The Durham Historic Photographic Archives consists of around 2000 images depicting the history of Durham since 1860 . Many of these photographs were collected by PhotoCarolina, a nonprofit organization formed in the mid-1980s for the express purpose of preserving Durham’s history in photographs.
If you are interested in obtaining a scan or permission to use any of the images on these web pages, please contact the North Carolina Collection librarian.
| Filename |
Description |
Source |
| A001 |
Members of William Thomas Blackwell family in front of house, Chapel Hill and Lee (Duke) Street. Goat cart. |
Duke Manuscripts |
| A002 |
Michaels' Pharmacy ca. 1880. Owner, Arian Healy Michaels. |
D.W. Newsom |
| A003 |
Bull in Blackwell's Durham Smoking Tobacco ad knocks sign painter over sign. Ad appeared in U.S. Tobacco Journal, June 11, 1877 |
Archives and History, Neg.# N.77.2.33 |
| A004 |
Wilkerson Family home. Large Victorian house with wraparound porches. House burned. |
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| A005 |
Bennett Place. Postcard. 1865. Postcard depicts surrender of Confederate general Johnston to General Sherman at the site of James Bennett's house in 1865. |
Archives & History, Neg.#N.60.11.48 |
| A006 |
View of the Bennett House. Engraving by R.D. Blacknall. 1876. |
Archives & History, Neg.#N.52.5.19 |
| A007 |
Walnut Hall ca. 1870. Residence of Willie Mangum in northern Durham County. House no longer standing. |
Archives & History, Neg.#N.53.15.229 |
| A008 |
Walnut Hall ca. 1870. Rear view of house of Willie Mangum. |
Archives & History, Neg. #N.53.15.228 |
| A009 |
Marshals of Trinity College. 1871. Nine men wearing dress sashes and lapel insignia for college function are identified: (top) Winstead, Faison, Colson, and Sharp; (bottom) J.Cooper, Durham, Turner, Braswell, and Merriman. |
Archives & History, Neg.#.75.10.351 |
| A010 |
Trinity College. Engraving. ca.1880. Large three-story building of classically-inspired architecture sits near a main street. Note mazed garden walkways in front and row of chimneys on sides of building. Note: Building unidentified. Is probably a building in Randolph County, where college was located before moving to Durham. |
Archives & History, Neg.#N.72.1.122 |
| A011 |
House of George Washington Burch. ca.1880. House with ornate porch decorations was once located at the corner of W. Main St. and Guess Rd. (later Buchanan Blvd.) Family members shown are G.W.'s wife, Callie Jane Davis Burch, on the porch, and Caroline Washington Burch, at bottom of steps. |
Ms. Carrie Burch |
| A012 |
William Thomas Blackwell. ca. 1880. Portrait photograph of W.T. Blackwell, the first major tobacco products manufacturer in Durham during and after the Civil War. Photographer: F. Gutekunst, Philadelphia. |
Duke Archives |
| A013 |
Erle Craven holding Old John (horse). ca. 1888. Boy about ten years old holding bridle of white horse which he rode to High Point more than seven years later. Tintype original. |
Craven-Pegram Collection, Duke Manuscript Dept. |
| A014 |
Kate Craven with M. Brickell. Tintype. 1871. Six-year-old girl poses with 20-year-old senior graduating from her father's class at Trinity College. |
Craven-Pegram Collection, Duke Manuscript Dept. |
| A015 |
Rev. Braxton Craven, D.D. Trinity College. ca.1860. Rev. Craven was President of Trinity College. This engraving is signed on the back and is an example of precursor to photography. |
Craven-Pegram Collection, Duke Manuscript Dept. |
| A016 |
John Ellis Remington, Sr. Civil War Veteran. 1865. Portrait of a young man in Confederate Army uniform. |
Margie Gibbs Remington |
| A017 |
Newton Family Member, unidentified. ca.1880. Tintype portrait of beringed young woman dressed in the fashion of the day --- ribboned straw hat, high stock collar with brooch, and fur-trimmed double-breasted empire-waisted coat. |
Mrs. Rufus E. Newton |
| A018 |
Amanda Gill, a Newton family relative. ca. 1870. Portrait of Rufus Newton's maternal grandmother wearing loose dress with tasseled sash. (Clothing does not seem appropriate to the date given. May be some sort of costume.) |
Mrs. Rufus E. Newton |
| A019 |
Family of Ulysses and Anna Goodwin. ca. 1880. Photograph of Goodwin family in front of pineboard frame house. Bottom: Ulysses, Anna, and Freeland Goodwin. Top: Daylan and Ardis Goodwin. Family are relatives of the father of Mrs. Rufus E. Newton. |
Mrs. Rufus E. Newton |
| A020 |
House of Brodie L. Duke. 1883, located at the present site of Durham High School. |
Duke Archives |
| A021 |
Woods Prize House. ca. 1880. Approximately 50 children of school age are grouped in seats, on steps, and along fence. |
Unknown |
| A022 |
County Home. Prison Farm. ca. 1880. Photograph of prison farm on Roxboro Road, showing main house, surrounding buildings, well, wagon, and prison population. At far right stand members of family of Superintendent Henry Daniel Leigh: Auburn, Otie, Arthur, Mrs. Leigh, Pearl, Esca, and Lecta. Guards with pistol and rifles oversee work crew of men and women. |
Mrs. E.V. Leigh |
| A023 |
Great-grandmother of Lloyd Gunn. Tintype. ca. 1880. Formal portrait of stylishly dressed young black woman sitting on a heavily fringed chair. |
Lloyd Gunn |
| A024 |
Grandmother Christian and child. ca. 1880. Formal portrait of Mayme Harris Perry's great-great-grandmother, holding a child of white parentage. The woman may have been a slave. |
Mayme Harris Perry |
| A025 |
Duke Tobacco Factory and surrounding buildings. 1883. View of the first Duke factory in Durham, showing factory and warehouse buildings, Duke house, cleared countryside, and RR tracks passing in front of the factory. |
Duke Manuscript Collection |
| A026 |
First Duke Tobacco Factory. Engraving. ca. 1880, seen in previous photo (A025). |
Archives & History, Neg.#IV.73.11.774 |
| A027 |
Bonsack Cigarette Machine. 1888. Used in early tobacco industry for rolling cigarettes. This machine helped to make the Duke family fortune. |
Archives and History, Neg.#IV.75.5.123 |
| A028 |
Parrish & Blackwell Letterhead w/ Tobacco Warehouses. 1883. Photo of top of a letterhead engraved with pictures of two Parrish & Blackwell tobacco warehouses in cameo with ornate decoration. |
Archives & History, Neg.#IV.74.3.326-7 |
| A029 |
Reams & Walker Tobacco Warehouse Advertisement. 1875. In 1874 they sold 3 million pounds at 'full market price.' They also sold tobacco fertilizer and Peruvian and Pacific guano. |
Archives & History, Neg.#IV.77.1.192 |
| A030 |
Durham Smoking Tobacco Label, mfg. Blackwell. ca. 1870. Striking label with reversed print and trademark bull, advertising Durham Smoking Tobacco made by W.T. Blackwell (later the American Tobacco Co.). |
Archives & History, Neg.#IV.66.4.54 |
| A031 |
Bull Durham Tobacco Trademark. ca. 1880. Circular emblem encloses bull standing in farm pasture, looking toward viewer. |
Archives & History, Neg.#IV.76.6.83 |
| A032 |
Durham Tobacco Ad, with Bull and pyramids. ca.1880. Engraving of bull wearing blanket advertising Blackwell's Durham Tobacco. Pedestal is partial pyramid labeled with company name and 'Cheops' on the side. Smaller pyramids appear in the distance. |
Archives & History, Neg.IV.77.2.109 |
| A033 |
E.J. Parrish's Brick Tobacco Warehouse. ca. 1870. Etching of the same warehouse pictured on the engraved notepaper in A028. Note Conestoga wagons used for hauling, and special wagon entrance at side. |
Archives & History, Neg.#IV.77.2.19 |
| A034 |
Thomas D. Jones Leaf Tobacco Warehouse. ca. 1880. Photo of tobacco deliveries at frame commercial building. Doorways have no steps, so that barrels can be rolled directly off wagons into the building. |
Duke Manuscript Collection |
| A035 |
S.R. Carrington's Bar. Street Scene. ca. 1880. Tintype of corner where Carrington's Bar and Hotel stood. Grand Central Barber was located behind it, and fence was painted with Blackwell's Durham Tobacco ad. |
Unknown |
| A036 |
Day and Meadows Store, with the proprietors. ca. 1870. Photograph of Day and Meadows standing in front of their frame establishment. |
Unknown |
| A037 |
Bennett Place. Historic Civil War Site. ca. 1880. Wintry scene of the two buildings of James Bennett's place, where Gen. Johnston surrendered to Gen. Sherman in 1865. Buildings are uninhabited and deteriorating. |
Archives & History, Neg.#IV.58.6.55 |
| A038 |
'Fairview.' House of Washington Duke. ca. 1890. J.W. Karnes rides bicycle down driveway toward iron gates. Famous 'Fairview' 3-story cupola seen in background. House was located at the corner of Main and Duke Streets. |
Archives & History, Neg.#IV.74.4.157 |
| A039 |
Portrait of James Southgate in front of an ornate Roman backdrop. He wears a 3-piece suit and a uniform cap with a cross, possibly a Masonic Lodge symbol. |
Southgate Jones Collection, Duke Archives. |
| A040 |
Robert G. Fitzgerald. U.S. Navy, Civil War. 1863.. Black History Exhibit, Durham County Centennial, 1981. |
Black History Exhibit, Durham County Centennial, 1981. |
| A041 |
Sara Fitzgerald with daughter Agnes(?). ca. 1860. Black History Exhibit, Durham County Centennial, 1981. |
Black History Exhibit, Durham County Centennial, 1981. |
| A042 |
Robert Fitzgerald. ca. 1880. Black History Exhibit, Durham County Centennial, 1981. |
Black History Exhibit, Durham County Centennial, 1981. |
| A043 |
Fitzgerald Family. ca. 1880. Black History Exhibit, Durham County Centennial, 1981. |
Black History Exhibit, Durham County Centennial, 1981. |
| A044 |
First Presbyterian Church. ca. 1880. Frame building erected in 1875 near the corner of Main and Roxboro Streets. |
Unknown |
| A045 |
The Morehead Bank. 1883. Small building next to Angier's general merchandise store on the corner. Eugene Morehead, President; Frederick Fanning, Cashier; William Morgan, Teller; Watshel Avery, Bookkeeper; Mr.Faucett, Porter. |
Unknown |
| A046 |
Anothy(?) Cole and Susan Browning Cole. ca. 1875. Portrait of the owners of Cole Mill. |
Randy Carden. |
| A047 |
Durham Graded School. 1883. School population and teachers in front of frame building formerly known as Wright's Factory, on the north side of Main Street, adjacent to subsequent site of Liggett and Myers factory. |
Unknown |
| A048 |
W.L. Parrish, 1887; in cornerstone Somerset Villa, house built by Julian Carr, on Dillard Street. 9/29/1888. |
From cornerstone of Somerset Villa. |
| A049 |
W.W. Fuller in cornerstone Somerset Villa, house built by Julian Carr, on Dillard Street. 9/29/1888. |
From cornerstone of Somerset Villa. |
| A050 |
H.W. Snow in cornerstone Somerset Villa, house built by Julian Carr, on Dillard Street. 9/29/1888. |
From cornerstone of Somerset Villa. |
| A051 |
John S. Lockhart in cornerstone Somerset Villa, house built by Julian Carr, on Dillard Street. 9/29/1888. |
From cornerstone of Somerset Villa. |
| A052 |
Unknown portrait of man. |
Unknown |
| A053 |
Elwood W. Bryan in cornerstone Somerset Villa, house built by Julian Carr, on Dillard Street. 9/29/1888. |
From cornerstone of Somerset Villa. |
| A054 |
T.B. Fuller in cornerstone Somerset Villa, house built by Julian Carr, on Dillard Street. 9/29/1888. |
From cornerstone of Somerset Villa. |
| A055 |
James Southgate in cornerstone Somerset Villa, house built by Julian Carr, on Dillard Street. 9/29/1888. |
From cornerstone of Somerset Villa. |
| A056 |
Mr. & Mrs. William A. Guthrie and son William in cornerstone Somerset Villa, house built by Julian Carr, on Dillard Street. 9/29/1888. |
From cornerstone of Somerset Villa |
| A057 |
Somerset Villa, house of Julian Carr. ca. 1888. |
Family album owned by Rufus Carr |
| A058 |
Somerset Villa, house of Julian Carr. ca. 1888. |
Family album owned by Rufus Carr |
| A059 |
Hallway in Somerset Villa, House of Julian S. Carr. ca.1888. Interior of house built by Julian S. Carr. |
Family album owned by Rufus Carr |
| A060 |
Interior of Somerset Villa, house of Julian Carr. ca. 1888. |
Family album owned by Rufus Carr |
| A061 |
Interior of Somerset Villa, house of Julian Carr. ca. 1888. |
Family album owned by Rufus Carr |
| A062 |
Interior of Somerset Villa, house of Julian Carr. ca. 1888. |
Family album owned by Rufus Carr |
| A063 |
Interior of Somerset Villa, house of Julian Carr. ca. 1888. |
Family album owned by Rufus Carr |
| A064 |
Interior of Somerset Villa, house of Julian Carr. ca. 1888. |
Family album owned by Rufus Carr |
| A065 |
Interior of Somerset Villa, house of Julian Carr. ca. 1888. |
Family album owned by Rufus Carr |
| A066 |
Dining Room in Somerset Villa, house of Julian Carr. ca. 1888. |
Family album owned by Rufus Carr |
| A067 |
Dining Room in Somerset Villa, house of Julian Carr. ca. 1888. |
Family album owned by Rufus Carr |
| A068 |
Interior of Somerset Villa, house of Julian Carr. ca. 1888. |
Family album owned by Rufus Carr |
| A069 |
Upstairs hallway of Somerset Villa, house of Julian Carr. ca. 1888. |
Family album owned by Rufus Carr |
| A070 |
Upstairs hallway of Somerset Villa, house of Julian Carr. ca. 1888. |
Family album owned by Rufus Carr |
| A071 |
Bedroom in Somerset Villa, house of Julian Carr. ca. 1888. |
Family album owned by Rufus Carr |
| A072 |
Nursery in Somerset Villa, house of Julian Carr. ca. 1888. |
Family album owned by Rufus Carr |
| A073 |
Bedroom in Somerset Villa, house of Julian Carr. ca. 1888. |
Family album owned by Rufus Carr |
| A074 |
Bedroom in Somerset Villa, house of Julian Carr. ca. 1888. |
Family album owned by Rufus Carr |
| A075 |
Hallway in Somerset Villa, house of Julian Carr. ca. 1888. |
Family album owned by Rufus Carr |
| A076 |
Bathroom in Somerset Villa, house of Julian Carr. ca. 1888. |
Family album owned by Rufus Carr |
| A077 |
Bathroom in Somerset Villa, house of Julian Carr. ca. 1888. |
Family album owned by Rufus Carr |
| A078 |
Interior of Somerset Villa, house of Julian Carr. ca. 1888. |
Family album owned by Rufus Carr |
| A079 |
Interior of Somerset Villa, house of Julian Carr. ca. 1888. |
Family album owned by Rufus Carr |
| A080 |
Portrait photograph of Brodie Duke. ca. 1870. |
Miriam Hall, South Lowell Rd., Durham, NC. |
| A081 |
John McMannen's Son. 1880's. Brother of Martha McMannen, wife of Brodie Duke. |
Miriam Hall, South Lowell Rd., Durham, NC. |
| A082 |
Martha McMannen Duke, Brodie Duke's first wife. ca. 1870. |
Miriam Hall, South Lowell Rd., Durham, NC. |
| A083 |
Rev. John McMannen? John McMannen was father of Martha McMannen, first wife of Brodie Duke. |
Miriam Hall, South Lowell Rd., Durham, NC. |
| A084 |
McMannen family member. Young man in uniform. |
Miriam Hall, South Lowell Rd., Durham, NC. |
| A085 |
McMannen family members. Three women. |
Miriam Hall, South Lowell Rd., Durham, NC. |
| A086 |
McMannen family member. Man in scholarly setting. Man with book and apparatus which appears to be scientific. |
Miriam Hall, South Lowell Rd., Durham, NC. |
| A087 |
McMannen family. Baby. McMannen baby. In christening attire? |
Miriam Hall, South Lowell Rd., Durham, NC. |
| A088 |
McMannen family. Young woman. |
Miriam Hall, South Lowell Rd., Durham, NC. |
| B001 |
Wedding invitation, Mamie Harper & John Atwater, 1896. Includes separate photographs of bride and groom. The couple moved to Durham in 1903. |
Mayme Harris Perry |
| B002 |
Durham Police Force and Mayor Link. 1894. Group portrait of police force in uniform, with the mayor in the back row. |
City of Durham Police Department |
| B003 |
Father of Mrs. Rufus E. Newton. ca. 1890. Taken before his marriage, portrait shows young man seated with hat and umbrella. Photographer: W.J. Moose. |
Mrs. Rufus E. Newton |
| B004 |
Crabtree family portrait. ca. 1895. Owners of Crabtree Pharmacy, Driver and Angier Streets. Clarence Crabtree and wife Carrie, right; Cooch Crabtree and sister Leena, left. |
Mrs. Rufus E. Newton |
| B005 |
Main Street looking west. Engraving. 1895. From Handbook of Durham. |
Irene Sorrell |
| B006 |
Parrish's and Globe Tobacco Warehouses. Engravings. 1895. Two engravings from Handbook of Durham. Parrish warehouse at corner of Clay(later Parrish) and Mangum Streets. Globe warehouse at Main & Great Jones Streets |
Irene Sorrell |
| B007 |
J.V. Whitted Tobacco C. Engraving. 1895. From Handbook of Durham. |
Irene Sorrell |
| B008 |
Blackwell's Durham Tobacco Co. Factory Bldg. 1895. Factory building of Blackwell's Durham Tobacco Co., with bull trademark. Engraving from Handbook of Durham. |
Irene Sorrell |
| B009 |
Stone quarries. Two photographs. 1895. Men and equipment at work. From Handbook of Durham. |
Irene Sorrell |
| B010 |
Z.I. Lyon & Co. Tobacco Factory. Engraving. 1895. Lyon factory was at corner of Pettigrew and Pine Streets. 'Pride of Durham' slogan with lion trademark. From Handbook of Durham. |
Irene Sorrell |
| B011 |
Thomas H. Martin Tobacco Warehouse. Engraving. 1895. Thomas Martin,'Leaf Tobacco Broker,' on Morris Street. From Handbook of Durham. |
Irene Sorrell |
| B012 |
House of B.N. Duke. Engraving. 1895. 'The Terrace,' between Chapel Hill and Willard Streets. From Handbook of Durham. |
Irene Sorrell |
| B013 |
First National Bank Building. 1895. Building at Main and Corcoran Streets. From Handbook of Durham. Engraving. |
Irene Sorrell |
| B014 |
First & Second Baptist Churches. Engravings. 1895. First Baptist Church on Mangum St. Second Baptist Church was originally Blackwell Baptist, and later Temple Baptist, on Chapel Hill St. From Handbook of Durham. |
Irene Sorrell |
| B015 |
Morehead Banking Co. Engraving. 1895. Building at Main and Mangum Streets. From Handbook of Durham. |
Irene Sorrell |
| B016 |
