For much of the 20th century, Haverty’s Furniture was a popular place to shop in downtown Chattanooga for home furnishings and appliances.
Part of a regional furniture-store chain based in Atlanta, the Haverty’s store at 619 Market St. in Chatanooga was part of the downtown retailing scene for 54 years before closing in 1982.
At its peak, the store included 50,000 square feet of showroom space, according to advertisements and news reports.
This photo, part of a collection of vintage newspaper images at ChattanoogaHistory.com, was taken in November 1948 by Chattanooga News-Free Press photographer Delmont Wilson. It shows the store as it looked prior to major expansions and remodels in the 1950s and 1960s.
In a newspaper advertisement in 1949, a year after this photo was taken, the store touted its bargain basement, where a used refrigerator could be purchased for $29.95 and a Philco cabinet radio sold for the same price.