Chattooga County GaArchives  Citizen Thomas Allison Foster Builds 
Store in Calhoun, GA

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Descriptive Title: Photograph of J.A. Strain and Company 
storefront, Calhoun, Gordon County, Georgia, ca. 1937-1939? 
Photographer/Studio: The Calhoun Photo Shoppe (Calhoun, Ga.) 
Description: Calhoun, late 1930s. Otis Erwin (left) Daniel T. 
Strain (right) standing in front of J.A. Strain &Co. located at 
the corner of Court and North Wall Streets. Mr. Erwin was an 
employee in this men's store operated by Strain. Jud Campbell 
is seen sitting at the far left. Note the shoes and hats in the 
window display. The building which houses this firm was built in 
1877 by Thomas A. Foster. He and James Monroe Harlan operated 
Foster and Harlan, an early department store there. In 1897 the 
structure was remodeled. The Calhoun Watch Shop has occupied this 
building since 1954. Remodeling was done again in 1976. 

The photograph was taken by The Calhoun Photo Shoppe which was 
located in Calhoun, Georgia at the time the photograph was taken.