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Herbert R. Gibson and his wife, Belva, opened Gibson Products Co., a wholesale novelty company, in 1936 in Abilene, Texas. [1] By the late 1950s, Gibson had decided to refocus on discounting, and he opened the first Gibson's Discount Center in Abilene in 1960. [2] The company grew mostly by franchising the store concept to others.
State Route 698 (SR 698) in the U.S. state of Virginia is a secondary route designation applied to multiple discontinuous road segments among the many counties. The list below describes the sections in each county that are designated SR 698.
The Gibson, Inc. Factory and Office Building, consists of the original 1917 building and ten subsequent additions completed between 1917 and 1965, covering a city block. The original 1917 factory building, located in the southeast corner of the property, is a "daylight" style factory constructed of cast-in-place concrete.
The following is a chronological list of buildings designed by late-19th- and early-20th-century catalog architect, George Franklin Barber (1854–1915). Barber is best known for his houses, but also designed churches, barns, and storefronts.
The RD series (guitar and bass) was the result of Gibson's desire to tap into the developing synthesizer market, which was thought to have taken customers away from guitars. [3] The series had longer scale lengths : The guitars came in 25½ " , which is more commonly found on most Fender guitars and the many instruments inspired by them, as ...
LA 87 in Franklin: 1955: current Was SR 900 and Route C-1898 before 1955 LA 323: 0.48: 0.77 Irish Bend Road: LA 87 at Oaklawn: 1955: current Was Route C-1899 before 1955 LA 324: 0.13: 0.21 LA 326: LA 87 in Charenton: 1955: current Was a portion of SR 129 before 1955 LA 325: 4.4: 7.1 LA 23 in Venice: LA 23 in Boothville: 1955
The contract for construction of the third section, between US 31 (Franklin Road) and US 431 (Hillsboro Road) was let in December 1987, [13] and work was completed in November 1989. [14] This was the only stretch that was initially all four lanes, although adequate right-of-way was purchased to allow for widening of the entire route to four lanes.
Roughly bounded by 4000-4311 Bellemeade Ave., 700-961 South Colony Rd., 700-901 South Meadow Rd., 698-961 Blue Ridge Rd., and the north side of Washington Ave. including 4020-4328: Evansville: 40: Michael D. Helfrich House