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1955 Courtesy of Stan Meade

1955 - McCrorys 5-10-25 on Hialeah Drive

Hialeah Drive (NW 54th Street in Dade), Hialeah, Florida


Thank you to Stan Meade for contributing this great old image.


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Joe Whitehurst 29-Sep-2016 06:56
The "Guest", below, who started working at this McCrory's Store in 1973, was me (Joe W.)
Guest 29-Sep-2016 06:53
In 1973, on my 16th birthday, I started working at this store. Other than delivering the Sunday edition of the Miami Herald, this was my first job. This store was McCrory's Store #318. Our other stock boy was Willy Villedrouin. Willy and I went to Miami Springs High School. Frank was another stock boy but he eventually took another job, bagging groceries, across the street at at Publix. I worked, mostly as a stock boy, for almost five years. I left the store when I entered the Army in 1978. The store manager was Mr. Eli R. Fay. The head cashier and store supervisor was Mrs. Effie Nicholson. Mrs. Hastings was also a long-time employee who also closed the store on some nights. There were a lot of fun people who worked here. Cashiers included my sister, Debbie, Cindy (Debbie's friend), Margareth (Willy's sister), Josephine (from the U.S. Virgin Islands), Mayra, Bridgette, Maureen, and others. The old McCrory's store suffered some structural damage to the west wall and some smoke/water damage when the adjacent Jackson-Byron's Department Store was destroyed by a nighttime fire. After the fire, McCrory's had a big "Smoke Damage" sale. There was a dinette on the east side of the store. Herrington's Bookstore and Swezy's Real Estate were across the street. Mrs. Swezy was my 6th grade teacher at nearby South Hialeah Elementary.
steve 19-Apr-2016 20:38
Steve Hulka, here. I remember this store had 2 water fountains labeled "White" and "Colored".
Don Boyd08-Dec-2014 19:19
If you were beautiful, your initials were MAK, and you graduated in '66, then yes I was the lucky guy. : ) How are you?

Don
Guest 08-Dec-2014 15:40
Is this the Don Boyd I went to the prom with when I was a junior at HHS?
Estela 05-Oct-2014 03:27
Wow! I remember going there as a child in the 60's. I believe the store next door was called "Three Sisters", a ladies apparel store and further down was the Hialeah-Mia Springs First State Bank where my father opened up his first bank account when we moved to Hialeah in '66. And yes it had a luncheonette just like Murphy's on West 49th St aka Palm Springs Mile.
Don Boyd06-Feb-2013 14:50
I believe the image was taken by Ernie Skog and it was part of a large collection bought by Mr. Stan Meade. I only have a small digital version which you see above. Perhaps someday a larger version of the photo will show up for sale on eBay in the Collectibles section for Hialeah and/or Miami where a lot of old photos are up for sale at any given time.