Royall & Borden Furniture Store. Engraving. ca. 1890. Two-story brick building with double entrance to display floor, and side steps leading to second floor. From Handbook of Durham. City Directory 1925: 313-315 E. Chapel Hill St. Advertised Columbia Grafanolas and Records. |
Irene Sorrell |
| B017 |
First Durham County Courthouse. Engraving. 1895. Located at SE corner of Church & Main Streets. From Handbook of Durham. |
Irene Sorrell |
| B018 |
Four Durham Houses. Etchings. 1895. Houses of S.F. Tomlinson, L.A. Carr. and W.H. Branson. Parsonage of Trinity Methodist Church. From Handbook of Durham. |
Irene Sorrell |
| B019 |
Durham Cotton & Commonwealth Cotton Mfg. Cos. 1895. Factories of the Durham Cotton Mfg. Co. and the Commonwealth Cotton Mfg. Co. Engravings. From Handbook of Durham. |
Irene Sorrell |
| B020 |
Large tobacco factory. Engraving. ca. 1890. Engraving of tobacco factory appeared in issue of Southern Tobacco Journal. Note loading docks and railroad tracks running along front, and small frame house (for superintendent?) off to the right. |
Archives & History, Nge.#N.77.2.210 |
| B021 |
R.F. Morris & Son tobacco factory. Engraving. ca. 1890. 'Eureka Durham' smoking tobacco and 'Ladies Choise' snuff. From Handbook of Durham. |
Irene Sorrell |
| B022 |
First Presbyterian Church. Engraving. ca. 1890. Church located at corner of Main and Roxboro Streets. From Handbook of Durham. |
Irene Sorrell |
| B023 |
Duke Homestead. House of Washington Duke. ca. 1890. Washington Duke, in top hat and vest, sits on front porch with tobacco leaves in his lap. The house is still standing, has been restored, and is on the National Register of Historic Places. Note unusual double-hung windows and rocker with shawl. |
Jonathan Cicero Angier Papers, Duke Archives |
| B024 |
Duke Homestead. Main house and outbuildings. ca. 1890. Washington Duke, with hoe over left shoulder, ambles down drive of his farm --- the modest beginnings of the American Tobacco Co. |
Jonathan Cicero Angier Papers, Duke Archives |
| B025 |
Duke Homestead. 3rd tobacco factory of W. Duke. ca. 1890. Closer shot of side of building seen at left in B024. Picture is double exposure with B024. |
Archives and History, Neg.#N.73.10.283 |
| B026 |
Duke Homestead. Tobacco Barn. ca. 1890. Washington Duke places proprietary hand on door of old log tobacco shed. This building is second from right in B024. |
Jonathan Cicero Angier Papers, Duke Archives |
| B027 |
Duke Homestead. Second Tobacco Factory. ca. 1890. Close view of sawed-log barn. Note naked ends of second-floor joists. |
Archives & History, Neg.#N.73.10.284 |
| B028 |
Duke Homestead. Tobacco Factories. ca. 1890. Wide shot of more tobacco factories. Note roofing of middle buildings. B027 is at right. |
Archives & History, Nge.#N.73.11.123 |
| B029 |
W. Duke, Sons & Co. Cigarette Factory. Engraving. ca. 1890. Imposing four-story building with clock tower. Note train running down middle of street. |
Archives & History, Neg.#N.75.6.984 |
| B030 |
The News & Observer Tobacco Edition. 1896. A twenty-five year retrospective of the incorporated history of Durham, based on reminiscenses of the 'fathers of Durham tobacco': W.T. Blackwell, Washington Duke, Julian S. Carr, and B.L. Duke. Pictured on the front page of this section are buildings made possible by the wealth of these men and others: Hotel Carr-o-lina (Carr); Trinity College (Duke); and Watts Hospital (George W. Watts). |
Archives & History, Neg.#N.76.6.76 |
| B031 |
News & Observer Tobacco Ed. Leaf dealers & businesses. 1896. Page 10. Pictured or profiled: Z.I. Lyon & Co., owned by Thos. Martin; Parrish's Warehouse, managed by E.J. Parrish, C.A. Moore, and John W. Pope; Col. G.B. Hammett, buyer for Blackwell's Durham Tobacco Co.; Thomas J. Walker, co-owner of J.T. Pinnix & Co.; J.B. Warren, supt. of W. Duke, Sons & Co.; and Thomas L. Peay, leaf dealer and mayor of Durham. |
Archives & History, Neg.#N.76.6.77 |
| B032 |
News & Observer Tobacco Ed. W. Duke, Sons & Co. 1896. Page 15 of this section details the growth of W. Duke, Sons & Co. through pictures of its original and turn-of-the-century factories. Clockwise from top: ca. 1896 factory, the first town factory, the second factory of Washington Duke at Duke Homestead, and the first tobacco barn at Duke Homestead. |
Archives & History, Neg.#N.16.6.89 |
| B033 |
News & Observer Tobacco Ed. 1st factory of W. Duke.1896. Line drawing of the first factory of W. Duke, Sons & Co., on W. Main St. (Same drawing in B032.) Note false facade. |
Archives & History, Neg.#N.76.6.90 |
| B034 |
News & Observer Tobacco Ed. Z.I. Lyon & Co. 1896. From page 10. Note lion trademark and title 'Pride of Durham.' |
Archives & History, Neg. #N.76.6.77 |
| B035 |
Prof. A.H. Merrit & Family. Trinity College. ca. 1890. Photograph in study of Merrit, a professor at Trinity College, his wife, their son Dean, and maid Julia. Note rolltop desk, telephone on wall, and light dangling by long cord over the professor's shoulder. |
Pegram-Craven Collection, Duke Archives |
| B036 |
Lockwood the Photographer. Surrealism. ca. 1890. Prof. H. Lockwood, a teacher at Trinity College, in two self-portraits 'Before and After Surrealism': at top, preparing to dine upon his own head; at bottom, having picked skull clean and eaten lampshade and bulb. |
Pegram-Craven Collection, Duke Archives |
| B037 |
Dormitory Room of D.W. Newson. Trinity College. 1897. Dallas Walton Newsom's room (#11) in the Washington Duke Building at Trinity College. Mr. Newsom was the County Manager of Durham County from 1930 to 1949. |
Unknown |
| B038 |
Craven Parlor Group. Trinity Coll. Commencement, 1896. Flash-photo taken by Prof. Lockwood shows group in Irene Craven's parlor: (l. to r.) Mrs. Irene Craven (Braxton), Miss Kate Craven, Bishop Duncan, Dr. James C. Kilgo, Thomas Snoot, and George B. Pegram. |
Pegram-Craven Collection, Duke Archives |
| B039 |
James Braxton Craven, Jr. ca. 1890. Formal portrait of five-year-old in white tie and tails. |
Pegram-Craven Collection, Duke Archives |
| B040 |
Trinity College. Craven & Alspaugh Halls. ca. 1898. Newly-built buildings and beginnings of landscaping at Trinity College. Craven Hall is is foreground, with dome of library visible behind it. Alspaugh Hall is in back. |
Archives & History, Neg.#N.64.7.19 |
| B041 |
Trinity College. Wide-Angle photo. ca. 1898. Newly-built buildings with beginnings of landscaping. (See C011 for later view.) |
Archives & History Neg.#N.64.7.17 |
| B042 |
Trinity College. ca. 1898. New buildings and beginnings of landscaping. (See C011 for later view.) |
Archives & History, Neg.#N.64.7.20 |
| B043 |
Cranford-Wannamaker House. ca. 1895. House of Trinity College professor(s) was originally located on Buchanan Blvd., but moved to Trinity Ave. |
Pegram-Craven Collection, Duke Archives |
| B044 |
Southgate Jones Family. Two pages from album. ca. 1890. Pictures of nine women related by blood or marriage to Southgate Jones. Their places of origin range from Florida to Ohio.Photographer: Berkeley of Staunton, Va. |
Southgate Jones Collection, Duke Archives |
| B045 |
'Fairview' and Duke tobacco factory. 1890. 'Fairview,' house of Washington Duke, stood on the corner of Main & Duke Streets, with factory across the street. |
Archives & History Neg.#IV.75.3.2 |
| B046 |
'Fairview' and surrounding town. Rooftop view. ca. 1890. Photo taken from top of 4-story brick Duke tobacco factory shows another side of Washington Duke family house and original Duke tobacco factory to the right. |
Unknown |
| B047 |
Duke's Mixture. Etching. ca. 1890. Etching of bag of Duke's Mixture smoking tobacco sealed with tax band (1&1/2 cents) and wrapped in label. |
Archives & History, Neg.#IV.77.4.83 |
| B048 |
Mrs. B.N. Duke & Children. Winter Outing. ca. 1890. Open door of small one-horse carriage reveals woman and young girl and boy dressed for winter outing. African-American coachman has laprug. Bystanders look on. Note posters covering building wall. |
Archives & History, Neg.#IV.73.10.280 |
| B049 |
James B. Duke, with Fish and Pole. 1890. James B. Duke, son of Washington Duke, and brother of Benjamin, poses with rod and catch at lake with cypress trees. |
Archives & History, Neg.#IV.73.10.279 |
| B050 |
Cameo Cigarettes Label. A Duke Brand. ca. 1890. Ornate label features cameo portrait of fashionable woman, surrounded by flowers. Label resembles watch and band. This is one of hundreds of cigarette brands available in the late 1890's. |
Archives & History, Neg.#IV.77.2.117 |
| B051 |
Bull Durham Tobacco Ad. The Man in the Moon. ca. 1890. Print ad for Blackwell's Bull Durham Smoking Tobacco features drawing of a man in full moon, smoking a pipe. Over one eye is the pull-string seal with bull trademark. From Handbook of Durham. |
Irene Sorrell |
| B052 |
House of J.S. Carr; house of Wash. Duke. ca. 1890. Two engravings: Somerset Villa, house of Julian S. Carr, on Dillard Street; and Fairview, house of Washington Duke, at corner of Main & Duke Streets. From Handbook of Durham. |
Irene Sorrell |
| B053 |
Four Durham homes, each the house of a leading citizen. ca.1890. Engravings of the residences of Mrs. J.R. Day, Mrs. T.D. Jones, Mr. J.E. Lyon, and Mr. H.E. Seeman. From Handbook of Durham. |
Irene Sorrell |
| B054 |
Main Street Methodist Church. Etching. ca. 1890. Typical engraving by Westlake Smith Eng. Co., St. Louis. From Handbook of Durham. |
Irene Sorrell |
| B055 |
Original West Durham Baptist Church. Tintype. ca. 1890. Tintype of church shows some disrepair -- cardboard in windows, loose wood on roof. Church was located on Ferrell St. in Brookstown. |
Mattie Bagley |
| B056 |
Moses Hester Church and House. Factory Congregation. 1896. Small square house built on sloped land has two bells mounted on tall posts -- one bell for Sunday, and one for weekdays to get the factory help out in time. Photographer: M.H. Lockwood. |
B.N. Duke Papers, Duke Archives |
| B057 |
City Hospital. Engraving. ca. 1890. Engraving shows three buildings -- a center building with porch and main entrance, and two matching wings connected to main building by covered walkways. Location: corner of Main St. & Buchanan Blvd. From Handbook of Durham. |
Irene Sorrell |
| B058 |
Seeman Printery. Steam Printing. ca. 1895. Six men and two boys grouped in front of doorway to brick building on Corcoran St. were staff and management of the printery: (l. to r.) Tom Whitaker, Belfield Laws, John B. Wilburn, H.E. Seeman, Henry Chamberlain, unidentified person, Newton Pendergraph, and Claud Allison. |
Fisher-Harrison Corp. |
| B059 |
Wright Block. Engraving. ca. 1890. Engraving of three-story brick commercial building at 113. E. Main St. From Handbook of Durham. |
Irene Sorrell |
| B060 |
Rev. Thomas Stroud. ca. 1890. Formal portrait of man in late 20's wearing sateen suit with clerical collar and Masonic Order brooch pinned to cravat. He was source's great uncle on her mother's side, and was born and raised in Chapel Hill. |
Mrs. Helen Johnson |
| B061 |
Helen Johnson Family. Portrait of young man. ca. 1890. Young man poses in 3-piece tweed suit.Photographer: W.H. Rigsbee. |
Mrs. Helen Johnson |
| B062 |
W. Albert Wilkerson Family. Group photo. ca. 1895. Twenty-six males of varying ages, ancestry, and economy are pictured on the grounds of the house of W.A. Wilkerson on Wilkerson Ave. The owner was the first building contractor in Durham, and the house was the first to be built on the avenue named for him. Wilkerson also built the Epworth Inn and the Washington Duke home. Wilkerson Avenue burned in 1905. |
Mrs. Maude W. Dunn |
| B063 |
Maude Clyde Goodwin. Formal Portrait. ca. 1890. Blonde, blue-eyed young woman wears straw hat and walking outfit with matching velvet-trimmed jacket. She looks about sixteen and appears to be married. She was source's aunt. Photographer: W.J. Moose. |
Mrs. Rufus E. Newton |
| B064 |
Edward Vernon Gibbs. Young man smoking a cigar. ca. 1890. Photo of young man in hat, jacket, and striped trousers, with a cigar in his mouth. |
Margie Gibbs Remington |
| B065 |
Lorena Hollaway & Johnny Goss. Engaged couple. ca. 1895. Photo of a young African-American couple sitting in a light carriage. Location was countryside off Redwood Rd.; time was some months before marriage. |
Evelyn Pettiford |
| B066 |
Johnny Goss. Formal Portrait. ca. 1890. Close-up portrait of young African-American man, the fiance in B065. He wears wide-brimmed hat, suit, starched collar, and cravat. |
Evelyn Pettiford |
| B067 |
Tillers Family. Portrait of married couple. ca. 1890. Middle-aged African-American couple in dressy clothes pose beside front porch of their house. Square format photo behind oval mask taken in South Carolina. |
Mamie McLeod |
| B068 |
Daisy E. Hargett, age 8 or 9? Tintype. 1893. Approx. 8-9 year old African-American girl wearing white dress and striped stockings holds book (Bible?). She later moved from Greensboro to Durham and married John Scarborough, Sr. |
Scarborough Family Archives |
| B069 |
Gypsies in Virginia. Caravan Encampment. ca. 1890. Photo of a band of gypsies encamped, with wagons lined up and women and children eating. Photographer: Hugh Mangum. |
Mangum Museum, Eno River Park |
| B070 |
Mangum Family Members. Brother & 2 sisters. ca. 1890. Portrait of three Mangum siblings in evening dress. Photographer: Hugh Mangum. |
Mangum Museum, Eno River Park |
| B071 |
Multiple Cameo Photos. Photog.'s experiments. ca. 1890. Negative shows photographer Hugh Mangum at work with different subjects and poses: (from far left) 4 poses of woman with bow in her hair; man with/without dog; woman with/without hat, tie, glasses, smile; 2 men with a goat. Photographer: Hugh Mangum. |
Mangum Museum, Eno River Park |
| B072 |
A Midsummer Night's Dream. Titania & Bottom. ca. 1890. Photo of scene from Shakespeare's comedy. (Original notes say 'Tatiana and Budge.') Photographer: Hugh Mangum. |
Mangum Museum, Eno River Park |
| B073 |
Two portraits of Women, by Hugh Mangum. ca. 1890. Two more examples of Hugh Mangum's photography. On left is formal pose of woman who also appears in B070. On right is formal pose of woman in walking outfit. Photographer: Hugh Mangum. |
Mangum Museum, Eno River Park |
| B074 |
Eno Station. Flooding of the mill. 1899. Onlookers watch as torrent of water rages between buildings during the Eno River flood of 1899. |
Helen Liantis |
| B075 |
Bennett Place. Civil War Site. Engraving. 1895. From Handbook of Durham. |
Irene Sorrell |
| B076 |
Bennett Place. Civil War Memorial. ca. 1890. James Bennett's house with surrounding picket fence, which replaced original split-rail fence. |
Archives & History, Neg.#N.60.2.1-3 |
| B077 |
Textile Mill Interior. Tintype. ca. 1890. Boy stands by one bank of spools for yarn while five more can be seen on each side in huge factory. Note row of steam pipe stacks to drive spindles and old-fashioned spoked wheels along the floor. |
Syd Nathans |
| B078 |
Whitted School. Ninth Grade Graduation. ca. 1893. |
Black History Exhibit, Durham County Centennial, 1981. |
| B079 |
First Presbyterian Church. ca. 1900. The second building of the First Presbyterian Church, erected in 1890 near the corner of Main and Roxboro. |
Unknown |
| B080 |
John L. Kirkland, 1st mail carrier in Durham. ca. 1890. Mr. Kirkland began his Post Office career in 1886 as an office helper and began carrying mail in 1890. He retired from the Post Office in 1936. |
Unknown |
| C001 |
Durham High School Class of 1906. School outing. 1906. Flash photo appears to have been taken at night and shows men and women of the class posing in a trolley car. Photographer: Womble. |
Matilda Osborne Michaels |
| C002 |
Class 1-A, East Durham School. 1908. Class portrait. Garland Goodwin, brother of source, is 2nd from left in front row. |
Mrs. Rufus E. Newton |
| C003 |
Pearl Cotton Mill. ca. 1900. Mill now converted into an apartment building on Trinity Ave. between N. Duke and Washington Streets. |
Duke Manuscript Dept. |
| C004 |
Trinity College Buildings Around Sun Dial. ca. 1900. Background: Kilgo house (later Few) at left; Flowers house at right. Foreground: Craven Memorial Hall. Photographer: Holladay. |
W.D. Newsom |
| C005 |
Track Entrance, Trinity College. ca. 1900. 'Track' refers to road which was formerly a racetrack. Washington Duke Building is at left. Photographer: Holladay. |
W.D. Newsom |
| C006 |
Washington Duke Building, Trinity College, view from pond. ca. 1900. Trinity College campus. Photographer: Holladay. |
W.D. Newsom |
| C007 |
Stag Pavilion (Gazebo). Trinity College. 1904. This photograph shows original mound of earth and raised walkway which have since disappeared. |
Archives & History, Neg.#IV.64.7.11 |
| C008 |
Road Through Campus. Trinity College. ca. 1900. Washington Duke Building. in the background. Photographer: Holladay. |
D.W. Newsom |
| C009 |
Washington Duke Building. Trinity College. View from the green. ca. 1900. Landscape photo with Washington Duke Building in the background and Epworth Hall through the trees at right. Photographer: Holladay. |
D.W. Newsom |
| C010 |
Trinity College. President Kilgo & Faculty. 1904. Small oval portraits of President Kilgo and 21 faculty members, arranged around a center photo of the double-arched gateway. |
Archives & History, Neg.#N.75.2.253 |
| C011 |
Trinity College. Rooftop view. 1904-06. Campus of Trinity College, showing Craven Auditorium, library with dome, Alspaugh dormitory, and Crowell Science Bldg. Note factory in left background. (See B041 & 42 for earlier view.) |
Archives & History, Neg.#N.64.7.22 |
