Berry-Moses Co. -- McKinney TX
N 33° 11.901 W 096° 36.906
14S E 722313 N 3675810
A ghost sign for the Berry-Moses Co., a McKinney clothing store, stretches across the front of the old IOOF Lodge #953 building in downtown McKinney TX
Waymark Code: WMP4GG
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 06/29/2015
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The Berry-Moses Co. operated a clothing store in the early decades of the 20th century out of the IOOF Lodge No, 953 building on N Tennessee Street in downtown McKinney.
The ghost sign reads as follows:
"Berry-Moses Co."
We have only been able to find two ads for this store that ran in the McKinney Democrat-Gazette in 13 Jun 1918 and 12 Dec 1918. Apparently, their slogan was "The Store Ahead."
See: Perkins, Tom W. and Walter B. Wilson, editors. The Weekly Democrat-Gazette (McKinney, Tex.), Vol. 35, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 12, 1918, Newspaper, December 12, 1918; (http://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth299966/ : accessed June 29, 2015), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, (
visit link) crediting Collin County Genealogical Society, Plano, Texas.
and
The Weekly Democrat-Gazette (McKinney, Tex.), Vol. 35, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 13, 1918 (
visit link)