Don
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Guest 06-Feb-2013 11:49
I have been searching for this image of McCorys for years. McCorys was like an extension of my home where I lived down the street. What was the store next to it? Is was a clothing store? Is a print of this photo for sale? I wish the block of stores were still around to go back and experience. Of course, it never is the same. But, it is memories that I hold dear.
Linda Phillips 21-Mar-2012 16:15
So happy to find this photo! I lived less than 1/4 block away, on Eucalytus Drive, in a sweet little section called Deer Park. I walked to South Hialeah Elementary School, nearby, from 1954-1957. Then walked across Miami Springs bridge to attend M. S. Jr High, 1957-1960. Oh. so many memories!! Linda (Duckworth) Phillips
Robbin P. Learned 21-Aug-2011 23:27
Judi, I think the Reeves Boy, I was friends with at Hialeah Elementary School with, was Ernie Reeves . He lived on East 12th Street, just off of East 4th Avenue.
Mary Anne C. 26-Feb-2011 06:22
My mom sure liked this store, because we used to take the bus down to Hialeah Drive from E. 28th Street to shop there. Remember Coast Cities Coaches?
JOSE CARDOSO 26-Oct-2010 15:15
AH;IT BRINNGS ME LOTS OF MEMORIES I WAS 13 LIVED IN 729 CURTISS PKWY AND CROSS THE OLD BRIDGE GO MOVIES ON THE CIRCLE LOVED TO GO MCCRORYS AND A BICYLE SHOP ACROSS THE ARMY NAVY STORE I WENT TO MIAMI SPRINGS JR HI THEN MIAMI SPRINGS SR HI;JOSE
Guest 26-Oct-2010 15:11
AH;IT BRINNGS ME LOTS OF MEMORIES I WAS 13 LIVED IN 729 CURTISS PKWY AND CROSS THE OLD BRIDGE GO MOVIES ON THE CIRCLE LOVED TO GO MCCRORYS AND A BICYLE SHOP ACROSS THE ARMY NAVY STORE I WENT TO MIAMI SPRINGS JR HI THEN MIAMI SPRINGS SR HI;JOSE
Debbie Janelle 18-Nov-2009 02:11
Yes!!! They did have a luncheonette. My Aunts mother worked there way back in the early 50's. She was a very dear lady with a strong British accent. Maude was her name. I also loved going up the stairs that were in the middle of the store with the stair rail that kind of wrapped around at the bottom. I thought I was so cool since nothing else there had stairs. I used to get in trouble for playing on them!
Manocarz 06-Sep-2009 11:16
I loved this store and I downloaded this picture from ebay a few years ago when someone was selling the same one. My favorite memory of this store was each year just before leaving for our lengthy 5 to 7 week drives in our bread truck converted into a family camper (now called RV), my mother would take me to this store so I could but three or four Budgie toy cars. They were the same size as Matchbox, but cheaper to buy and cheaper in quality (no interiors and no clear plastic window inserts, etc.). I would leave my treasured Matchbox collection home in Hialeah and take the cheap ones with me and play with them all summer. Where ever we were on the last night, I would leave them neatly on the campsite picnic table so hopefully some other kid could come along and find them as a treasure and enjoy them. I still have one "Budgie" brand orange Austin Countryman Station Wagon (same size as a Matchbox) carefully tucked away in my collection. Each time see it I fondly remember our long vacations and...McCrory's on Hialeah Drive.
carey gigi 06-Sep-2009 03:07
Judi I think I remember a family that lived on 9th lane on the n. e. corner near 7th st. I think their name was Reeves and I beleive the father was Ernie Reeves and he drove a stock car at Hialeah and Palmetto. I remembered the name because I found his wallet out by the road one day around 1964 we were walking form Flamingo Plaza. Do you remember a girl named Donna Wood who lived on the N.W. corner of 5th st. and 9th lane she was a friend of my older sister she would be about 64 now, and did you know a girl named Jan who still lives on 5th st. between lejune and 9th ave. she would about 54 now and I see her very often , she was actually born in that house ,I see her often around that area and talk to her she is the closest original Hialean that I know of , I live 5 blocks south on Hialeah Drive. Good Bye Carey
Guest 05-Sep-2009 23:33
Patti,
Could you be asking about Don Reeves?
Robbin P. Learned 05-Sep-2009 21:43
Judi, Hi, I Remember Some Guys Named Reeves, who Lived I Think Off East 4th Avenue, and around 12th Street, near FPL, But I Can't Remember Their First Names. Could it Be : Frank Reeves ?? I Lived on East 6th Lane, just North of East 9th Street, Near Hialeah Lanes From My 1951 Birth, To 1964. I Went To Hialeah Elememtary School, all 6 Years, and Then 1/2 Of The 7th Grade, at Miami Springs JR. High, and Then in Jan. of 1964, My Family, Moved Way North, and West, Close to Miami Lakes, and I Transferred in to Palm Springs JR. High. I Lived at 1000 East 6th Lane. Best Regards !!!!!! Robbin P. Learned.
Robbin P. Learned 05-Sep-2009 21:32
Don Boyd, Thanks, For Posting This Picture. It sure Brings Backs Lots of Memories. I was in That McCrory's Store, a Million time times, and I Had Banana Splits, and BLT Sandwiches, ect., at The Lunch Counter - Luncheonette, and it was Real Good !!!!! I Loved to Go in there, and Browse Around, and I Always Found Bargain 1 Dollar Cook Books, and other Bargain Treasures !!!!! And in The 70's, and 80's, My Wife, worked at The Old Hialeah Drive Publix, across The Street, and She Went to Mc Crory's, all The Time For Lunch, at The Luncheonette, and To Buy Things. It was a Good Store, and was Very Popular. Best Regards , Don. Robbin.
Don Boyd05-Sep-2009 21:03
Most five and dime stores back then had a luncheonette area. While I've been in this store I can't remember eating there so someone who lived closer will have to answer up.

Don
Judi 05-Sep-2009 18:22
Didn't they have a dinette area in there too? I grew up on E. 5th ST and 9th Lane. Does anyone remember the Reeves boys?
Judi