| C012 |
Trinity Park School. 1904. Trinity Park School, a high school on the campus of Trinity College. |
Archives & History, Neg.#N.64.5.15 |
| C013 |
Alspaugh Hall. Trinity College. ca. 1904. Front view of imposing symmetrical building. |
Archives & History, Neg.#N.64.7.10 |
| C014 |
Alspaugh Hall. Trinity College. ca. 1904. Front and side view of building showing decorative detail. |
Archives & History, Neg.#N.64.7.23 |
| C015 |
Trinity Park School. Main building & others. 1904. Buildings seen through stand of saplings. Building at right is same as C012. |
Archives & History, Neg.#N.64.7.12 |
| C016 |
Statue of Washington Duke. Trinity College. ca. 1906-7. Commemorating Washington Duke's importance to Trinity College and Duke University, the statue is shown here during its unveiling and dedication ceremonies, before being permanently placed. |
Archives & History, Neg.#IV.73.10.288 |
| C017 |
Trinity College. View from Duke Bldg. to Main St. ca. 1900. Photo from upper balcony of Duke Bldg. shows the original teardrop drive and fountain (where statue in C016 was eventually placed) and driveway leading out through gates to Main St. |
Archives & History, Neg.#IV.64.7.13 |
| C018 |
Trinity College. Same view as C017, at later date. 1909. Photo in comparison with C017 shows massive landscaping changes on the campus, and a line of tobacco factories across Main St. |
Helen Card Upchurch |
| C019 |
Main Gate. Trinity College. Wash. Duke. Bldg. ca. 1900. Photo of main gates to campus, with Washington Duke Bldg. in background and Trinity Pavilion at right. |
Archives & History, Neg.#IV.64.7.16 |
| C020 |
Gate at Trinity College. Closer view, at an angle. ca. 1900. Closer view (see C019) of double-arched gate shows motto and decorative details. |
Archives & History, Neg.#IV.64.7.14 |
| C021 |
Trinity College Students Celebrate Duke Gift. ca. 1900. Flash photo taken at night shows celebration at Fairview, house of Wash. Duke, in reaction to his gift of $100,000 to the College. The bearded philanthropist is seen on porch to the right of pillar. Other ID: Willie Pegram & Archie Hibbard (lg. drum); Fred Crawson, J. Tyer & Moorman (behind lg. drum); Luther Kilgo, Angier Duke, Buck Lyon, Murray Allen (faculty children near small drum). Note TC baseball caps. |
Craven-Pegram Collection, Duke Archives |
| C022 |
Trinity College. Room 113, Epworth Hall. ca. 1900. Heavy draperies with massive print separate private quarters -- bed and rocker in background -- from music and study activities in foreground. |
D.W. Newsom |
| C023 |
Trinity College. Epworth 113 and inhabitant. ca. 1900. Dallas Walton Newsom sits studying in rocking chair in his room (see C022) revealed from another angle. Mr. Newsom was County Manager of Durham County, 1930-49. |
D.W. Newsom |
| C024 |
Teddy Roosevelt at Trinity College. Oct. 19, 1905. T.R. delivers address 'The Importance of Academic Freedom,' from dais wrapped with bunting and packed with college and town dignitaries. Crowd watches and listens from passing carriages and tops of trolleys as well as area around stand. Washington Duke building is in background. Photographer: Holladay. |
Craven-Pegram Collection, Duke Archives |
| C025 |
W. Duke, Sons & Co., branch of American Tobacco Co. ca. 1900. Front and side view of imposing 4-story building, showing railroad tracks and siding with railroad cars. Note single fire escapes per side. |
Archives & History, Neg.#N.60.11.73 |
| C026 |
Banquet Menu. Deal between J.B. Duke and British Cos.ca.1900. Ornate menu has vignette photos of J.B. Duke and Sir W.H. Wills facing each other beneath British and U.S. Flags. Superimposed at bottom of menu is note from Duke to his father announcing completion of a financial deal between the Duke company and British tobacco manufacturers. The dinner was held at the Carlton Hotel, Pall Mall, London. |
Archives & History, Neg.#N.73.11.479 |
| C027 |
'Universal' Cigarette Machine. Duke Tobacco. ca. 1900. Photo of the cigarette rolling machine, made by a London company, which put American cigarette profits into the millions. |
Archives & History, Neg.#IV.75.5.123 |
| C028 |
Duke Tobacco factory in bunting for McKinleys's death. 1901. Fairly close-up shot of W. Duke, Sons & Co. tobacco factory main facade with ribbons and bunting draped above each story. |
Unknown |
| C029 |
Barbecue in Erwin, N.C. The Durham Dynamos. 1904. Fourteen men with prominent positions in the Durham community: (front, l-r) Benjamin .N. Duke, Washington Duke. James B. Duke, Thomas Walker, Thomas P. Moore, J.S. Cobb, & John C. Angier; (back) Dr. A.G. Carr, William A. Erwin, James E. Stagg, Frank P. Tate, Ed S. Yarbrough, C. E. Lemon and Frank L. Fuller. |
Duke Archives |
| C030 |
Addie Belle Vaughan Neville. Wedding portrait. ca. 1905. Portrait of 17-year-old woman in white lace and white bow. |
Ruby Neville |
| C031 |
William Henry Neville. Wedding portrait. ca. 1905. Portrait of 21-year-old man. |
Ruby Neville |
| C032 |
Watermelon Feast. Summer Picnic. ca. 1900. Miss Lucas, Mrs. Schultz, and Mrs. Dorsey (top) pose with Marie, Olive, Appins, Mary, and Roth (bare feet). All are Pegram family friends. |
Craven-Pegram Collection, Duke Archives |
| C033 |
Durham Book & Stationery, interior.1908. Standing in foreground, Allen Harvey Newson.(?) |
D. W. Newsom |
| C034 |
Hotel Carrolina. Postcard. ca. 1905. Steel-engraved reproduction pictures massive building with triple balconies, double staircase, campanile, cupola, dormer windows, etc. The hotel burned in May, 1907. |
Unknown |
| C035 |
Durham Public Library. First building. ca. 1900. Housed in small frame residential-style building, the library was originally located at Five Points. |
Durham Public Library |
| C036 |
West Durham Methodist Church. Main & 9th Sts. 1907. Wooden building with gothic arches at doors and windows. Building no longer exists. |
A. John Dennis |
| C037 |
The Durham Orchestra. Studio Portrait. ca. 1905. All-male 9-piece dance band poses in front of painted backdrop. Members are (front, l. to r.) Ernest Seeman, J.H. King, Kimbro Jones, Dan Albright, & Stockard ?; (back) George E. Lougee, W.E. Seeman, Ernest Markham, & Pleas Pickard. |
Seeman Collection, Fisher-Harrison Corporation |
| C038 |
Seeman Printery Staff. ca. 1904. Photo shows staff and management of Seeman Printery. (Back row) Dave Dudley, Jim Rochelle. (Middle row) Clem Forrester, Joe Albright, Charlie Thomas, Bill Terry, Dan Albright, C.E. Lougee, D.R. Ivey, Cliff Dickson, Claude Bullock, one unidentified. (Front) Wade Holsrein, Addie Forrester, Mrs. Carroll, Charlie Whitaker, Henry Chamberlain, Louis Chamberlain. |
Seeman Collection, Fisher-Harrison Corporation |
| C039 |
Man on Donkey. Scene outside Watts Sreet. Grocery Store. ca. 1900. Probably taken for a laugh, photo shows Joseph T. Dunnegan astride small donkey while Ernest E. Dunnegan (left) watches. Note cluster of bananas hanging from porch roof. |
Hassie Dunnegan |
| C040 |
Surveying Crew. 5 men with instruments. ca. 1900. Five men display and demonstrate separate functions of a surveying crew: (from l.) brush clearer, leveler, rodman, recorder, and transit man, turning angles. Foreground: Mr. Schultz, Geo. B. Pegram; back: Col. Len Washington, Mr. Sofer, Mr. Townshend. |
Craven-Pegram Collection, Duke Archives |
| C041 |
Street Construction. Water/Sewer Lines. ca. 1900. Shot from side yard shows approx. 15-man crew working with shovels and picks on center of street. Note open ditches between curbs and sidewalks on both sides, pipe sections lying along fence, and picket gate off post of fence on left. |
Unknown |
| C042 |
Pegram Family Friend. Formal portrait. ca. 1900. Man with mustache and healthy set of mutton chops, fur-trimmed wool coat, and tusk-headed cane, poses against tapestry. |
Craven-Pegram Collection, Duke Archives |
| C043 |
Decatur Jones. Infant with Nanny. ca. 1900. Formal portrait of Decatur Jones as an infant, sitting on the lap of his nanny. |
Southgate Jones Collection, Duke Archives |
| C044 |
Albright Family. Cameo portrait of woman. ca. 1900. Portrait of early-thirtiesh woman dressed in fine clothes with matching earrings and brooch. The Albrights were hat makers who operated with The Fashion Shop. |
Mrs. Josephine Harris |
| C045 |
Albright Family. Full-length portrait of woman. ca. 1900. Portrait of mid-thirtiesh woman (sister to C044) in high-necked gown with lace ruffles and net sleeves. She was a hat maker also. |
Mrs. Josephine Harris |
| C046 |
McKerrall Family Portrait. ca. 1905. Parents John and Rebecca McKerrall pose with their two daughters and son. Information given says that Rebecca was the sister of the first Governor of N.C., but dates make this impossible. Source is child at upper left. Photographer: W.J. Moose. |
Julia Haines |
| C047 |
Mama & Aunt Minnie. Newton Family. ca. 1900. Two women stand at the back of a house located where Wachovia Bank in East Durham now stands. They are Alvanie (source's father's sister) and Minnie (great-aunt), and the picture was taken at Minnie's house. |
Mrs. Rufus E. Newton |
| C048 |
Garland Goodwin. Young boy with crocodile. ca. 1900. Source's brother, in smock shirt and scarf tie, poses with stuffed alligator (or crocodile) head. |
Mrs. Rufus E. Newton |
| C049 |
Durham Children. School outing. ca. 1900. Probably a school outing is pictured here. Children appear to be waiting in line to view something. |
Unknown |
| C050 |
N.C. Mutual Insurance Co. First office. 1902. The largest black-owned insurance company in the world began in the small office of C.C. Spaulding (left) and his clerk, Miss Dore Whitted. |
Archives & History Neg.#IV.77.12.68 |
| C051 |
A.M. Moore. Doctor and Community Leader. ca. 1900. Half-tone engraving pictures young black man who was an early leader in the black community of Durham. He was one of the five founders of N.C. Mutual Ins. Co., a Doctor of Medicine, and a founder of Lincoln Hospital. He was the father of Lydia Merrick. |
Minerva Evans |
| C052 |
N.C. Mutual Life Ins. Co. First Home Office. 1906. Originally called The N.C. Mutual and Provident Association, the company became the largest black-owned and managed insurance company in the world. Half-tone print. |
Archives & History, Neg.#N.77.12.67 |
| C053 |
Group portrait of young black men and women. ca. 1900. Four women and three men pose for formal portrait in dressy clothes. Dr. A.M. Moore (see C051) is at bottom center. |
Unknown |
| C054 |
Jackson Bolding. Formal portrait. ca. 1900. Formal portrait of young black man. Bolding lived in Brookstown and was employed by Erwin Cotton Mills. He was father of source. |
William Bowling |
| C055 |
Lyda Rogers. Studio Portrait. ca. 1905. Young black girl, approx. 6 years old, poses in dressy outfit with corsage. She was born in 1899 and killed in 1917. |
Lola Clark |
| C056 |
West End School. First Grade Class Photo. 1906. First-grade class of young black children pose with their teachers on the steps of the West End School, located on Ferrell St., parallel to Thaxton Ave. Eleta Atwater, daughter of Mamie Harper and J. Atwater, is 2nd from right, front row. She was source's mother. |
Mayme Harris Perry |
| C057 |
Stanely Family. Women's Portrait. 1909. Three black women and a small child pose sitting on a rug near a frame house. They are (l. to r.) Lula Stanely, Fleetia Sowell, Jessie Brawley, and Jessie's mother, Rebecca Brawley. |
Martha Stanely |
| C058 |
Three Black Children Sitting on a Woodpile. ca. 1900. Southgate Jones Coll. Young black girl holding baby, and young boy with bare feet sit in the sun near a woodpile. |
Southgate Jones Collection, Duke Archives |
| C059 |
C.C. Spaulding. Age 30. ca. 1905. |
Black History Exhibit, Durham County Centennial, 1981. |
| C060 |
Some of the Founders of Mechanics & Farmers Bank. 1900. |
Black History Exhibit, Durham County Centennial, 1981. |
| C061 |
John Merrick with daughters, Geneva, Mabel, and Martha. 1909. |
Black History Exhibit, Durham County Centennial, 1981. |
| C062 |
Aerial View of Durham. ca. 1905. |
Black History Exhibit, Durham County Centennial, 1981. |
| C063 |
Trinity Baseball Club. 1908. Front row: Dr. M.T. Adkins, Capt. Card, J.M. Daniel, Chat Bivins. Second row: E.E. Bundy, Bob Gantt, Claude Flowers, Walter West. Third row: Bud Lane, Crip West, Tuttle, Fred Flowers. |
Unknown |
| C065 |
Original Seeman Printery Bldg. at 101 W. Main St. ca. 1900. |
Unknown |
| C066 |
Durham Fire Department. |
Unknown |
| C067 |
Durham Fire Dept. Hose Wagon #2. |
Unknown |
| C068 |
Watts Hospital School of Nursing. 1st Graduates. 1904. First graduating class, with G.W. Watts. |
Unknown |
| C069 |
Southern Conservatory of Music. Graduates 1906. Graduates with Director Gilmore Ward Bryant, back row, third from left. |
Unknown |
| C070 |
Southern Conservatory of Music Practice Hall. ca. 1904. Large stained glass window in the background was donated in memory of Mrs. Mary Duke Lyon and represented St. Cecilia at the piano. |
Unknown |
| C071 |
Southern Conservatory of Music Sitting Room. |
Unknown |
| C072 |
Southern Conservatory of Music Orchestra. ca. 1905. Young cellist is G.W. Bryant's (director's) son Max Wiley. |
Unknown |
| C073 |
Mrs. Gilmore Ward Bryant. Mrs. Bryant was the wife of the Director of the Southern Conservatory of Music, and head of the voice department. |
Unknown |
| C074 |
Gilmore Ward Bryant. Mr. Bryant was Director of The Southern Conservatory of Music. |
Unknown |
| C075 |
Max Wiley Bryant. Max Wiley Bryant was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Gilmore Ward Bryant. Mr. Bryant was Director of the Southern Conservatory of Music. |
Unknown |
| D001 |
W. Main St. looking west. Postcard. ca. 1910. View down Main St., looking west toward Five Points, with trolley tracks and wires running down middle of street, and brick commercial buildings on each side. |
Carl Harris |
| D002 |
W. Main St. showing F.W. Woolworth Co. ca. 1910. View down one side of Main St. shows five-story office building at number 124, housing Woolworth 5 & 10c Store, a dentist's office, etc. Further down the street are the original Post Office building and a bank next door. |
Carl Harris |
| D003 |
Main St. West from Post Office. Postcard. ca. 1910. View shows Durham's first Post Office sitting at an angle to the street, with a small guard booth in the street in front of the building. Savings & Loan Co. is in building next door. |
Carl Harris |
| D004 |
Loan & Trust Bldg. W. Main St. ca. 1910. Five-story office building has banking on first floor, barber shop in basement, chemical company office, a dentist, and other assorted enterprises. |
Unknown |
| D005 |
Durham Cotton Mill. E. Main St. & Angier. ca. 1910. Early view of building. |
Unknown |
| D006 |
Durham Hosiery Mills, #1. ca. 1910. From a postcard. |
Carl Harris |
| D007 |
First National Bank Bldg. ca. 1910. From a postcard. Location: SE corner of Main & Corcoran Sts. |
Carl Harris |
| D008 |
Hotel Malbourne. ca. 1910. From a postcard. Location: NW corner of Main & Roxboro Sts. |
Carl Harris |
| D009 |
Main Street looking east from the Old Post Office. ca. 1910. From a postcard. |
Carl Harris |
| D010 |
City Park, downtown. ca. 1910. From a postcard. |
Carl Harris |
| D011 |
Country Club. ca. 1910. From a postcard. The Club was built on land owned by John Sprunt Hill, at what is now the intersection of Hillandale Rd. and Club Boulevard. |
Carl Harris |
| D012 |
Main Street looking west. ca. 1910. Ground level view from post card. |
Carl Harris |
| D013 |
Fertilizer Plant, V.C.C. Co. ca. 1910. In east Durham, off Angier Ave. From a postcard. |
Carl Harris |
| D014 |
North Dormitory, Trinity College. ca. 1910. From a postcard. |
Carl Harris |
| D015 |
Geer Building. ca. 1910 (Prob. 1914). Was in downtown Durham at corner of Main & Corcoran Sts. From a postcard. |
Carl Harris |
| D016 |
First Baptist Church. ca. 1910. From a postcard. |
Carl Harris |
| D017 |
Beverly Apartments ca. 1921. Also known as Watts Apts. From a postcard. George Watts owned this apartment building at the corner of Watts and Main Streets. Revenue from the apartments was used in the funding of Watts Hospital. |
Carl Harris |
| D018 |
J. Sprunt Hill House. ca. 1910. On S. Duke Street. From a postcard. |
Carl Harris |
| D019 |
First National Bank Bldg. ca. 1910. From a postcard. |
Carl Harris |
| D020 |
Orpheum Theatre & Hotel Malbourne. ca. 1910. From a postcard. |
Carl Harris |
| D021 |
Liggett & Myers Tobacco Plant. ca. 1910. From a postcard. On Main Street. |
Carl Harris |
| D022 |
Lincoln Hospital. ca. 1910. From a postcard. |
Carl Harris |
| D023 |
Maplewood Cemetery. ca. 1910. From a postcard. |
Carl Harris |
| D024 |
Trinity Methodist Church. ca. 1910. On Church St., near Parrish. From a postcard. |
Carl Harris |
| D025 |
W. Duke Sons & Co., branch of L&M Tobacco. ca. 1910. Three small shots showing the making and packaging of Fatima and Piedmont cigarettes. From a postcard. |
Carl Harris |
| D026 |
Fidelity Bank & F.W. Woolworth Co. ca. 1910. From a postcard. |
Carl Harris |
| D027 |
Stagg house. ca. 1910. Mr. James E. Stagg's house, corner of Morehead and Vickers Avenues. House known as Greystone and is on the National Register of Historic Places. |
Carl Harris |
| D028 |
B.N. Duke House, 'Four Acres.' ca. 1910. In block of W. Chapel Hill, Duke, and Willard Sts. From a postcard. |
Carl Harris |
| D029 |
Erwin Cotton Mill #4. ca. 1910. From a postcard. Location: W. Main & Ninth Sts. |
Carl Harris |
| D030 |
Geer Building without awnings. ca. 1910 (Prob. 1914). From a postcard. Located at Main & Corcoran Sts. |
