In business addresses, MEB is Mining Exchange Building. CB is Cardin Building (the Security Bank Building of the 50’s). NOTE: on address searches, I have standardized on abbreviated directions. E.g., look for S Main instead of South Main. Addresses are listed like this: 826 NW K. Make sure you put the direction before the street.
Business Name | Business Address | Date First Seen There | Business Type | Notes |
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Taylor Manufacturing Warehouse | 216 NE D | 1949 | Manufacturer | Could have been there since 1944, was mentioned in stock liquidation sale in 1949 |
Denton's Motor & Electric Service | 819 N Main | 1949 | Auto Repair, Services | |
Wallace Motor Sales | 819 N Main | 1949 | Auto Sales | Overlapped with Denton Motor & Electric Service at the same location |
Camp Welcome Club | 2 mi. S of fairgrounds | 1949 | Bar | In 1961, advertised as "Formerly 40 et 8 Club" |
Ed's Taxi | 115 N Main | 1949 | Services | Formerly 700 Cab Co. |
Voss Truck Lines | 3rd and NE D | 1949 | Services | |
Aldridge Rooms | 213 N Main | 1949 | Misc | 213 1/2 N Main |
Magin Apartments | 218 E Central | 1949 | Misc | 1950 phone book |
Miami Billiard Parlor | 116 S Main | 1949 | Misc | |
Mom's Help-Yourself Laundry | 214 SE 4th | 1949 | Laundry | |
Nita's Cafe | 13 S Main | 1949 | Restaurant | |
Third Avenue Grocery | 601 SE 3rd | 1949 | Grocery/Market | Wayne Doty, owner |
S&A Garage | 1024 E Central | 1949 | Auto Repair | Ted Adams, Bill Sparkman |
Black and White Cafe | 29 NE A | 1949 | Restaurant | |
Cox Hatchery | 415 S Main | 1950 | Services | |
Parkside Inn | 731 S Main | 1950 | Bar | |
McCall Implement Co. | 712 S Main | 1950 | Retail | |
Roy Walker Drug Store | 14 W Central | 1950 | Retail | 14-16 |
Dick wallace Used Cars | 111 S Main | 1950 | Auto Sales | |
Budweiser Bar | 22 E Central | 1950 | Bar | |
Campbell 66 Express | 3rd and NE D | 1950 | Services | Was probably here in 1938. |
Chief Freight Lines | 3rd and NE D | 1950 | Services | 1950 phone book |
Coursey Rendering Service | 1201 N Main | 1950 | Services | 1950 phone book |
Johnson's Flower Shop | 103 N Main | 1950 | Retail | |
Leeway Motor Freight | 3rd and NE D | 1950 | Services | 1950 phone book |
Miami Electrical | 136 NW E | 1950 | Services | 1950 phone book |
Miami Flower Shop | 121 N Main | 1950 | Retail | 1950 phone book |
Bud Nott Grocery | 201 SE G | 1950 | Grocery/Market | 1950 phone book |
Phillips News Co. | 108 SE A | 1950 | Retail | |
Riss & Co. | 3rd & NE D | 1950 | Services | Trucking |
Schmucker Produce | 16 SE A | 1950 | Wholesale, Services | 1950 phone book. Cream station and produce business. 16 1/2 SE A |
Seven-Up Bottling Plant | 711 Blackworth | 1950 | Services | 1950 phone book |
Stansell Beverages | 630 S Main | 1950 | Wholesale | 1950 phone book |
Albro Drive Inn | 2300 N Main | 1950 | Restaurant | 1950 phone book |
B & R Grocery | 1306 N Main | 1950 | Grocery/Market | 1950 phone book |
Church of the Nazarene | 219 NE 1st | 1950 | Church | |
Church of the Nazarene | 205 SE G | 1950 | Church | 1950 phone book |
Street Department barn | 505 NE D | 1950 | Misc | 1950 phone book |
Conder's Radio Service | 2324 N Main | 1950 | Services | Was in Commerce in 1949, never advertised here. 1950 phone book |
Consolidated Forwarding Co. | 30 NE D | 1950 | Services | 1950 phone book |
County Health Dept. | 15 E Central | 1950 | Services | 15 1/2 E Central |
Credit Bureau | 227 NW G | 1950 | Services | 1950 phone book |
Dobson's Office | 2 S Main | 1950 | Misc | 2 1/2 S Main, 1950 phone book |
Eagle's Lodge | 105 S Main | 1950 | Lodge | 105 1/2 S Main. 1950 phone book |
Falstaff Beer Distributor | 3rd and NE D | 1950 | Wholesale | 1950 phone book. AKA Ricketts Sales |
Fifth Street Boat Dock | 418 SW C | 1950 | Misc | 1950 phone book |
Frisco Freight Depot | 23 SE D | 1950 | Services | 1950 phone book |
