Gatlinburg Roots: Main Street, When the Road Told the Story There was a time when Main Street didn’t rush you along — it invited you to slow down. In this old real-photo postcard, Gatlinburg’s Main Street is alive but unhurried. Vintage automobiles are parked along the curb or rolling through town, not as attractions, but as part of everyday life. A drug store, an Esso gas station, and a Kodak Film sign line the street — places that served real needs, where you stopped, spoke to someone you knew

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