One of A.J.’s Christmas presents came from his favorite local menswear store, and they even wrapped it for me. The store, Graves Cox, was established by the current owner’s grandfather in 1888 and is in just its second downtown location since then. The Graves Cox logo sticker on this particular gift was one of theirs I’d never seen before, and I of course had to share it here:

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If you go to the Graves Cox website, scroll down, and click on “Old Store Pictures,” the photo in the lower left shows one of the store’s early horse-drawn delivery vehicles. I may have to ask them if they have more old photos …