
Collection description	Troy V. Gilley (1915-1989) and his wife Alice Martin Gilley (1916-2014) ) operated the Tip Top Service Station and Grocery Store at 4608 Summit Avenue in Greensboro for over 35 years. Mrs. Gilley was born January 30, 1916 in Winterville, NC to Charles Quincy Martin and Queenie Barber Martin. She was the youngest of five children, raised during the Great Depression. This collection, which was assembled by their daughter, Marjorie Liles, includes numerous images relating to the service station and store, and the Summit Avenue area where the store was located. There are also interesting family related images of leisure time at the beach . On loan from contributor. UNCG does not hold a physical copy of this item.
Rights statement	http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Additional rights information	IN COPYRIGHT. This item is subject to copyright. Contact the contributing institution for permission to reuse.
Object ID	CC014.005
Digital access format	Image/jpeg
Digital publisher	The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, University Libraries, PO Box 26170, Greensboro NC 27402-6170, 336.334.5305 -- http://library.uncg.edu/
Sponsor	Institute of Museum and Library Services Sparks! Ignition Grants For Libraries: http://www.imls.gov/applicants/detail.aspx?GrantId=19
OCLC number	925376148

[Tip Top service station and grocery store, 4608 Summit Ave, Greensboro, N.C.]

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