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1414 Main Street

1414 Main Street

Site of Liberty Loan and Luggage

After operating a wholesale mercantile store at 927 Gervais Street from 1925 until 1932, Moses (1887-1959) and Isaac Lifchez (1892-1978) relocated to Main Street. Here, the Russian immigrant brothers established the Liberty Loan & Luggage Shop which also sold jewelry, clothing and small housewares in addition to offering convenient short-term loans and baggage. This diversified business remained a downtown destination until 1950, when Friedman's Jewelry & Loan succeeded it at this location.

  • Liberty Luggage and Loan

    Budweiser Clydesdale horses seen outside Liberty Luggage and Loan on Main Street, 1949. Image courtesy of the John Hensel Collection, South Caroliniana Library, University of South Carolina, Columbia

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