Frisco Transportation Co. | 3rd and NE D | 1950 | Services | 1950 phone book |
Good Grocery | 209 SE I | 1950 | Grocery/Market | 1950 phone book |
Jones Butane Co. | 825 NW G | 1950 | Retail | 1950 phone book |
Joplin Tobacco Co. | 1125 NW H | 1950 | Wholesale | 1950 phone book |
Kansas Oklahoma and Gulf railroad station | E Central and E | 1950 | Misc | 1950 phone book |
Kyser Grocery and Market | 14 NE 3rd | 1950 | Grocery/Market | 1950 phone book. This is distinct from Kyser's OK Market. |
Lion's Club | 11 N Main | 1950 | Lodge | 1950 phone book. 11 1/2 N Main |
Masonic Lodge | 103 N Main | 1950 | Lodge | 1950 phone book. Coleman theater building |
Miami Bar | 114 S Main | 1950 | Bar | 1950 phone book |
Mo. Kans & Okla Trailways | 7 SE 3rd | 1950 | Misc | 1950 phone book |
Neosho Farm Store | 300 N Main | 1950 | Retail | 1950 phone book |
Roadway Express | 30 NE D | 1950 | Services | |
Seventh-Day Adventist Church | 329 SW B | 1950 | Church | 1950 phone book |
Texaco Petroleum Agent | 421 SE C | 1950 | Wholesale | 1950 phone book. AKA Texaco Bulk Plant |
Tulsa World | 206 NW A | 1950 | Services | 1950 phone book |
Yellow Transit Freight Lines | 411 N Main | 1950 | Services | 1950 phone book |
Paine-Nichols Abstract Co. | 16 SE A | 1950 | Services | 1950 phone book |
Lydetta Einsel | 204 NE H | 1950 | Services | Offered home baked goods |
Miner's Bar | 323 S Main | 1950 | Bar | 1950 phone book |
Wardrobe Cleaners and Dyers | 9th and J NW | 1950 | Laundry | Moonwink shopping center |
Moonwink Grocery | 1001 NW 9th | 1950 | Grocery/Market | John Carter, owner. In 1953, was "Cox Moonwink Grocery." Was Varbel's Grocery in 1956-1958. Was Graham's Moonwink Grocery in 1961. Purchased by Mark Peterson around 1962. Purchased by Glen Reynard in 1970. Demolished in 1975. |
Hamilton Grocery | 36 NE 1st | 1950 | Grocery/Market | |
Tidewater Associated Oil Co. | 1st and SE E | 1950 | Wholesale | |
Mid-Continent Petroleum | 500 SE D | 1950 | Wholesale | |
Jean Cuthbertson Autos | 1230 N Main | 1950 | Auto Sales | |
Automatic Help Yourself Laundry | 135 NE D | 1950 | Laundry | |
Savage Oil Co. | 421 SE C | 1950 | Wholesale | |
Mae Bright Rest Home | 608 SE A | 1950 | Misc | |
W.C. Miller Concrete Mfg. Co. | 3rd & SE D | 1950 | Services | |
Miami Courts | 1201 N Main | 1950 | Hotel | |
Truman Jones Floor Service | 22 SW B | 1950 | Services | |
Greyhound Bus Station | 7 SE 3rd | 1950 | Misc | |
Army Surplus | 20 SE A | 1950 | Retail | |
Ann's Beauty Shop | 11 N Main | 1950 | Services | Mabon building. 11 1/2 N Main |
King Pontiac | 201 N Main | 1950 | Auto Sales | Auxiliary lot |
B&T Chemical Co. | 500 E Central | 1950 | Retail | |
Bishop's Doll Hospital | 220 NE I | 1950 | Retail, Services | Apparently still operating in 1961, when RC Bishop died suddenly of a heart attack. |
Maxine's Beauty Shop | MEB | 1950 | Services | |
Lytle Studios | Coleman Theater Building | 1950 | Services | |
Armstrong Produce Co. | 1024 E Central | 1950 | Retail | "The farmer's friend" |
Cole Implement Co. | 712 S Main | 1950 | Retail | Last seen in 1956 |
Sonotone Hearing Center | Hotel Miami | 1950 | Retail | Still there in 1960. |
King Plumbing & Heating | 312 N Main | 1950 | Services | |
Lennings Seed Store | 201 SE A | 1950 | Retail | |
Miami Memorials | 2312 N Main | 1950 | Services, Misc | |
Magin Apartments | 218 E Central | 1950 | Hotel | Still operating in 1968. 218 1/2 E Central |
Jack Taylor Sign Service | 114 S Main | 1950 | Services | |
Blaine Beauty Shop | MEB | 1950 | Services | |
Billie Walters Grocery | NE 2nd between B and C | 1950 | Grocery/Market | Recalled by George Draeger |
Haralson Construction Co. | 1912 N Main | 1950 | Services | 1966 CofC member |
Dick Wright Insurance | MEB | 1950 | Services | |
Bessie's Grocery | 1021 E Central | 1950 | Grocery/Market | |
Harvel's Barber Shop | 130 N Main | 1950 | Services | Still there in 1961 |