Carl Harris |
| D031 |
Memorial M.E. Church. ca. 1910. Now Duke Memorial Methodist Church, corner Duke & Chapel Hill Sts. From a postcard. |
Carl Harris |
| D032 |
Liggett & Myers Tobacco Factory, Main St. ca. 1910. Rear view. From a postcard. |
Carl Harris |
| D033 |
Durham Cotton Mfg. Co. ca. 1910. From a postcard. |
Carl Harris |
| D034 |
Golden Belt Manufacturing Co. ca. 1910. On East Main St. From a postcard. Manufacturers of cloth bags in which to sell tobacco, flour, cornmeal, salt, etc. |
Carl Harris |
| D035 |
Durham County Court House. ca. 1915. From a postcard. |
Carl Harris |
| D036 |
Trinity College. Main Entrance & W. Duke Hall. ca. 1919. From a postcard. |
Carl Harris |
| D037 |
Blackwell's Tobacco Factory. ca. 1910. From a postcard. |
Carl Harris |
| D038 |
Durham County Courthouse. ca. 1910. Side view. From a postcard. |
Carl Harris |
| D039 |
Union Station. Postcard. ca. 1910. Postcard shows Durham's railroad station from the front. Message written over the picture reads: 'How are you since you came back from the Exposition? I know you had a grand time, wish I could have been there with you. I am working in Creedmoor now, and am having a good time. Hope you are still thinking like I told you. E.L. Aiken.' |
Carl Harris |
| D040 |
Trinity College. Bird's eye view. ca. 1910. From a postcard drawing. |
Carl Harris |
| D041 |
Union Station, track side with trains. ca. 1910. Durham's railroad station. From a postcard. |
Carl Harris |
| D042 |
Durham High Mandolin & Ukulele Clubs. 1921. From yearbook, The Messenger. |
Brent Glass |
| D043 |
Page from Durham High Yearbook, The Messenger. 1922. Durham High students: Grace E. Brown, Roman Harton, Sarah E. Salmon, Claude May, Coline Massey. |
Brent Glass |
| D044 |
Louisiana Carolina Hawkins Day. 'Lou'. ca. 1910. Outside the Card house. Ms. Day, an African-American, was the family cook. |
Helen Card Upchurch |
| D045 |
George Watts (Watts St.) School. 1918. |
Helen Card Upchurch |
| D046 |
City High School. Postcard. ca. 1910. On N. Duke Street, two-story double winged brick building with central rotunda and columns in front was an imposing educational building at the time. Became Durham High School and then Durham Magnet Center. |
Carl Harris |
| D047 |
Card House. 1110 Minerva Ave. 1910. Corner of Minerva and Buchanan. To left, Prof. W.H. Wannamaker's house. To right, C.H. Livengood's house. |
Helen Card Upchurch |
| D048 |
Wilbur Card family at their house. 1916. On porch: Anna Waldo Card, Wilbur Card, Elizabeth Cecilia, and Helen Kendrick. 1110 Minerva Ave. |
Helen Card Upchurch |
| D049 |
Memorial Methodist Church. Engraving. ca. 1910. Postcard shows engraving of church which still stands at Chapel Hill & Duke Sts. Now Duke Memorial Methodist Church. |
Archives & History, Neg.#N.73.3.101 |
| D050 |
Trinity College. Gateway. c. 1910. Postcard shows details of construction and ornamentation of double-arched gateway. Washington Duke Bldg. is in background, with Trinity pavilion at right. |
Carl Harris |
| D051 |
Hotel Lochmoor. Postcard, ca. 1910. Steel engraving reproduction of a photograph showing detail of ornamentation. Note electric lightbulbs suspended from bottom of 2nd floor porch. Located on E. Main St. near Roxboro. |
Carl Harris |
| D052 |
Southern Conservatory of Music. Postcard. ca. 1910. Moorish-style building at corner of Main & Duke Sts. |
Carl Harris |
| D053 |
Trinity Methodist Church. ca. 1910. This church would have been a landmark in any city, with its imposing spire. It was dedicated on April 27, 1887, and was destroyed by fire in 1923. Located on Church Street. |
Duke Manuscript Collection |
| D054 |
'Four Acres.' House of B.N. Duke. ca. 1918. Built on the SE corner of Duke & Chapel Hill Sts., this town house of B.N. Duke was his second home on that site. (First was called The Terrace.) It was built in 1910 and razed in 1961 (see I001-02), whereupon N.C. Mutual Ins. Co. built its headquarters on the site. |
Unknown |
| D055 |
The Arcade Theatre, Hotel Lochmoor, and YMCA. ca. 1910. From a postcard. Block of commercial buildings located on E. Main St. near Roxboro. |
Carl Harris |
| D056 |
View near E. Main at Roxboro Sts. ca. 1915. The old Orpheum Theatre is on the left. Beyond are the Malbourne Hotel and First Presbyterian Church. Note mule-drawn wagon at streetside on right in front of YMCA, as well as trolley tracks down center of street. |
W.G. Plyler |
| D057 |
Durham Public Library. Original bldg., rear view. ca. 1910. From a postcard, the engraving shows the hexagonal extension on the rear of a wooden building with front porch (not visible) and horseshoe fascia across the roof gables. This was the town's first library, built in 1898 at Five Points. |
Carl Harris |
| D058 |
New Academy of Music. Postcard. ca. 1910. Photo shows massive building almost a block long, on Parrish St. |
Unknown |
| D059 |
L&M Leaf Plant & Warehouses. Two panoramas. ca. 1910. Front and back views of the Liggett & Myers tobacco plant and warehouse, probably used by the corporation for display purposes. Front view actually centers on old Durham Fire House -- now removed -- which was part of the complex. |
L&M Research Center |
| D060 |
The Citizens National Bank. ca. 1910. Building at 105 W. Main St. shared offices with Southgate & Sons Insurance, formerly Morehead Banking Co. |
Duke Manuscripts Collection |
| D061 |
Main & Corcoran Sts. Two photos. 1912-1914. (top) 1912 photo shows ravages of fire on that corner. (bottom) Corner is completely rebuilt, with Blacknall's Drugstore, The Fidelity Bank, and F.W. Woolworth's in the Geer Building. Photographer: Holladay |
Helen Card Upchurch |
| D062 |
Main & Corcoran Sts. before fire of 1914. 1914. Photo labeled 'before' shows intact block of commercial buildings, including Blacknall's Drug Store. Photographer: Holladay. |
Duke Archives, Craven-Pegram Collection |
| D063 |
Main & Corcoran St. after the fire of 1914. 1914. Photo labeled 'after' was taken from rooftop across the street and shows massive fire damage. The entire block appears to be gutted. Photographer: Hollday |
Duke Archives, Craven-Pegram Collection |
| D064 |
Burned-out Main St. between Corcoran & Mangum. 1914. Postcard shows ravages of fire which burned out entire city block. This view looks west toward the original Post Office across the street from what used to be Blacknall's Drug Store. Photo was taken from rooftop -- note two men atop light poles on both sides of street. |
D.W. Newsom |
| D065 |
Firemen Fighting a Fire. ca. 1910-14. Photo taken at night of a fire so extensive and bright that the silver on the negative has been completely oxidized. This may be the 1914 fire on Main St. Only hoses in the street, outlines of firemen not directly involved, and the pump wagon can be discerned. |
B. Hicks |
| D066 |
Gattis Newton Clothing Co. Interior. 1910. Long shot toward rear of store with counters and shelves along both sides. Located at 113 E. Main St. in a block of buildings owned by Richard Wright, this was the 2nd clothing store in Durham. Pictured toward foreground are owners Lee Roy Gattis, by cane stand, and Walter Newton, behind counter. Note wooden floors and Italian-type stucco ceiling. |
Mr. & Mrs. Lochlin Ward |
| D067 |
Washington Duke Bldg. Trinity College. Postcard. ca. 1910. Steel engraving of the original Wash. Duke Building showing its classical symmetrical lines. The building burned in 1911. |
Archives & History, Neg.#IV.75.2.246 |
| D068 |
Burned-Out Tower, Wash. Duke Bldg. Trinity College. 1911. All that remains of building pictured in D067 is the central tower, completely gutted. Eventually the tower was razed and no further plans were made for setting a building directly behind the gates of the college. |
Helen Card Upchurch |
| D069 |
Students at Trinity College. ca. 1911. Dallas Walton Newsom and his brother Marion Eugene relax leaning against the fountain which was all that was left of the Washington Duke Building and its landscaping after the fire of 1911. Eventually a commemorative statue of Duke was placed on the site. |
D.W. Newsom |
| D070 |
Famous Macadam Road, near Durham. Postcard. ca. 1910. Macadam roads were hard-surfaced roads perfected by Macadam. This view shows the road progressing out to the country past a very large house. |
Carl Harris |
| D071 |
Fairntosh. Main gates and house. ca. 1910. Round stone and mortar pillars mark the main entrance to a huge plantation located on Old Oxford Rd. near Staggville. |
Archives & History, Neg.#IV.72.12.229 |
| D072 |
Fairntosh. Side gateway and houses. ca. 1910. At least two houses of this extensive plantation can be seen from outside the gate. |
Archives & History, Neg.#N.72.12.230 |
| D073 |
Fairntosh. Cemetery. ca. 1910. Fenced-in family cemetery features obelisk memorial and benches. |
Archives and History, Neg.#N.72.12.231 |
| D074 |
Fairntosh. Roadway. ca. 1910. Roadway reveals rustic nature of location of the plantation. |
Archives & History, Neg.#N72.12.232 |
| D075 |
Tobacco Machine. Leaf Processing Plant. ca. 1910. Pictured is a conveyor-belt system for processing tobacco. Photographer: Junius Beard |
Bill Hicks |
| D076 |
Tobacco-Bagging Machine. Cigarette mfg. plant. ca. 1910. Machine bagged tobacco in cloth bags and wrapped label around the outside of the bags. Note table at left loaded with rows of filled bags. Cartons in rear are printed woith label for Bull Durham Tobacco. Photographer: Junius Beard |
Bill Hicks |
| D077 |
Durham 'Renowned Around the World' Sign. 1913. City sign, heralding progress, health, wealth, and success, was mounted on a 3-story commercial building roof on Main St. and illuminated at night. Photographer Junius Beard. |
Bill Hicks |
| D078 |
Horse-Drawn Hosewagon and Fire Crew. 1910. Fourteen men dressed in various modes of uniform stand in and around ladder wagon parked in front of YMCA. |
Unknown |
| D079 |
Firemen, Company 2. Portrait. 1910. Six firemen in full uniform pose on and near their horse-drawn hose and ladder wagon in front of Fire Station #2, located on W. Main St., between two L&M warehouses. |
Unknown |
| D080 |
Durham Fire Dept. Horsedrawn Hosewagon #2. 1914. Five men pose with hosewagon typical of those used until 1918 when horses were removed. Wagon stands in front of old Fire Station #1, near Mangum & Holloway. |
J.M. Durham |
| D081 |
Steamer & Hosewagon at #2 Fire Station. ca. 1910. Firemen and horsedrawn equipment shown out for a drill. |
Unknown |
| D082 |
Firemen with Boy on Horseback. Trickriding. ca. 1910. Stunt formation with horses, firemen, and small boy. Note how a strap has been placed through the bit rings of all five horses to keep them steady. |
Unknown |
| D083 |
Durham Fire Dept.'s 1st Motor Apparatus. 1912 & 1915. Two pictures. On right is Durham's first motorized hose truck, with crew of four men. On left is the back half of Durham's first motor-driven hook-&-ladder truck, with crew and civilian officials. |
Unknown |
| D084 |
Testing Fire Equipment. DFD's Motor Fleet. 1919. A small water reservoir by the L&M tobacco warehouses is the scene of testing of a motorized pump and hosewagon. Engine bonnet is raised, facilitating test for both firemen and onlookers. |
Unknown |
| D085 |
Fire Station #1. Mangum & Holloway Sts. ca. 1910. Open ports of fire station reveal motor-driven hose and pump wagon and hook-and-ladder wagon with station crew aboard. |
Unknown |
| D086 |
Durham Fire Station #2, with 2 types of hosewagon. ca.1910. Fire Station #2, located between L&M warehouses, displays both motorized and horse-drawn versions of hose wagon pulled out of engine doors. |
Unknown |
| D087 |
Durham Fire Station #3, with old and new hosewagons.ca.1910. As in D086, Station #3 displays its motorized and horsedrawn versions of hose trucks. |
Unknown |
| D088 |
Durham Fire Dept. Portrait of Personnel. ca. 1910. Nineteen men in dress uniform stand for official picture in front of fire station. |
Unknown |
| D089 |
Durham Fire Dept. Companies # 1 and 2. 1911. Organizational poster showing firemen, machines, and workhorses of the designated companies.Photographer: Hitchcock Studio |
S.N. Durham |
| D090 |
Durham Traction Co. Personnel Group Photo. 1908. Thirty-two trolley attendants pose for their company picture in front of a trolley car. Owner is man in overcoat and derby in middle of front row. Man in light coat to his left is R.A. Tippet. |
W.G. Plyler |
| D091 |
Trolley Car Stop at Lakewood Park. 1910. Sheltered stop has benches, with lights strung along eaves. Trolley is open-sided, with running board. In background are the buildings and grounds of Lakewood Park. |
W.G. Plyler |
| D092 |
Laying New Trolley Tracks. Holloway St. 1919. Three men working on the tracks and iron cross-ties of trolley rails prior to laying them. Cart holding electric generator for welder is behind them. This was one of the earliest electric welding jobs. Man seated in center is G. Maynard. |
Graham Maynard |
| D093 |
Duke Power Co. Maiden Bus Run. 1912. Commemorative photo of maiden run of 4-wheeled gas transport in Durham taken on corner of Corcoran & Main Sts. in front of original post office. Open, surrey-topped bus has capacity of 20, including driver. In second row from front are Lee Roy Gattis, in straw hat, and Gertrude Gattis, his wife. |
Mr. & Mrs. Lochlin Ward |
| D094 |
S.E. Rochelle Battery & Electrical Co. 1912. The motorcycle dealer of Durham, S.E. Rochelle (2nd from right) shows off his various brands of motorcycles and riding gear with customers and help in front of his store, at the corner of Parrish & Corcoran Sts. |
S.E. Rochelle |
| D095 |
S.E. Rochelle & Friend. Motorcycle Buddies. ca. 1910. Mr. Rochelle (on left) and friend pose at the back of Rochelle's store. |
S.E. Rochelle |
| D096 |
Motordrome Arena. Exterior with riders. ca. 1910. The Whirl of Death was a motorcycle arena for traveling carnivals created by the American Motordrome Co. S.E. Rochelle shows off four of his motorcycles at right. He is at far left. |
S.E. Rochelle |
| D097 |
Motordrome Arena. Interior with Cyclist. ca. 1910. Stop action photo of trick cyclist riding around wall of motordrome, with his feet on the handlebars. |
S.E. Rochelle |
| D098 |
'Deathtrap' Motordrome Arena. Exterior. ca. 1910. Another example of a daredevil motorcycle arena, which appears to be set up on a downtown vacant lot. |
S.E. Rochelle |
| D099 |
Railroad Crossing with Autos. East Durham, ca. 1910. Photo of RR crossing just east of downtown Durham, showing autos and pedestrians stopped, waiting for freight train to pass. |
Durham Police Deptartment |
| D100 |
Seeman Printery Personnel. 1917. Ten men of varying ages and functions within the printery gather outside the shop on Corcoran St. between Peabody & Main. (l. to r.) E.H. Pendergraft, N.B. Lockwood, W.H. Upchurch, L.W. Hutchings, D.R. Ivey, J.A. Albright, C.P. Ethridge, E.D. Fowler, (?), Reid Boswell. |
Fisher-Harrison Corporation |
| D101 |
World War I Soldiers, Company M. ca. 1914?. All are from Durham. Many did not return from the war. Picture taken in front of old courthouse. Photographer: Holladay |
Mrs. H.E. Crutchfield |
| D102 |
World War I Soldiers on Trinity Campus. ca. 1915. Among those pictured are Judge Sykes, W.P. Few, J.S. Carr, Col. J.H. Erwin, Capt. Card. The Ark is in far right background. |
Duke Manuscripts Collection |
| D103 |
Durham Hosiery Mill Band. Company Brass Band. ca. 1910. Eighteen men in band uniforms pose with instruments ranging from trombones and trumpets to French horns and tubas. |
Unknown |
| D104 |
Durham Hosiery Mill Baseball Team. City Champions. 1910. Eleven-man baseball team poses with coaches and sponsors for a formal portrait of the Durham City Baseball League Champions of 1910. |
Unknown |
| D105 |
Durham Hosiery Mill Baseball Team. ca. 1918. Thirteen-man baseball team gathers on steps of a mill in Edgemont for a group photo. |
Mrs. H.E. Crutchfield |
| D106 |
West Durham Graded School. Exterior. ca. 1910-20. All students assembled on porch and in front of two-story school, boys and girls separated. |
Pegram Craven Collection., Duke Archives. |
| D107 |
Trinity Presbyterian Church Sunday School Class. ca. 1910. Members of the first Sunday School class of Trinity Presbyterian Church pose in front of Pearl Mill door. Miss Hallie Pope is in center of front row. |
Hassie Dunnegan |
| D108 |
Young Church Members. Two photos. ca. 1910. (top): Women, young ladies, and girls in Sunday clothes. (bottom): A group of altar boys poses beside church. Photographer: Felicia Kueffner Sears |
Mary Jane Credle |
| D109 |
Julian S. Carr Family. Front step photo. ca. 1910. Nine members of Carr family gather on steps of Carr house for group photo. |
Unknown |
| D110 |
Julian S. Carr Family. Humorous portrait. ca. 1910. Two male Carr wags pose in straw hats, suits, and ties, driving two toy cars. |
Unknown |
| D111 |
Carr Family & Friends. Street Scene. ca. 1912. Members of Carr family and/or freinds pose for snapshot against downtown brick building with Coca-Cola sign. |
Unknown |
| D112 |
Member of Mangum Family. Portrait. ca. 1910. Formal portrait in serious pose. Photographer: Hugh Mangum |
Mangum Museum, Eno River Park |
| D113 |
Kodak Club. University Station. 1918. Photo shows interior of one-room schoolhouse where 4 boys have gathered for a meeting of the Kodak Club, on May 5, 1918. Second from right is Thurmond Johnson. |
Junius Beard |
| D114 |
