BACK IN TIME: 4th & Main

Shown here is the southwest corner of Main Street and Fourth Avenue, circa early 1950s. Ruby Ann Bakery was located at 323 N. Main St., and was named for owner Phil Christen’s wife, Ruby Ann. The bakery was open from 1940 to 1963. The building currently is occupied by Cell Phone Repair Pro. At 319 N. Main was OP Skaggs Grocery Store, owned by Raymond and Roland Deaton. Currently, it is home to KORN radio station. At 317 N. Main St. was Feinstein Brothers Inc. (a women’s clothing store) owned by William, Abe and Saul Feinstein. Feinstein’s is now Einstein’s Costume Shop. Scoreboard Liquors, owned by Arthur Smith, was located at 315 N. Main St. The State Theatre, which burned down in 2005 along with the Scoreboard building, was at 313. (Mitchell Area Historical Society photo)