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The original Whitescarver Engineering building was located on Second Street, SW, in downtown Roanoke. Before Whitescarver, the building housed Roanoke's first established bank. In 1985 the building was torn down to accommodate for the Norfolk Southern railroad.

Southern Refrigeration Corporation original store, 1947. Whitescarver Engineering Co. service vehicle and employee second in line!

The York Institute of Refrigeration and Air Conditioning York Corporation graduating class of 1949, including a Whitescarver employee.

Signatures of the Original Company, 1947. C. Kyle Whitescarver, President; Mabel C. Whitescarver, Secretary (and wife of C. Kyle); Fred Clarkson, Vice President and Treasurer

Original photograph of a Whitescarver-installed furrier fumigation chamber located in Henri Kessler Furs & Outerwear, Roanoke, Virginia.

Original photograph of a Whitescarver-installed furrier cold storage room located in Henri Kessler Furs & Outerwear store in Roanoke, Virginia.

Original photograph of installed 2-10 HP Comp Economizers

Roanoke Times advertisement from April 22, 1947 highlighting York Air Conditioning office units. "Customers Kept Cool - Are Customers Kept!"

Whitescarver advertisement for York's Flak-Ice Ammonia Compressors from May 11, 1947... "Frosty Ribbons" guaranteed! Notable Whitescarver clients included Lewis Gale Hospital in Roanoke,Troutville's Hatchery, Memorial Hospital in Danville, Martinsville General Hospital, Virginia Baptist Hospital and Memorial Hospital in Lynchburg.

Installation of a locker plant for Alleghany Frozen Food in Covington, Virginia. Erected by Whitescarver Engineering Co., Roanoke, Virginia.

Now in stock... Fairbanks-Morse Automatic Natural Gas Heating Equipment... in 1949!

1949, promoting Flak-Ice's "Cube with the Hole" ice machine.

Refrigeration system advertisement published in The 1952 Virginia Fruit Magazine.

A delightful article published in the Roanoke World-News section, Monday October 19, 1953 by Roanoke's Smartwear-Irving Saks fine specialty shop. Accolades were given to Mr. Whitescarver and Mr. Niniger who installed the Electro-Matic Air Filter & Purifier.

A continuation of the above congratulations to Smartwear-Irving Saks... Accolades were given to Mr. Whitescarver and Mr. Niniger who installed the Electro-Matic Air Filter & Purifier.

Copy of advertisement to be included in Richmond-based publication, The Virginia Poultryman. Promoted specializations included North Star Ice Makers, Mechanical Ice Handling Equipment, and Cold Storage Rooms. No date of publishing listed.

Virginia Board of Contractors approved license, c. 1955

Original article written by President of Whitescarver, C. Kyle Whitescarver, in the May 1955 issue of York Sales News. Very interesting!

Shot of bustling Marion Virginia grocery store Whitescarver Engineering services. Taken November 11, 1955 by Greear Studio.

Part of a full page spread in The Roanoke Times, published Sunday January 11, 1959. As phrased in this adversitesment, "WE SELL THE BEST AND SERVICE THE REST."

Part of a full page spread in The Roanoke Times, published Sunday January 11, 1959. Pictured in the top left hand corner, a Whitescarver installation at Occanneechi Orchards in Boones Mill, Virginia.

Original photograph for frozen food section of grocery store; freezing services provided by Whitescarver Engineering.

Original published ad in The Roanoke Times, Sunday, January 17, 1960. Still "the oldest concern in Southwest Virginia devoted exclusively to the sales and service of commercial and industrial air conditioning and refrigeration!"

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