Mangum Cottage Gallery. Photographer's Advert. ca. 1918. Located on Main St., near the Jordan transfer, this photographer's gallery offered a special to school children. |
David Page |
| D115 |
Motorcycling in Wilmington. Walter Mills. 1914. Durhamite Walter Mills, 23, 'rides' his red Indian motorcycle across the street from the courthouse in Wilmington. |
Walter Mills |
| D116 |
Outing in a modern automobile. ca. 1910. Five women in driving outfits pose with man in their brand new car. |
Pegram Craven Collection, Duke Archives |
| D117 |
Mary Duke & Family. Auto Outing. ca. 1910. Mary Duke, behind wheel of car, poses with children and relatives outside 'Fairview,' the house of Washington Duke. |
Duke Archives |
| D118 |
Sarah Pearson Duke. Formal Portrait. ca. 1915. Formal photograph of the wife of B.N. Duke, grandmother of Mary Semans. |
Duke Archives |
| D119 |
B.L. Duke & Wife in Cadillac. ca. 1912. Brodie Leonidas Duke and his 4th wife, Wylanta Rochelle Duke, pose in a chauffered Cadillac parked in front of B.L. Duke's house on Duke St., between Trinity & Morgan. |
Duke Manuscript Collection |
| D120 |
Lessie Southgate Simmons. ca. 1910. Subject stands next to piano holding music. |
Duke Manuscript Collection |
| D121 |
James Southgate, nurse, and friends. ca. 1917. Elderly James Southgate sits in rocker, attended by nurse and young cadet friend. |
Southgate Jones Collection., Duke Archives |
| D122 |
Card Family. Snapshot in back of Card house. ca. 1910. Wilbur and Anna Card and their two daughters Elizabeth and Helen pose in back of their house across the street from Trinity College. House is on corner of Minerva and Buchanan. Prof. W.K. Boyd's house is in the background. |
Helen Card Upchurch |
| D123 |
Senior Class, East Durham Graded School. ca. 1910. Seventeen students pose with teachers for class photo on the steps of East Durham High School. Source's first cousin is third from right, first row. |
Mrs. Rufus E. Newton |
| D124 |
Goodwin-Newton Family. Couple with Ford Automobile. ca.1910. Source's father and mother pose at hill top with new Ford motor car between them. |
Mrs. Rufus E. Newton (nee Goodwin) |
| D125 |
Wallace Goodwin and Sister. Baby Outing. ca. 1910. Baby brother Wallace is pulled in rattan baby cart by his older sister (source). |
Mrs. Rufus E. Newton |
| D126 |
Wallace Goodwin. Baby Brother in yard. ca. 1910. Source's baby brother Wallace (see D125) sits in a small chair in front of a cactus, surrounded by a circle of bricks in their yard on Proctor St. (now Salem St.). |
Mrs. Rufus E. Newton |
| D127 |
Goodwin Family. Baxter, Garland, & L.C. ca. 1910. Two young men and a small boy (L.C.) pose in rakish attitudes on a hill. Baxter is cousin and Garland and L.C. are brothers of source. |
Mrs. Rufus E. Newton |
| D128 |
Goodwin Family. 2 Men and Motorcycle. ca. 1915. Uncle of source, wearing belted jacket and laced boots, with cycle that brother of source bought from S.E. Rochelle. |
Mrs. Rufus E. Newton |
| D129 |
Williams Family. Clifford and Ray. ca. 1918. Two small boys, approx. 3 & 4 years old, in smocks, pose next to shed and woodpile on a farm in winter. They are first cousins of source. |
Mrs. Rufus E. Newton |
| D130 |
Andrew Curtis Goodwin. Inspector, Dhm. Traction Co. ca.1910. Photo of man in trolley company uniform with inspector's ranking. Note sleeve, lapel, and cap insignia. Man is source's uncle. |
Mrs. Rufus E. Newton |
| D131 |
Goodwin-Ladd Family. Two photos. ca. 1918. Location of both photos is Snow Hill Farm, on Snow Hill Rd. Photo on left shows couple standing in the yard. Photo on right is of source's uncle, Holt Ladd, in bib overalls and jacket, posing with hunting dog and shotgun. |
Mrs. Rufus E. Newton (nee Goodwin) |
| D132 |
Goodwin-Newton Family. Rufus Newton & Sister. ca. 1910. Two babies in a rattan baby carriage pose for picture in backyard of house in Raleigh. The boy, Rufus, later moved to Durham and married source. |
Mrs. Rufus E. Newton (nee Goodwin) |
| D133 |
Goodwin-Newton Family. Front Porch Photo. ca. 1910. Members of the Goodwin-Newton family pose for a snapshot on porch of family home. (Mother and children?) |
Mrs. Rufus E. Newton (nee Goodwin) |
| D134 |
Stella Beckwith & Ella Leathers in Fashionable Dress.ca.1914. Friends of the family show their fine outing costumes in WWI era. |
Mrs. G. Rosberry |
| D135 |
Wrenn Family. 3 Women in Elaborate Dress. ca. 1910. Alice Valeria Wrenn Powell (seated) and two other women, possibly sisters or bridesmaids, pose for formal portrait in fine dress. Photographer: Shelburne |
Sybil Tyndall |
| D136 |
Wrenn Family. Father & Sons. ca. 1910. Nat Wrenn (center) with sons Walter & David (behind) and Frank (l.) and William. His wife gave the land for the Angier Ave. Baptist Church in 1889. |
Sybil Tyndall |
| D137 |
Beatrice & Graham Maynard. Boat Ride. 1916. Engaged couple boat on Durham Reservoir at Club Blvd. & Hillandale Rd. Graham also appears in D092. Photographer: Ezra King |
Graham Maynard |
| D138 |
Dunnegan Family. Child in Goat Cart. 1914. Virginia Dare Dunnegan Schneel is shown as a little girl driving a 4-wheeled goat cart in front of her house on Trinity & Foster Sts. Note tobacco factory in background. |
Hassie Dunnegan |
| D139 |
Tessie Dunnegan Wicks & Myrtle Baker Wandrum. 1917. Two people in buggy pulled by a mule. |
Hassie Dunnegan |
| D140 |
Women Wearing Ornate Hats. Two Photos. ca. 1910. Two pictures of women wearing ornate hats. Photographer: Felicia Kueffner Sears |
Mary Jane Credle |
| D141 |
Three men and a Goat. Downtown Durham. ca. 1910. Herbert Kueffner and friends amuse themselves riding a goat in front of a store. Photographer: Felicia Kueffner Sears |
Mary Jane Credle |
| D142 |
Boy on a Small Mule or Donkey. Postcard. ca. 1910. Photo of young boy riding decorated mule or donkey is a copy taken from a postcard popular during the first 3 decades of the 20th century. This is probably a 'kiddie ride' in a travelling carnival. |
Unknown |
| D143 |
Durhamites Enjoy Sunshine. Two photos. 1910. (top): Frances Rozier and Clyde Kerns pose in front of tall shrubbery. (bottom): Two women pose with tobacco warehouse in the background. Both pictures show details of fashion of the time. Photographer: Felicia Kueffner Sears |
Mary Jane Credle |
| D144 |
Postcard: 'Can't Break Away from Durham, NC.' ca. 1910. Public relations photo shows young man's unsuccessful attempt to pull away from young woman who has lassoed him. |
Unknown |
| D145 |
Country Sign. Perry-Horton Shoe Co. ca. 1910. A man and two boys drape themselves around and on top of a small wooden sign for Perry-Horton Shoe Co., staked out by a country road. |
Unknown |
| D146 |
Gen. Julian S. Carr. Travels Out West. 1916. General J.S. Carr stands between Chief Fig Tree John and his wife in front of the chief's house on the reservation 1/2 mile from Garraucho. |
Duke Archives, Pegram-Craven Collection |
| D147 |
N.C. Central Univ. Chidley Hall. ca. 1910. Chidley Hall, the oldest dormitory on campus of NCCU, then named College for Negroes. |
Unknown |
| D148 |
Stanford L. Warren Library. Three photos. ca. 1917. The original building was located at the corner of Pettigrew & Fayetteville Sts. and was called the Durham Colored Library. (left): interior of library; Mrs. Hattie B. Wooten is at the second table, seventh from left. (middle): exterior of predecessor building. (right): interior view. |
Mrs. Lyda Merrick |
| D149 |
Eleta Atwater. Graduation. 1916. Mrs. Mamie H. Atwater sits while her daughter Eleta (later Eleta A. Harris) stands for a picture commemorating graduation from J.A. Whitted School. See B001 for wedding picture of her parents. |
Mayme Harris Perry |
| D150 |
Formal Portrait. Subject Unknown. ca. 1918. African-American woman. |
Unknown |
| D151 |
Fred Atwater. Portrait. 1910. African-American man in his twenties wears Panama hat and bat-wing collar. Atwater died 2/13/43 in Mansfield, Ohio. |
Mattie Joyner Canty |
| D152 |
Gunn Family. Grandfather in WWI Uniform. ca. 1914. Lloyd Gunn's grandfather in photographer's studio, wearing World War I uniform. |
Lloyd Gunn |
| D153 |
Johnny Scarborough, Jr. Studio Portrait. ca. 1910. Formal photo of approx. 3-year old boy in dress-up attire, standing in a wicker chair. |
Scarborough Family Archives |
| D154 |
Brookstown Family. Formal Portrait of Young Boy. ca. 1910. Young boy in sailor outfit sits reading in ornately carved chair. |
Unknown |
| D155 |
Brookstown Family. Formal Portrait. Mother in fur jacket and hat sits with three children. |
Unknown |
| D156 |
Scarborough Family. Boy on Iron Tricycle. ca. 1910. African-American boy in wool cap, sailor suit, and snap-up wollen leggings poses for photo astride iron tricycle. |
Scarborough Family Archives |
| D157 |
Iola C. Allen. 1916. Ms. Allen seated in chair outside her Piedmont Ave. house, just after work. She was a cook at a nearby cafe. |
Iola C. Allen |
| D158 |
Excursion Train Wreck. Hamlet, NC. 1911. Occasion was St. Joseph's Church picnic to be held near Hamlet on July 27, 1911. The train carrying the church group was wrecked, with many dead and injured. The father and uncle of source are in this photo. Photographer: F. Marchant, Hamlet. |
Eliza Ford |
| D159 |
Durham County Garbage Dump. Caravan of Carts. ca. 1925. Photo shows shelter with smoke stack out in the country, with a line of horse-drawn garbage wagons moving toward it on East Main Street. Photographer: Ramsey-Kock Studio, Durham |
S.C. Rochelle |
| D160 |
Railroad Crossing, Chapel Hill & Great Jones Sts. ca. 1910. Photo shows traffic waiting on far side of intersection. |
Durham Police Deptartment |
| D161 |
Railroad Crossing. Eyelevel View. ca. 1910. Photo shows trolley car and dray truck at railroad crossing waiting for freight train to pass. |
Durham Police Deptartment |
| D162 |
Railroad Crossing, East Durham. ca. 1910. Photo shows blurred train rushing through as trolley, auto, and pedestrian wait between tracks. |
Durham Police Deptartment |
| D163 |
Railroad Crossing Across from Southern Feed Co. ca. 1910. Photo shows trains passing on both sides of auto stopped in the middle. |
Durham Police Deptartment |
| D164 |
Eno Station. Eno River Mill. 1916. Photo shows smokestacks and houses of the station, appearing to be in the woods, with a trail leading up to the complex. |
Helen Liantis |
| D165 |
Eno Station. Closeup of Buildings. ca. 1917. Close-up of buildings seen in D164. |
Helen Liantis |
| D166 |
Eno River Dam. Looking Upriver. 1917. Built in 1879, the dam created a small reservoir of water, which can barely be seen upstream. |
Helen Liantis |
| D167 |
Bennett Place. Historic Civil War Landmark. ca. 1910. The two houses of James Bennett, where Gen. Johnston surrendered to Gen. Sherman in 1865. The fences and some of the trees are gone. |
Archives & History, Neg.#N.64.7.2 |
| D168 |
Bennett Place. Civil War Landmark. Interior. ca. 1910. Photo shows fireplace, enclosed stairwell, and rafters of main house superimposed on previous photo. |
Archives & History, Neg.#N.64.7.4 |
| D169 |
Duke Homestead. Second tobacco factory. ca. 1910. Roof and wall slightly sagging, still Washington Duke's 2nd tobacco factory looks basically untouched since the 1880's. |
Archives& History, Neg.#N.73.10.282 |
| D170 |
Chapel Hill St. ca. 1910. Looking down unpaved street with trolley tracks, toward railroad crossing, before underpass was built. Note tower on left, gas buggies, and intersection traffic light. |
Southgate Jones Collection, Duke Archives |
| D171 |
St. Joseph's First Minister and his Wife. 2 photos. ca.1910. The first minister of St. Joseph's AME Church is seen on the left, his wife on the right. Photos are half-tones copied from a book on the history of the church. |
Unknown |
| D172 |
Goodwin-Newton Family. Father of Mrs. R.E. Newton.ca.1910. Photo of cab of train engine #100, with father of source, a brakeman for the railroad, standing on upper step. He later worked on streetcars. |
Mrs. Rufus E. Newton |
| D173 |
N.C. Mutual Life Insurance Company. Office Force. ca. 1910. Black History Exhibit, Durham County Centennial, 1981. |
Black History Exhibit, Durham County Centennial, 1981. |
| D174 |
N.C. Mutual Life Insurance Company. Officers. ca. 1911. Left to right: A.M. Moore, John M. Avery, John Merrick, Ed Merrick, C.C. Spaulding. Black History Exhibit, Durham County Centennial, 1981. |
Black History Exhibit, Durham County Centennial, 1981. |
| D175 |
Richard B. Fitzgerald House. ca. 1910. House of brick manufacturer, in vicinity of Gattis & Wilkerson Sts. Black History Exhibit, Durham County Centennial, 1981. |
Black History Exhibit, Durham County Centennial, 1981. |
| D176 |
Booker T. Washington Visits Durham. Group photo. ca. 1910. Mr. Washington is in center, sixth from right. Black History Exhibit, Durham County Centennial, 1981. |
Black History Exhibit, Durham County Centennial, 1981. |
| D177 |
N. C. College. Auditorium and Girls' Dorm. ca. 1910. Black History Exhibit, Durham County Centennial, 1981. |
Black History Exhibit, Durham County Centennial, 1981. |
| D178 |
North Carolina College. Campus Building. 1910. Black History Exhibit, Durham County Centennial, 1981. |
Black History Exhibit, Durham County Centennial, 1981. |
| D179 |
North Carolina College. Dining Hall. 1910. Black History Exhibit, Durham County Centennial, 1981. |
Black History Exhibit, Durham County Centennial, 1981. |
| D180 |
Carolina Funeral Home. Wm. A. Amey & E.G. Spaulding. 1910. Black History Exhibit, Durham County Centennial, 1981. |
Black History Exhibit, Durham County Centennial, 1981. |
| D181 |
John Merrick. ca. 1910. Black History Exhibit, Durham County Centennial, 1981. |
Black History Exhibit, Durham County Centennial, 1981. |
| D182 |
John Merrick House. 106 Fayetteville St. 1910. Black History Exhibit, Durham County Centennial, 1981. |
Black History Exhibit, Durham County Centennial, 1981. |
| D183 |
Annie Day Shepard. ca. 1914. Wife of James E. Shepard, founder of North Carolina Central University, then College for Negroes. |
Unknown |
| D184 |
House of David S. Cole & Corrina C. Weaver Cole. ca.1915. The Coles with children Mary Gladys and Hazel Lewis. |
Randy Carden |
| D185 |
Fire Equipment Parade. Photo shows both horse-drawn and motorized equipment. |
Unknown |
| D186 |
Corcoran St. Looking South. |
Unknown |
| D187 |
Durham Hosiery Mill Management. Compare with E061 for a later version. |
Unknown |
| D188 |
Grand Lodge Knights of Pythias. June 9, 1914. Photographer: The Halladay Studio, Durham, N.C. |
Mrs. John Graham Webb, Queen St., Hillsborough, N.C. |
| D189 |
White Cross School. ca. 1917. Teacher is Annie Lindsey, who married Oscar A. Pickett, and died ca. 1920. |
Unknown |
| D190 |
Four Pharmacists. 1. Unknown 2. Harris King 3. Charles King 4. Sam Lindsey |
Unknown |
| D191 |
Academy of Music. Scene from a Play. 1915. Annie Lindsey is second from right. Teacher was Mrs. Yancey. |
Unknown |
| D192 |
Lowes Grove School. ca. 1900. Row 1. Annie O'Briant, Essie Yates (?), Jim Lowe, Pattie Hopson (Blackwood), Esther Yates, Ethel High. Row 2. Zeb Green (with dog, Shep), Fannie Green, Lillie High (Mattox), Lola Herndon, Sula Pendergrass, Gille Hopson (Ferrell), Ila Ferrell (Cox), Eula O'Briant (Hopson), Allene Green Row 3. Ava Ferrell, Ed Hopson, Lila Shipp (Lowe), Carrie Green, Miss Laura Breeze, teacher, Maggie Green, Nannie Hopson (Dolph's daughter), Nettie Lewter, Nannie Hopson (Pete's daughter from Nelson). Row 4. Scott Green, Johnny Shipp, Virgie Green, Lille Lewter, Dora Lowe (Beck), Ella O'Briant, Berta Hopson (O'Briant), Ida Hopson (Pete's daughter). Row 5. Ed Lowe, E.O. Ferrell, David O'Briant, Frank Pendergrass, Needham Shipp, Johnny Hopson, George Pendergrass, Lewis Lowe. Standing in doorway: Charlie Luther Hopson. |
Audrey Evans |
| D193 |
Durham High School. The Merchant of Venice. 1908. Photo of cast of the Shakespeare play directed by Lela Markham (Brogden). |
Mary Brogden |
| D194 |
Durham High School. The Merchant of Venice. 1913. Left to right: Mary Erwin, Leon W. Powell, Irving Allen, Nancy Green, James R. Patton, Jr., Zalena Allen, Blackwell Markham. |
Unknown |
| D195 |
House of Leonidas & Lucy Bacon James. Built 1907-8. House was at 1802 Chapel Hill Rd. Leonidas James was president of James Lumber Co. (1902). His office was in the Wright Building on W. Main St. The lumber mill was in the Redwood Community. |
Mrs. P.W. Hutchings |
| D196 |
Group Photograph. A Women's Association? ca. 1908. Bottom row: Mary Crabtree Yancey, Sadye Hackney Markham, Lily Cowan Mitchell, unknown. Second row: Unknown, Sara Cowan, unknown. Back row: Unknown, Hortense Cowan, Ida Cowan, Gussie Michaels Alston, Reba New Hobgood, Pauline Whitaker, Jessie Massie, Jessica Hibberd, Martha Cowan Kukor, Betty Hunt Carr (wife of Dr. George Carr, dentist). |
Unknown |
| D197 |
First Baptist Church, Men's Bible Class. 1914. Judge Brogden, teacher. Some members listed: D.H. Wilcox, Dr. B.W. Fassett, Bob Rigsbee, B.D. Ashlin, R.T. Howerton, Steve Cannady, L.G. Cole, Dan Horton. Photographer: Hitchcock Studio. |
Unknown |
| D198 |
Durham Traction Co. Trolley Car. ca. 1908. |
Unknown |
| D199 |
Bethesda School. Group Portrait. 1910 |
Unknown |
| D200 |
Children of Mr. & Mrs. W.W. Carr. ca. 1910. |
Unknown |
| D201 |
Geer Building. Architectural rendering of exterior.ca.1915. |
Unknown |
| D202 |
Geer Building. Cross section rendering. ca. 1915. |
Unknown |
| D203 |
Five Points Looking East. ca. 1916. Original building of Durham County Library is in center. |
Unknown |
| D204 |
Robert Littleton Mitchell, ca. 1915. Portrait in uniform of the first man from Durham killed in World War I, October 12, 1918. |
Unknown |
| D205 |
Southern Conservatory of Music. Faculty & Students.1914-15. Southern Conservatory of Music, Duke St. at Main St., Durham. The portion of the three-sectioned Conservatory seen in this photo is the residence section. It contained dormitory rooms, reception hall, sitting rooms, and dining hall. It was the section next to Main St., with the entrance seen in this photo facing Duke Street. Back row: Mr. W.H. Overton, Mrs. G.W. Bryant, Felicia Kueffner (Sears), Miss Alice Hundley (with brimmed hat). Front row, center, is Mr. Gilmore WArd Bryant, Director. |
Unknown |
| D206 |
Southern Conservatory of Music. ca. 1914?. On corner of Main & Duke Sts. |
Unknown |
| D207 |
Southern Conservatory of Music Class of 1919. 5th from left: Bertha 'Bert' Estelle Maye (Mrs. James Patton Jr. of Durham). |
Unknown |
| E001 |
William Thaddeus Redmond. ca. 1920. Civil War Confederate veteran in uniform. A member of the 'C' Sixth Regiment, Infantry, he was wounded in the right arm at Gettysburg while carrying the colors. See also E002. Photographer: Johnson Studios, Durham. |
Donald O. Brogden, Jr. |
| E002 |
William Thaddeus Redmond. Portrait. 1926. Closeup shot of Civil War veteran. See also E001. Photographer: Johnson Studios, Durham. (Mrs. Katie Johnson) |
Donald O. Brogden, Jr. |
| E003 |
Four major industrial sites. 1928. Durham Hosiery Mills, no. 1; Morven Cotton Mills; Durham Cotton Mfg. Co.; Golden Belt Mfg. Co. From 'Greetings' Durham Real Estate Board. |
Brent Glass |
| E004 |
Eleven Civic Buildings. 1928. Erwin Auditorium; Fire Station #3; Durham Sun Bldg.; Fire Station #1; Durham Morning Herald Bldg.; Fire Station #2; Durham County Home; Salvation Army; Y.M.C.A.; Masonic Temple. From 'Greetings' Durham Real Estate Board. |
Brent Glass |
| E005 |
Corcoran Street, looking south. 1928. From 'Greetings' Durham Real Estate Board. |
Brent Glass |
| E006 |
Six Black Institutions. 1928. Hillside High School; John O'Daniel Hosiery Mills; N.C. Mutual Life Insurance Co.; White Rock Baptist Church; Lincoln Hospital; Nurses' Home, Lincoln Hospital. From 'Greetings' Durham Real Estate Board. |
Brent Glass |
| E007 |
Five Apartment Buildings. 1928. Old Ladies Home (King's Daughters?); Markham Apts.; The Malbourne Hotel; Griswold Apts.; Wilkerson Apts. From 'Greetings' Durham Real Estate Board. |
Brent Glass |
| E008 |
Four Municipal Facilities. 1928. Municipal Bldg.(Royall Arts Center); City Auditorium (Carolina Theatre); Public Library; Durham County Court House. From 'Greetings' Durham Real Estate Board. |
Brent Glass |
| E009 |
Washington Duke Hotel. 1928. From 'Greetings' Durham Real Estate Board. Hotel was located in block bounded by Parrish, Corcoran, Market, & Chapel Hill Sts. See E037. |
Brent Glass |
| E010 |
Three Scenes of Downtown Durham. 1928. Five Points; Union Bus Terminal; Post Office. From 'Greetings' Durham Real Estate Board. |
Brent Glass? |
| E011 |
Tilley's Stores, Inc. ca. 1920. Building on Main St. built by T.H. Lawrence, contractor. |
DMTW, Architects & Planners, Ltd. |
| E012 |
Green Street Houses. ca. 1920. Between Watts and Gregson Streets, built by T.H. Lawrence, contractor. |
DMTW, Architects & Planners, Ltd. |
| E013 |
Erwin Auditorium in the Snow. ca. 1920. |
DMTW Architects & Planners, Ltd. |
| E014 |
House, corner Buchanan Blvd. and Gloria Ave. ca. 1920. Built by T.H. Lawrence for Dr. Lyle Steele Booker of Watts Hospital, owner of the Durham Bulls baseball team. |
James F. Booker of Wilmington, Del., born in the house in 1921, and raised there until 1934. |
| E015 |
Liggett & Myers Tobacco Warehouses. Side View. ca. 1925 |
DMTW Architects and Planners, Ltd. |
| E016 |
House on Watts Street. ca. 1925. Built by T.H. Lawrence. |
DMTW Architects and Planners, Ltd. |
| E017 |
Newly Arrived Durham Bus. 1929. Parked on dirt road. |
Duke Power Company |
| E018 |
Trolley Cars in Storage & Maintenance Area. ca. 1920. |
Duke Power Company |
| E019 |
Public Service Bldg. on Hillsborough Rd. 1929. Car and truck parked outside. |
Duke Power Company |
| E020 |
Hope Valley Bus with Public Service Executives. 1928. Downtown area with the bus and group of men, some with panama hats. |
Duke Power Company |
| E021 |
Electric Trolley in Motion with conductor visible. 1928. In front of Carpenter's Top and Trim Shop -- Auto Painting. |
Duke Power Company |
| E022 |
Elizabeth Cecilia Card. 1920. Subject looking from front porch at 1110 Minerva Ave. across from Duke's East Campus. |
Helen Card Upchurch. |
| E023 |
House at Booker Dairy, with residents. ca. 1925. Raymond Durrant Gibbs (front, sitting); L-R: Leonard Staley Gibbs, Naomie Heniger Riggs Gibbs; Leona Love Gibbs; Staley Alonzo Gibbs; Epslin Roadyback Gibbs. |
Margie Remington |
| E024 |
Stanley (Staley?) Alonzo Gibbs at Hope Valley Dairy.ca.1920. See also E023. |
Margie Remington |
| E025 |
Card House seen from Duke Campus. 1926. East Campus Wall in foreground. House is at corner of Minerva Ave. and Buchanan Blvd. |
Helen Card Upchurch |
| E026 |
Cabin, milkhouse, & barn at 3409 Hope Valley Rd. ca. 1920. Three-room log cabin shown on left. |
Margie Remington |
| E027 |
Durham Residential Streets & Houses. 1928. Eight pictures of Durham's pretty houses and streets. A few identified: top center, 410 N. Buchanan, formerly home of Mrs. Higbee Avery; center, Buchanan St. looking south, Few house second from left. Note Duke East Campus without wall. |
Brent Glass |
| E028 |
Five Durham Mansions. Photo Montage. 1928. Photos of five large houses. Upper right: 'Four Acres', B.N. Duke; lower left: Harwood Hall, G.W. Watts, on Proctor, near Duke (razed); lower right: Stagg house, 618 Morehead. |
Brent Glass |
| E029 |
Seven Banking Institutions. ca. 1928. The Fidelity Bank, Durham Loan & Trust Co., First National Bank, Home Savings Bank, Merchants Bank, Citizens National Bank, and Peoples Bank. |
Brent Glass |
| E030 |
First National Bank. ca. 1926. This building, located at the SE corner of Main & Corcoran Sts., subsequently housed the NCNB main office. |
Not given |
| E031 |
Nine Religious Institutions. ca. 1928. Trinity Methodist Church, Branson Methodist, Trinity Ave. Presbyterian, St. Philip's Episcopal, Duke Memorial Methodist, First Presbyterian, First Baptist, Church of the Immaculate Conception, and East Durham Baptist Church. |
Brent Glass |
| E032 |
Four Durham Apartment Buildings. 1928. Four large apartment buildings: Franklin Court, Bellamy Apts., Powe Apts., and Beverly Apts. |
Brent Glass |
| E033 |
Four Durham Commercial-Industrial Bldgs. 1928. Economic bases of Durham are pictured here: Pearl Cotton Mill; Austin-Heaton Co., makers of Peerless Flour; Liggett & Myers tobacco warehouses; and a panoramic view of the American Tobacco Co. Plant. Note gap where a fire station used to be. |
Brent Glass |
| E034 |
Durham Fire Dept. parades past East Campus. ca. 1920. Firemen on motor-driven fire equipment pass main gates of Trinity College. New East and West Duke Bldgs. are visible in the background. |
Source not given. |
| E035 |
Durham County Court House. Original Bldg. ca. 1920. Photo shows brick building with symmetrical architecture, arched widows, and towers, on Main Street. |
Duke Archives |
| E036 |
Fidelity Bank. The Geer Building. ca. 1926. The Geer Building, located on the NE corner of Main & Corcoran, rebuilt after the 1914 fire, housed the Fidelity Bank main office. The bank, now Wachovia, also had branches in East & West Durham. Note boarding plank at trolley stop. |
No source given |
| E037 |
Washington Duke Hotel. Construction. ca. 1926. Massive double-towered hotel was located on lot bounded by Parrish, Corcoran, Market, & Chapel Hill Sts., formerly site of Academy of Music. Hotel was imploded in December, 1976. |
No source given |
| E038 |
Five Points Drug Co. ca. 1926. Flat-iron Building at corner of Main & Chapel Hill Sts. housed drug store and other businesses. Five Points Restaurant later occupied part of the building. |
No source given. |
| E039 |
Rogers Drug Co. Interior. ca. 1920. Shop's location at corner of Parrish & Mangum Sts. guaranteed a firemen clientele. Photo shows Italian stucco ceiling and ornate tiled floor. Wm. F. 'Bill' Rogers, prop., stands at end of counter, left; Ralph P. Rogers, prop., is at back right. |
Mrs. E.C. Harris |
| E040 |
S.E. Rochelle Motorcycle Shop. ca. 1920. Interior shot of Rochelle's second shop shows stucco ceiling and brick floor. Bikes and motorbikes stand along walls and hang from ceiling. Source, at left, poses with manager and help. |
S.E. Rochelle |
| E041 |
First National Bank. ca. 1920. Located at the corner of Main & Corcoran Sts., this building houses the predecessor of NCNB, main office. |
Archives & History, Neg.#IV.75.6.1512 |
| E042 |
603 Watts St. Apartment Bldg. ca. 1920. Three-story brick apartment building was built by T.H. Lawrence, a local contractor responsible for many of the fine buildings and houses in Durham. |
DMTW, Architects & Planners, Ltd. |
| E043 |
Powe Apartments. Three-story brick building by T.H. Lawrence. On Watts St. |
Brent Glass |
| E044 |
Downtown Durham. Street Scene. Looking south on corner of Main & Corcoran. First National Bank (later NCNB) is only building now remaining. Post Office was on the right, next to Fidelity Bank. |
No source given. |
| E045 |
Downtown Durham. Corcoran St. at Peabody. ca. 1926. Shot looks north from Railroad to Main Street and reveals two banks and hosiery mill, at right. Rooftop sign at left is for the Seeman Printery in the middle of the block. |
No source given. |
| E046 |
Downtown parade. ca. 1920. Marshals on horseback lead brass band (probably Durham Hosiery Mill's Band) and rest of entourage down Main St. |
No source given. |
| E047 |
Downtown Parade. Close-up of Fire Wagon. ca. 1920. Durham Fire Dept. parades men and equipment down Main St. in large display. |
No source given. |
| E048 |
Elephant Parade. Main St. ca. 1920. Photo from second story shows sidewalk filled with people watching elephants draped with signs of local businesses. |
Brona Hicks. Photog: Junius Beard. |
| E049 |
'Durham Renowned' Sign. Postcard. 1913. Postcard is photo of famous Durham sign which was illuminated for the first time on December 15, 1913. See also D077. |
No source given. |
| E050 |
Downtown Durham at night. December, 1913. Shot shows Main St. at night, illuminated by street lights, neon signs, lighted shop windows, and the 'Durham Renowned' sign. See E049. |
Brona Hicks. Photog: Junius Beard |
| E051 |
Rooftop photo of Durham at night. Postcard. ca. 1920. Photo focuses on 3 downtown buildings: the original Post Office, the Fidelity Bank Bldg. behind it, and the Academy of Music (later site of Washington Duke Hotel) to the right. |
No source given. |
| E052 |
The Orpheum Theatre at night. Outer lobby. ca. 1920. Photo of marquee, broadsides and outer lobby illuminated by neon sign and lobby lights reveals Baroque logo and decor, ticket prices, and names of vaudeville acts. Theatre was located across from the Y.M.C.A. |
No source given. |
| E053 |
Durham Panorama. Looking Westward. ca. 1920. From a vantage point overlooking the railroad yards, one sees the Duke Tobacco Factory to the south (left) and Main St. and the Durham Hotel (imploded 1975) to the north (right). |
Duke Ms. Coll. Photog: Halladay |
| E054 |
Durham Panorama. Looking Eastward. ca. 1920. From rooftop vantage point, one sees the firehouse (center left) and Main St. (right) looking east, with the courthouse, Union Station, and railroad yards. |
Duke Archives. Photog: Halladay |
| E055 |
Durham Panorama. Looking east and south. ca. 1925. Left to right, the courthouse, Union Station with railroad yards, and St. Joseph's AME Church (far right). |
Duke Archives. Photog: Halladay |
| E056 |
Downtown Durham. Wide-angle shot. ca. 1925. Focus is on corner of Corcoran and Main Sts. looking north. Fidelity Bank Bldg., original Post Office, and Washington Duke Hotel are in cluster to the right. |
Duke Archives. Photog: Halladay |
| E057 |
Aerial View of Durham. Downtown business district.ca.1925. Note Union Station (lower left), courthouse, original Post Office, Fidelity Bank, and Washington Duke Hotel under construction (upper left). |
Duke Archives. Photog: Halladay |
| E058 |
Aerial View of 5 Points & Manufacturing District.ca.1920. Looking west down Chapel Hill St., Main St., & Morgan St. Note Duke Memorial Methodist Church (left), Liggett & Myers Tobacco Factory (center), Five Points Druggist (center left), and City Hall & the Carolina Theatre (lower right). |
Duke Ms. Coll. Photog: Halladay |
| E059 |
Trinity College. West Duke Building ca. 1925. One of a matched pair of buildings now located at the Main Street entrance to Duke University's East Campus. Note location of statue of Washington Duke; later it was moved slightly back. |
Archives & History, Neg.#75.11.1715 |
| E060 |
Women's College, Duke University, East Campus. ca. 1928. Aerial view of the Women's College, showing all present-day buildings on the quadrangle completed. Note railroad sidings across Main St. and the residential section along N. Buchanan Blvd. |
Archives & History, Neg.#75.2.249 |
| E061 |
Durham Hosiery Mill. Meeting of Management. ca. 1920. Fifteen men and one woman pose for group shot of mill management personnel. See also D187. |
No source given. |
| E062 |
Golden Belt Factory. Workers' Picnic. ca. 1920?. Golden Belt workers and friends of source had a picnic lunch during work. |
Mrs. Rufus E. Newton |
| E063 |
Liggett & Myers Tobacco Co. Loading Boxes. ca. 1920. Photo taken at the rear of the cigarette factory shows a horse-drawn cart being loaded with cartons of cigarettes. Note umbrella poised to shade driver. |
No source given. |
| E064 |
American Tobacco Co.. Aerial View. ca. 1926. Located at the SW corner of W. Pettigrew and Blackwell Sts., building was originally the main building of W.T. Blackwell and still has the Bull Durham ads on the front. In foreground note railroad yards, signal house, etc. |
No source given |
| E065 |
Erwin Mills. Looking along Main St. ca. 1920. Photo shows classic mill structure, part of Burlington Domestics. This mill was the principal industry of West Durham. Windows were later bricked up, with advent of air-conditioning. |
No source given |
| E066 |
Erwin Mills. Panorama. ca. 1920. Site later Burlington Mills. |
Duke Ms. Coll. Photog: Halladay |
| E067 |
Durham Traction Co. & Light & Power. ca. 1920. Photo shows garage of company which ran the trolley cars in Durham. |
Duke Archives. |
| E068 |
East Durham Street Car. ca. 1925. This open summer electric trolley, seen on Driver Ave. in front of the old Crabtree Pharmacy (corner of Angier Ave.), ran to the old ballpark, where Brogden Jr. High School is now located. |
Mrs. W.T. Cash |
| E069 |
Duke Power Co. Setting utility poles. 1926. A pile driver atop a railway car sets utility poles along the railroad tracks. |
B.N. Duke Coll., Duke Archives. |
| E070 |
Chapel Hill Street. Construction of Underpass. 1926. Construction of concrete underpass near Five Points. Note machinery and construction technology, as well as houses and factory in the background. |
B.N. Duke Coll., Duke Archives |
| E071 |
Policeman on motorcycle with sidecar. ca. 1920. S.E. Rochelle |
No source given |
| E072 |
Duke Memorial Methodist Church. Sunday School Class.ca.1925. Thirty-nine women and a few small children pose for class portrait outside church. Mr. Oscar Barker stands near center. Mrs. N.R. West is seated 3rd from left. Source is seated 6th from right, middle row. |
Mrs. Lonie W. Long. |
| E073 |
East Durham Baptist Church. Paperweight. ca. 1920. Bottom of glass paperweight shows an etching of the church building, along with an inset photo of its pastor. Church was located at corner of Angier & Driver Sts. |
William Cash. |
| E074 |
First Christian Church. Youth Group. ca. 1928. Seventeen young men and women dressed in Sunday finery gather for picture on steps of church once located across the street from later building on Holloway St. (Church has since moved.). |
Eloise Poole. |
| E075 |
Men's Bible Class. Tent near sidewalk. ca. 1920. Tent is attached to front side of church. Class was taught by W.J. Brogden. King's Service Station and trolley # 17 can be seen. |
S.C. Rochelle. |
| E076 |
Raleigh-Durham Highway. Motorcade. 1924.Motorcycles, Ford convertibles and a Raleigh-Durham autobus line the two-lane paved road. Note surveying crew with transit and highway markings. |
Archives & History, Neg.#53.15.5187 |
| E077 |
Confederate Veterans at Bennett Place. ca. 1923. Photo shows approximately 50 men in rows behind long trestle tables at reunion dinner held at Bennett Place, site of final Civil War surrender. |
Duke Ms. Coll. |
| E078 |
Trinity Coll. becomes Duke Univ. Board of Trustees 12/29/24. Group photo of the Board of Trustees at the time of the name change from Trinity College to Duke University. December 29, 1924. |
Archives & History, Neg.#IV.75.3.14 |
| E079 |
Chesterfield Cigarette Advertisement. ca. 1920. Probably taken from a postcard, ad shows World War I doughboy smoking a Chesterfield. |
No source given |
| E080 |
Bull Durham Tobacco Ad. American Tobacco Co. ca. 1920. Large poster shows ease of rolling your own Bull Durham cigarettes by picturing a golfer swinging club while smoking. |
No source given |
| E081 |
Dillard-Gamble House. Front yard & porch. ca. 1920. Interesting circular porch and 2nd story widow's walk are featured in the construction of this large frame house. |
Archives & History, Neg.#IV.77.10.951. |
| E082 |
John Sprunt Hill House. ca. 1920. Half-tone print of Spanish-style house located on S. Duke St. House now owned by Junior League (?). |
DMTW, Arch. & Planners, Ltd. |
| E083 |
Somerset Villa, house of Julian S. Carr. ca. 1920. Lofty 3-story building is reminiscent of Fairview, house of Wash. Duke, with side turret and porch arches. |
none given. |
| E084 |
Four Acres, house of B.N. Duke. House occupied block bounded by Willard, Duke, & Chapel Hill Sts. See D054 for more details. |
No source given. |
| E085 |
Funeral of James B. Duke. Street procession. Oct. 13, 1925. Passing the junction of Milton Ave. and W. Main St., a group of men -- probably factory workers-- march single file wearing black armbands. Note tobacco warehouses on left and unusual street light at intersection. |
Duke Ms. Coll. |
| E086 |
Funeral of J.B. Duke. Entourage w/ motorcycle escort. 1925. Funeral services for James B. Duke were held at Duke Memorial Church on Oct. 13, 1925. Photo shows Chapel Hill St., with parked cars and motorcade. |
Duke Archives. Photog: Richardson |
| E087 |
Funeral of James B. Duke. Auto entourage. Oct. 13, 1925. Approx. 18 autos follow in close procession down Chapel Hill Street going west from Duke Memorial Methodist Church past Maplewood Cemetery. Hundreds of Durham citizens in mourning line the sidewalks and many watch from house porches. |
Duke Archives |
| E088 |
Mattie Southgate Jones. Hand-colored postcard. ca. 1920. Formal portrait of woman in fox stole and muff sitting in wicker chair. Photo has been hand-tinted (note facial complexion). |
Duke Archives, Southgate Jones Coll. |
| E089 |
Card Family Members on Buchanan Blvd. ca. 1920. Three women pose on sidewalk on Buchanan Blvd., next to Card house (corner of Buchanan & Minerva Ave.): Elizabeth Card (Lyon), Helen Card (Upchurch), and Mrs. G.H. Waldo. Behind them down the street are the Pegram house and the W.H. Wannamaker house. |
Helen Card Upchurch |
| E090 |
'De Casho' the Magician. Escape Artist. ca. 1920. Mr. and Mrs. William Cash and an assistant hold ropes as De Casho enters wooden crate for escape trick. Note hammer in Cash's right hand. |
William Cash |
| E091 |
De Casho the Magician. Illusion with rabbit & duck.ca.1920. Mr. and Mrs. William Cash assist De Casho onstage as he performs illusion with steaming hat and rabbit in flower bucket. Cash is holding duck. |
Mrs. W.T. Cash |
| E092 |
Mr. and Mrs. William Cash. Newlyweds. ca. 1920. Husband and wife in romantic posture holding hands and sitting on a tombstone. |
W.T. Cash |
| E093 |
Mr. & Mrs. William Cash by a porch trellis. ca. 1920. Photo taken somewhat later than E092. |
W.T. Cash |
| E094 |
William T. Cash. Young man with a car. ca. 1920. Obviously a proud owner, Cash leans nonchalantly against door of new auto. |
W.T. Cash |
| E095 |
William T. Cash with auto. 1928. Husband of source poses with 'Leaping Lena', a 1927 Ford, on Morgan St. in Raleigh. Note tiny portholes of rear window. |
Mrs. William T. Cash. Photog: Same |
| E096 |
William T. Cash. Portrait on street corner. 1928. Cash leans against building corner located at Rigsbee and Chapel Hill Sts., in front of Rochelle Battery & Electric. |
Mrs. William T. Cash |
| E097 |
David Robinson, Boy Preacher. Flyer. ca. 1920. Photocopy of flyer showing picture of 7-year-old African-American boy in formal pose with one hand on Bible and the other blessing the congregation. Space provided to fill in time and place of appearance. |
No source given |
| E098 |
N.C. College for Negroes. (Now NCCU). Avery Aud. ca. 1920. Approximately forty members of the College for Negroes gather on the front steps of Avery Auditorium for class picture. |
Julia Harris |
| E099 |
Fayetteville St. Business Section. Half-tone. ca. 1920. Photo shows commercial buildings along Fayetteville St., and includes the spire of St. Joseph's AME Church on the right. |
Ann Warren Jones |
| E100 |
East End School. Half-tone print. 1923. Photo shows two-story frame building on brick foundation. This was the graded school for the Fayetteville St. community. |
Ann Warren Jones |
| E101 |
Hillside High School. Class of 1927. 29 black students stand before the doors of the school at 1900 Concord St. Note added pictures pasted in. |
Margaret Allen. |
| E102 |
Black Institutions and Residential Street. 1928. Photo montage shows buildings and grounds of N.C. State College for Negroes (now NCCU), the library (later Stanford L. Warren Library), and a section of a residential street. |
Carl Harris |
| E103 |
Oak Grove Free Will Baptist Church. 1923. Photo shows front of house at 620 Colfax St., where the first meeting of the Oak Grove Free Will Baptist Church was held. Rev. Cox came from Dunn to organize it. African-American history. |
Alphonzo Reeves |
| E104 |
A.M.E. Zion Church. Half-tone print. 1923. An Afro-American Church. |
Ann W. Jones |
| E105 |
The Wonderland Theatre. Half-tone print. 1923. Photo shows three-story square brick building with arched entranceway to outer lobby of theatre, located on Pettigrew St. F.K. Watkins was the proprietor. Building also housed a druggist. |
Minerva Evans. Photog: Oliver B. Quick |
| E106 |
Jones Hotel. A Black-owned Establishment. 1923. Two-story hotel with double verandas was owned by Miss Josie L. Jones. Half-tone print. |
Ann Warren Jones |
| E107 |
Adeloine Burton. Portrait. ca. 1920. Young black woman in beaded dress and beads poses in rattan chair. She was from near Staggville. |
Evelyn Pettiford |
| E108 |
Mildren (Mildred?) Anthony. Portrait. ca. 1920. A young black girl in white stands in front of tapestry hanging. |
Fannie Stroud |
| E109 |
Lonnie Canty. Portrait with horse. 1929. A young man stands next to his horse, Dock, in a makeshift stabling area next to house, wood- and brickpile. Saddle blanket hangs on fence. Afro-American history. |
Mattie Joyner Canty |
| E110 |
Canty Family. Aunt Minnie. Portrait. ca. 1920. Young black woman poses in flapper dress -- satin, fur, fringes, and beads. She lived in Philadelphia. |
Mattie Joyner Canty |
| E111 |
Alexander Atwater. Portrait. ca. 1920. Ex-slave born in Chatham County, father of Lil Atwater Allen of Brookstown. |
Mattie Bagley |
| E112 |
Tom J. Atwater. The Labor Movement. ca. 1920. Photo of black man in pin-striped suit, sitting at desk. |
William Bolding |
| E113 |
Newsome Family. Husband and Wife. ca. 1920. Formal portrait of Tilley and Rev. John T. Newsome. |
Alphonzo Reeves |
| E114 |
Mrs. Elizabeth Jones and daughter Elizabeth. ca. 1920. Young black woman poses with infant daughter. |
Harriet Jones. Photog: Willie T. Jones |
| E115 |
Letha Winston. Tintype. ca. 1920. Young black woman in a white dress, beads, and ribboned bonnet. See also E116. |
Retha Walker Photog: John Delar Winston |
| E116 |
Letha Winston. Portrait without bonnet. ca. 1920. Same pose as E115 except bonnet is now in her lap. Tintype also has special mattte. |
Retha Walker Photog: John Delar Winston |
| E117 |
Scarborough Family, Friends, and Funeral Home. ca. 1920. Twenty-seven people line up in front of commercial building behind four seated persons who appear to be members of the immediate family. African-American history. |
Scarborough Family Archives Photog: Hitchcock Studio |
| E118 |
Scarborough Family. Daisy Hargett Scarborough. 1924. Woman lies in state amid masses of funeral flowers. |
Scarborough Family Archives |
| E119 |
Durham High Basketball Team. The Messenger photo. 1922. Eight students pose in uniforms with basketball. Note Celtic knot logo. |
Brent Glass |
| E120 |
Durham High Baseball Team. The Messenger photo. 1923. Ten students pose in uniform with mitts, balls, and bats. Inset photo is team captain. |
Brent Glass |
| E121 |
West Durham High School. May Queen & Court. ca. 1920. Formal portrait on the lawn, showing queen, ladies-in-waiting, and flower-children. 'West Durham' probably means the girls' section of the school. Boys and girls had separate entrances and some separate classrooms. |
Duke Archives. Craven-Pegram Coll. |
| E122 |
Durham High, Art Room. The Messenger photo. 1923. Photo shows room equipped with wooden drafting-type tables and cane chairs. Artwork is posted over radiator. |
Brent Glass |
| E123 |
West Durham High School. Women's Basketball Team. 1924. Nine women dressed in bloomers and middy blouses line up by height, with their coach. Note gym shoes. 'West Durham' probably means the girls' section of the school. Girls and boys had separate entrances and some classrooms. |
Duke Archives, Craven-Pegram Coll. |
| E124 |
Watts Hospital School of Nursing. Class of 1921. Fifteen women nurses carrying diplomas and bouquets of flowers line up at the gate in front of the main building of Watts Hospital, for formal graduation picture. |
Mrs. E.C. Harris. Photog: Halladay |
| E125 |
Durham Novelty Postcard. Girls can keep secrets. ca. 1920. Photo of woman with classic hourglass figure leaning forward with finger to lips highlights this postcard advertising Durham. |
Carl Harris |
| E126 |
Men in swimming hole. Sunday School Picnic. ca. 1920. Monet-like photo of a group of men standing chest-deep in the old swimming hole. |
No source given |
| E127 |
Tree-Sitter at Dennis's Gas Station. Contest. 1929. Photo shows crowd congregating around tree located beside gas station to view Arnold Taylor, who sat in the tree for 6-7 weeks competing in a national tree-sitting contest. Event occurred at the corner of Broad & Markham. Note stopped traffic and other commercial stores --cut-rate drug store and quickie take-out. |
A. John Dennis |
| E128 |
Three women on a duck hunt. ca. 1920. Three women in long woolen skirts pose with shotguns next to boat strung with large catch of ducks. Emma Duffy, Pegram family friend, is at right. |
Duke Archives, Craven-Pegram Coll. |
| E129 |
Pizaro Cactus Juice Show. Travelling Medicine Show. ca.1920. Wooden platform hung with tarp and lights and banners advertising vaudeville show has been erected in loal neighborhood. Junius Beard, photographer, is clowning on stage. |
Brona Hicks. Photog: Junius Beard |
| E130 |
Motorcycle & Airplane. Publicity Shot. ca. 1920. Group of warmly-dressed men and women pose at side of biplane preparing for takeoff. Man on motorcycle waits by wing. |
S.C.Rochelle |
| E131 |
Durham Baseball Field. Piedmont League. ca. 1927. Photo shows cars parked beside baseball field used for semi-professional ball -- the Durham entry in the old Piedmont League (the old Bulls). Site in east Durham on Driver Ave. was later site of Holton Jr. High School. |
not given. |
| E132 |
Five people smoking. Theatrical production. ca. 1920. Three women and two men line up in period costume, with cigarettes. Scene is possibly from a college revue. |
Duke Archives, Southgate Jones Coll. |
| E133 |
Family of Pressley J. Mangum. Two portraits. ca. 1920. Two oval portraits side by side in family album are of man and woman in formal pose. Hugh Mangum, Durham photographer, is on left. |
David Page |
| E134 |
Don and Bonnie McLawhorn. Formal portrait. 1928. Couple wearing matching spectacles pose for formal portrait. They were married in 1928. |
Mrs. W.T. Cash |
| E135 |
Little Girl in a Goat Cart. Spruce St. ca. 1928. Margaret Bobbitt poses for picture in the front yard of her Spruce St. house, in cart drawn by long-haired goat. |
Nellie Bobbitt |
| E136 |
The Gibbs Family. ca. 1920. Parents Staley A. Gibbs and Naomi H. Riggs Gibbs pose with their children Leona, Esphin, Margie & Madgie (twins), Raymond, and Leonard, in the sunlight at the side of their log cabin house. |
Margie Gibbs Remington |
| E137 |
Rev. Joseph C. Faucette and Family. ca. 1920. Formal portrait of man, wife, and five children. Adults are grandparents of source. |
Lyda F. Wray |
| E138 |
Child Riding Iron Pedal Car. ca. 1920. Photo of boy about 3 sitting at the wheel of a metal toy pedal car on a sunny winter day. Note 'radiator' cap, perforated front, and license plate. |
Mrs. W.T. Cash |
| E139 |
The Goodwin Family. At Snow Hill Farm. ca. 1920. Boy and girl playing with swing are sister and nephew of source. |
Mrs. Rufus E. Newton |
| E140 |
The Goodwin Family. Baxter Goodwin. ca. 1920. Close-up of young boy in driving goggles playing with toy pistols in crawl space underneath house. He is first cousin of source. |
Mrs. Rufus E. Newton |
| E141 |
Goodwin-Newton Family. Rufus E. Newton. ca. 1920. Photo of young man with white-wall-wheeled bicycle in front of a mill in Raleigh. He later moved to Durham and married source. |
Mrs. Rufus E. Newton. Photog: Rufus Newton (father) |
| E142 |
Goodwin-Newton Family. Rufus E. Newton with Car. ca.1920. Source's husband sits in summer whites with straw hat on driver's side of concurrent model car. |
Mrs. Rufus E. Newton |
| E143 |
Goodwin-Newton Family. Garland Newton in the Army. ca.1920. Photo shows army company stationed in Hawaii posing with large fish catch. Dress, including swimsuits, is regulation. Brother of source is in the photo. |
Mrs. Rufus E. Newton |
| E144 |
Mary Simpson. Newton Family Friend. ca. 1920. Two photos of Mary Simpson in bathing (swimming) attire. Photo on left was taken at the East Durham Cotton Mill swimming pool, where there were also a park and outdoor movies. |
Mrs. Rufus E. Newton |
| E145 |
Archdale Dairy. Milking Men. ca. 1920. Photo shows two workers carrying pails as they walk down length of dairy barn between rows of cows. |
Margie Gibbs Remington |
| E146 |
Imperial Tobacco Warehouse. ca. 1920. Built by T. H. Lawrence. Full name was Imperial Tobacco of Great Britain and Ireland. Located at 215 Morris St. |
DMTW, Arch. & Planners, Ltd. |
| E147 |
Durham Traction Co. Garage w/ Trolley Cars. ca. 1920. Photo from across the street shows trolley rails leading into garage. Note motor-buses parked next door. |
W.G. Plyler |
| E148 |
Fire Station # 1. Station & Personnel. 1923. Photo of fire dept. in review, in front of fire station located on Mangum St. next to S.E. Rochelle's shop. 28 men line up in front of motor-driven fire equipment, also on display. |
Not given. Photog: C. I. Batue |
| E149 |
Durham Fire Dept. Vintage Steamer. ca. 1922. Photo shows fire dept. personnel posing with vintage horse-drawn steamer, first put into service in 1912, used for 15 hours during great fire of 1914, and used for fire at Lincoln Hospital in 1922. African-American history. |
No source given. |
| E151 |
Fire Station # 1. Inspection. ca. 1928. New building replaced earlier structure at same site. This building was later remodeled and known as the Tempest Building at Mangum & City Hall Plaza. Signes painted in right-hand walls denote A&P store (later Pearson Music), and an ad for S.E. Rochelle. Note trolley 'Y' wires turning into Holloway St. |
No source given |
| E152 |
Durham Fire Dept. Station # 3. 1920. Photo shows fire department personnel and equipment ready for inspection. Note shrubs in wooden barrels. |
No source given |
| E153 |
Durham City Water Works. Hillandale Plant. 1926. Construction of pipeline. Lowering pipe by crane into a ditch. |
Helen Liantis |
| E154 |
Durham City Water Works. Hillandale Plant. ca. 1920. Construction of pipeline. Workers, crane, and pipe. |
Helen Liantis |
| E155 |
Durham City Water Works. Hillandale Plant. ca. 1926. Construction of the filter plant. Digging the foundation with steam shovel, men, mules, etc. |
Helen Liantis |
| E156 |
Durham City Water Works. Hillandale Plant. 1926. Completing the foundation bed. |
Helen Liantis |
| E157 |
Durham City Water Works. Hillandale Plant. 1926. Loading gravel in wheelbarrows for construction. |
Helen Liantis |
| E158 |
Durham City Water Works. Hillandale Plant. 1926.Workers prepare forms for pouring concrete. |
Helen Liantis |
| E159 |
Durham City Water Works. Hillandale? Date uncertain. Workers demolishing old construction to prepare for new foundation bed. Original photo gave 1926 as date, but truck is of much later model. |
Helen Liantis |
| E160 |
Durham City Water Works. Hillandale. 1926. Worker uses propane torch to weld sections of pipe together. |
Helen Liantis |
| E161 |
Durham City Water Works. Finished filter plant. 1926. Contractor or superintendent stands on top of filtering works at the Hillandale plant. |
Helen Liantis. Photog: Allen Hazen |
| E162 |
Durham City Water Works. Interior of Pump Room. 1926. Photo taken over railing of catwalk shows generator with gauges and line of heavy-duty pumps. |
Helen Liantis |
| E163 |
Durham City Water Works. Hillandale Plant. 1926. Finished filter system and original pump house. |
Helen Liantis |
| E164 |
Lake Michie Dam. Initial Construction Problems. 1924. Workers shown moving or setting one of the massive derricks used for clearing the land. Note web of wire guides seen at top. |
Helen Liantis |
| E165 |
Lake Michie Dam. Steam crane on bridge. 1925. Steam crane crosses railroad trestle over stream to work site. |
Helen Liantis |
| E166 |
Lake Michie Dam. Construction site aerial view. 1925. Scaffolding with cranes, steam shovel, steam locomotives, and railroad bridge. |
Helen Liantis |
| E167 |
Lake Michie Dam. Going to Work. 1925. Men cross railroad bridge to construction site. |
Helen Liantis |
| E168 |
Lake Michie Dam. Laying of Pipe. 1925. Pipeline is being laid next to train tracks. Pipe is 30', class D. Note scaffolding over ditch and winch and derrick on railroad car. |
Helen Liantis |
| E169 |
Lake Michie Dam. Workers take a break. 1925. Many workers shown taking a break during construction. |
Helen Liantis |
| E170 |
Lake Michie Dam. Drilling. 1925. Three men work on rockface with pneumatic drills. |
Helen Liantis |
| E171 |
Lake Michie Dam. Aerial view from derrick. 1925. Bird's eye view of the Flat River, showing landscaping of the area and the area that will become the lake. |
Helen Liantis |
| E172 |
Lake Michie Dam. Continued site grading. 1925. Horse- and mule-drawn wagons on the site. |
Helen Liantis |
| E173 |
Lake Michie Dam. Steam Shovel. 1925. Steam shovel at work on rock bed. |
Helen Liantis |
| E174 |
Lake Michie Dam. Digging out Dam Bed. 1925. Workers scale rock face in efforts to dig out foundation and sides for dam. Note pneumatic hoses and trays for rock down below. |
Helen Liantis |
| E175 |
Lake Michie Dam. Bottom of Dam Bed. 1925. Shot from above shows rocky foundation where 'foot' of dam will rest. |
Helen Liantis |
| E176 |
Lake Michie Dam. Accidental Flooding. 1926. Steam shovel and derrick foundations wallow in water during accidental flooding. Note gyroscope at bottom. |
Helen Liantis |
| E177 |
Lake Michie Dam. Prep. for scaffolding & casting. 1925. Photo of general construction site reveals details of actual beginnings of dam. |
Helen Liantis |
| E178 |
Lake Michie Dam. Preparing the forms. 1925. Rocks and miscellaneous lumber will form aggregate with the concrete when it is poured. Note length and width of bed in which the dam itself will be constructed. |
Helen Liantis |
| E179 |
Lake Michie Dam. Aerial view of dam bed. 1925. Photo shows many separate forms for concrete, with rock and lumber aggregate, and the beginnings of the works house in the foreground. |
Helen Liantis |
| E180 |
Lake Michie Dam. Scaffolding & casting forms. 1925. Shot of broad side of dam, showing form construction necessary to create tubes in the poured concrete dam. Note massive beams in spoke arrangement to preserve circular shape. |
Helen Liantis. Photog: Piatt |
| E181 |
Lake Michie Dam. Almost completed. 1926. This photo, taken from a derrick, shows how the concrete forms have narrowed as the dam rises above the ground. Note what looks like telephone poles sticking out of middle section, and worker climbing up 'staircase' on outside of dam. |
Helen Liantis |
| E182 |
Lake Michie Dam. Continued drilling. 1926. Site at other end of railroad bridge, where workers continue drilling. Note length of pneumatic hoses running along hillside. |
Helen Liantis |
| E183 |
Lake Michie Dam. Close-up of Workers with Drills. 1926. Close-up shot of labor site, showing workers, with supervisors at right. |
Helen Liantis |
| E184 |
Lake Michie Dam. Inspection time. 1926. Well-dressed men, women, and child stand with small boat on flatcar behind locomotive. Workers walk beside. |
Helen Liantis |
| E185 |
Lake Michie Dam. Long shot, almost completed dam. 1926. Appearance of white, smooth, almost completed dam is in sharp contrast to the shambles and debris of the tools and materials used to build it. |
Helen Liantis. Photog: Piatt |
| E186 |
Lake Michie Dam. In operation, with planners. 1926. Water flows over the dam as Hunter, Michie, Piatt, and Lloyd stand for posterity. |
Helen Liantis |
| E187 |
Lake Michie Dam. Interior of Pump House. 1926. Photo of massive hydraulic pumps used in operation of the dam. |
Helen Liantis. Photog: Piatt |
| E188 |
Royal Knights of King David. Lodge Hall. 1920. Black History Exhibit, Durham County Centennial, 1981. |
Unknown |
| E189 |
Mt. Vernon Baptist Church. 1920. Black History Exhibit, Durham County Centennial, 1981. |
Unknown |
| E190 |
Lincoln Hospital. 1920. Black History Exhibit, Durham County Centennial, 1981. |
Unknown |
| E191 |
Lincoln Hospital. Nurses' Home Annex. 1920. Black History Exhibit, Durham County Centennial, 1981. |
Unknown |
| E192 |
North Carolina Mutual Quartet. 1923. Five black women pictured. Black History Exhibit, Durham County Centennial, 1981. |
Unknown |
| E193 |
A.M.E. Zion Church. 1920. Black History Exhibit, Durham County Centennial, 1981. |
Unknown |
| E194 |
N.C. Mutual Life Insurance Company Industrial Dept. ca.1920. Black History Exhibit, Durham County Centennial, 1981. |
Unknown |
| E195 |
North Carolina Mutual Glee Club. Mixed Chorus. 1923. Black History Exhibit, Durham County Centennial, 1981. |
Unknown |
| E196 |
Pine Street Presbyterian Church. ca. 1930. Black History Exhibit, Durham County Centennial, 1981. |
Unknown |
| E197 |
James E. Shepard, founder of NCCU. ca. 1925. James E. Shepard, founder of North Carolina Central University, formerly N.C. College for Negroes. |
Unknown |
| E198 |
James E. Shepard. (See E197). James E. Shepard, founder of North Carolina Central University, formerly N.C. College for Negroes. |
Unknown |
| E199 |
Durham Public Library. ca. 1926. Library was on E. Main St. |
Unknown |
| E200 |
Durham Public Library. Children's Room. ca. 1926. |
Unknown |
| E201 |
Durham Public Library. Circulation Desk. ca. 1926. |
Unknown |
| E202 |
Durham Public Library. Bookmobile, Nelson Comm. ca.1926? |
Unknown |
| E203 |
Child Reading. 1920's. Child stands near log cabin, reading. |
Unknown |
| E204 |
'Miss Kiwanis,' first bookmobile in N.C. ca. 1925. |
Unknown |
| E205 |
Washington Duke Hotel. Construction. 7/16/24. Hotel was located on former site of Academy of Music: block bounded by Chapel Hill, Corcoran, Parrish, & Market Sts. Later known as Jack Tar Hotel and Durham Hotel. |
Unknown |
| E206 |
Washington Duke Hotel. Construction. 10/29/24. See E205 |
Unknown |
| E207 |
Washington Duke Hotel. Construction. 11/5/24. See E205 |
Unknown |
| E208 |
Washington Duke Hotel. Construction. 11/3/24. See E205 |
Unknown |
| E209 |
Washington Duke Hotel. Construction. 11/15/24. See E205 |
Unknown |
| E210 |
Washington Duke Hotel. Construction. 11/12/24. See E205 |
Unknown |
| E211 |
Washington Duke Hotel. Construction. ca. January, 1925. See E205. |
Unknown |
| E212 |
Washington Duke Hotel. Construction. 2/4/25. See E205 |
Unknown |
| E213 |
Washington Duke Hotel. Construction. 10/11/24. See E205 |
Unknown |
| E214 |
Washington Duke Hotel. Construction. 2/25/25. See E205 |
Unknown |
| E215 |
Washington Duke Hotel. Construction. 3/4/25. See E205 |
Unknown |
| E216 |
Washington Duke Hotel. Construction. 3/18/25. See E205 |
Unknown |
| E217 |
Washington Duke Hotel. Construction. 4/1/25. See E205 |
Unknown |
| E218 |
Washington Duke Hotel. May, 1925. See E205 |
Unknown |
| E219 |
Washington Duke Hotel. April, 1925. See E205 |
Unknown |
| E220 |
Washington Duke Hotel. Lobby. 1925.< See E205 |
Unknown |
| E221 |
Washington Duke Hotel. Dining Room. 1925. See E205 |
Unknown |
| E222 |
The Fire Demon. Fire Prevention Campaign. 1920's? |
Unknown |
| E223 |
Trust Building. 1920's? Durham's 'first skyscraper' was located at 212 W. Main St. |
Unknown |
| E224 |
Chapel Hill & Mangum Sts., NE corner. 1929 |
Unknown |
| E225 |
Nello L. Teer and machinery. 1920's? Nello Teer is at far right. |
Unknown |
| E226 |
Railroad tracks, looking west from Dillard St. 1920's? Black business district is on left. |
Unknown |
| E227 |
Christmas Decorations at Five Points. 1920's? |
Unknown |
| E228 |
Durham Dairy Products Co. 1920's? Dairy business was located on Memorial St., behind Duke Memorial Church. |
Unknown |
| E229 |
Budd-Piper Roofing Co. 1920's? Located on Chapel Hill St., just west of Five Points. |
Unknown |
| E230 |
Washington Duke Hotel. ca. 1925. See E205 |
Unknown |
| E231 |
Carolina Theatre. ca. 1925. |
Unknown |
| E232 |
Chapel Hill St., looking west from Five Points. 1926. View shows construction of underpass. |
Unknown |
| E233 |
Corner of E. Main & Dillard Sts. ca. 1925. Site of present Health Dept. |
Unknown |
| E234 |
Willard St., looking south from Chapel Hill St. ca. 1925. Note carbon arc street light. |
Unknown |
| E235 |
Chapel Hill St. Construction of underpass. 1926. |
Unknown |
| E236 |
Chapel Hill St., looking west from underpass. 5/29/26. |
Unknown |
| E237 |
Five Points looking east. ca. 1926. |
Unknown |
| E238 |
Chapel Hill St. Railroad underpass construction. 1926. View looks east from Chapel Hill St. |
Unknown |
| E239 |
Corner of Chapel Hill & Roney Sts. ca. 1925 |
Unknown |
| E240 |
Advertisements at Five Points. ca. 1925. Note 'talking pictures' and air conditioning. |
Unknown |
| E241 |
S. Mangum St. ca. 1925. On left at back is Durham Hosiery Mill on Corcoran St. |
Unknown |
| E242 |
C.D. Kenny Co. 301 W. Main St. ca. 1925? |
Unknown |
| E243 |
Malbourne Hotel Service Station. ca. 1925? Located behind the hotel on Roxboro St. Note tires-- not balloon tires. |
Unknown |
| E244 |
Service Station, corner Chapel Hill & Corcoran Sts.ca.1925? |
Unknown |
| E245 |
Chapel Hill St. seen from Roney St. corner. ca. 1925? |
Unknown |
| E246 |
United Stage Lines Bus. ca. 1925? This was the first bus service to other cities in N.C. Station was at the Malbourne Hotel. Note individual doors on bus, manufactured by Fageol. |
Unknown |
| E247 |
Chapel Hill St. near Five Points. ca. 1925? |
Unknown |
| E248 |
Chapel Hill St. railroad underpass excavation. 1925/6. |
Unknown |
| E249 |
Ham-Ramsey Revival. Temporary auditorium. ca. 1925? Travelling revivals met in temporary auditoriums like this one. Mordecai Ham was an evangelist and Ramsey was a musician. |
No source given |
| E250 |
Corner of Chapel Hill & Roney Sts. ca. 1925? |
Unknown |
| E251 |
Corcoran St. looking north from Main. ca. 1925? Post Office is on left, Fidelity Bank on right. |
Unknown |
| E252 |
Carolina Theatre. Construction completed. 1920's. |
Unknown |
| E253 |
Main St. looking west from Roxboro St. 1920's. |
Unknown |
| E254 |
Funeral of James B. Duke. See E085, E086 and E087. |
Unknown |
| E255 |
Chapel Hill & Corcoran Sts. 1920's. Note brick/stone pavement. |
Unknown |
| E256 |
Chapel Hill St. Railroad Underpass Construction. 1926. See E235, E236, E238, etc. |
Unknown |
| E257 |
Chapel Hill St. Railroad underpass construction. 1926. Looking west. |
Unknown |
| E258 |
Main St. looking west. 1920's. Note advertisement for 101 Ranch travelling wild west show. |
Unknown |
| E259 |
Bon-Ton Tailor. 123 1/2 E. Main St. 1920's. |
Unknown |
| E260 |
Intersection of Main & Corcoran Sts. 1920's. Geer Building is in foreground. The picture was taken from the top of the Washington Duke Hotel. |
Unknown |
| E261 |
Office of Erwin Mills. 1920's? |
Unknown |
| E262 |
Corner of Main & Corcoran Sts. 1920's. |
Unknown |
| E263 |
Christmas decorations on Main St. 1920's. Looking west from Corcoran St. |
Unknown |
| E264 |
East Chapel Hill St. 110 block. 1920's. |
Unknown |
| E265 |
Cigar advertisement in store window. 1920's. Academy of Music is in background. |
Unknown |
| E266 |
Fire Dept.'s first hook-and-ladder truck. 1920's. Truck is parked in front of Rialto Theatre on Main St. |
Unknown |
| E267 |
Malbourne Hotel. 1920's. Hotel was at NW corner of Main & Roxboro. |
Unknown |
| E268 |
Chapel Hill St., Jackson St., & Southern Railroad. 1920's. |
Unknown |
| E269 |
Angier B. Duke. 11/30/25. Young boy stands beside just unveiled statue of Malbourne A. Angier. |
Unknown |
| E270 |
Hinnant Grocery Co. & Hester Garage. 10/4/25. 112-114-116 W. Chapel Hill St. |
Unknown |
| E271 |
B.N. Duke & Sarah A. Duke. 1920's? |
Unknown |
| E272 |
Corcoran St. looking south. 1920's. |
Unknown |
| E273 |
Dr. William Preston Few, on left. 1920's? On Duke campus, in front of staute of Washington Duke. |
Unknown |
| E275 |
Bragtown High School Class of 1927. Herbert L. Ganett, Timberlake, NC. |
Unknown |
| E276 |
Southern Conservatory of Music. 1920's? Mr. & Mrs. Gilmore Ward Bryant are standing on the back row near the white column at left. The seventh person from the right on the back row looks like Miss Nora Crowell. She later married one of the Gilmore sons. Mr. W.H. Overton, secretary of the Conservatory as well as a teacher, is second from right on the fourth row. |
Unknown |
| E277 |
Occoneechee Farm. ca. 1920. Picture from family album owned by Rufus Carr. |
Unknown |
| E278 |
Occoneechee Farm. Julian S. Carr in field. 1920's. From family album owned by Rufus Carr |
Unknown |
| E279 |
Eno River. 1920's. From family album owned by Rufus Carr. |
Unknown |
| E280 |
Julian S. Carr family on porch. 1920's? From family album owned by Rufus Carr. At Occoneechee Farm? |
Unknown |
| E281 |
Farm Workers (at Occoneechee?). 1920's? From family album owned by Rufus Carr |
Unknown |
| E282 |
Farm workers (at Occoneechee?). 1920's? From family album owned by Rufus Carr. |
Unknown |
| E283 |
Julian S. Carr with goat cart, children, and dog. 1920's? From family album owned by Rufus Carr. Probably at Occoneechee Farm. |
Unknown |
| E284 |
Occoneechee Farm barns, with cattle. 1920's? From family album owned by Rufus Carr. |
Unknown |
| E286 |
YWCA. 515 W. Chapel Hill St. 1926-27. |
Unknown |
| E287 |
R.L. Baldwin Dept. Store. 107 W. Main. 1927. Interior view. |
Unknown |
| E288 |
R.L. Baldwin Dept. Store. 107 W. Main St. 1927. Exterior. |
Unknown |
| E289 |
R.L. Baldwin Dept. Store. Window display. 1927. |
Unknown |
| E290 |
Yarbrough Mills. Interior. 1925. City Directory 1925: Holloway St. near Calvin. |
Unknown |
| E291 |
Yarbrough Mills. 1925. City Directory 1925: Holloway St. near Calvin. |
Unknown |
| E292 |
Austin-Heaton Co. Corner McMannen & Vivian Sts. 1920's? |
Unknown |
| E293 |
Trinity Commencement Choir. 1920. |
Unknown |
| E294 |
Royal Cafe. ca. 1924. Located 119 E. Main St. Owners Tony Mallas, D.M. Zapantis, and Felix Klavoonos. |
Unknown |
| E295 |
Valinda Watts Hospital, Club Blvd. & Broad St. 1926. |
Unknown |
| E296 |
Watts Hospital, Club & Broad. ca. 1926. |
Unknown |
| E297 |
Durham High School, N. Duke St. ca. 1923. |
Unknown |
| E298 |
Lowes Grove School. 1920's? |
Unknown |
| E299 |
E.K. Powe School, with original school. ca. 1928. On Ninth Street |
Unknown |
| E300 |
E.K. Powe School. ca. 1928. |
Unknown |
| E301 |
Plan for Duke Univ. West Campus. H. Trumbauer. 1920's? Horace Trumbauer, architect. |
Unknown |
| E302 |
Fire Station #3. East Main Street. Durham Fire Dept. 1920? |
Unknown |
| E303 |
Durham Baseball Club, 1924. |
Unknown |
| E304 |
William Clarence Lyon (1872-1968). Founder of W.C. Lyon Hardware Co., est. 1892 |
Unknown |
| E305 |
Southern Conservatory of Music. 1923. New building on Alston Ave. |
Unknown |
| F001 |
Durham Nursery School. Original Home. 1938. Once located at 1501 E. Main St., this 7-room frame bungalow was organized as a day-care center by Mary O. Cowper. |
Duke Ms. Coll. |
| F002 |
Liggett & Myers Tobacco Factory. Shift Change. ca. 1930. Factory workers, all women in uniform aprons, come out onto Morgan St. Good view of covered walkways between buildings at 2nd floor level, as well as continuation of Main St. toward Five Points. |
Dr. Louise Hall. Photog: Same |
| F003 |
Erwin Cotton Mills, main plant. ca. 1930. Ninth and Main Streets. |
Duke Power Company |
| F004 |
Ackinson House, Club Blvd. ca. 1930. Built by T.H. Lawrence, contractor. |
DMTW, Architects & Planners, Ltd. |
| F005 |
Carr Junior High School. ca. 1930. Built by T.H. Lawrence. Corner Morgan & N. Duke Sts. |
DMTW Arch. & Planners, Ltd. |
| F006 |
Durham High School Basketball Players. 1930? note says 1940. From Yearbook. C. Ferrell, H. McKinney, B. Gantt, S. Loftis, G. Loftis, C. Loftis. |
Brent Glass |
| F007 |
W.F. Warren, Durham City School Superintendent. 1937. From Durham High School Yearbook. |
Brent Glass |
| F008 |
Durham High Students rcv'g messages from a teacher. 1937. From Yearbook. |
Brent Glass |
| F009 |
Durham High School Yearbook. Snapshots, p. 184. 1937. Students in various activities. |
Brent Glass |
| F010 |
Four Durham High School Students. Yearbook. 1937. John Donald, Elizabeth Teer, Martha Anne Young, Nelio Berini. |
Brent Glass |
| F011 |
Railroad personnel standing beside train. ca. 1930. Two railroad men. |
Duke Power Company |
| F012 |
Trolley cars on train. Trolley cars ready to depart Durham for Toledo, Ohio, upon the discontinuation of Durham's streetcar service in January 1930. |
Duke Power Company |
| F013 |
Durham Traction Co. Trolley. ca. 1930. Manufactured by American Car & Foundry Co. Car may be WWI era. |
Duke Power Company |
| F014 |
New Durham Bus in front of Carpenter Motor Co. ca. 1930. Duke Power Company |
Unknown |
| F015 |
Hillsboro Rd. Bus & Driver. ca. 1930. Parked beside service station. |
Duke Power Company |
| F016 |
Durham Public Service Co. Ice Trucks. ca. 1930. Seven trucks parked in a row. |
Duke Power Company |
| F017 |
Inspection of a trolley car. ca. 1930. Two men examining a trolley car before it leaves Durham, to be transferred to Toledo, Ohio, upon the discontinuation of Durham's streetcar service in January 1930. |
Duke Power Company |
| F018 |
Durham Public Service Co. Bus #30. ca. 1930. New bus. |
Duke Power Company |
| F019 |
Durham Public Service Co. Bus #23 at garage. 1937. New bus. |
Duke Power Company |
| F020 |
Duke Univ. May Day Celebration. 1937. Shows East Duke Building. May Queen on platform. |
Helen Card Upchurch |
| F021 |
Helen Card Upchurch in bridesmaid's gown. 1934. Photo taken in Card house on corner of Minerva Ave. & Buchanan Blvd. |
Helen Card Upchurch |
| F022 |
Mary J. Whetstone. Elementary schoolteacher with class.1931. Ms. Whetstone is shown with a class of her students. She taught 3rd and 4th grades in Curlew, Florida. |
Mary J. Whetstone |
| F023 |
Holloway St. Christian Church. Sunday School. 1933. Large Sunday School group poses outside a house. |
Eloise Poole |
| F024 |
Spanish-American War Veterans' Reunion. 1937. The veterans, their wives, and children, gather in front of the Washington Duke Hotel for a celebration. |
S.E. Rochelle |
| F025 |
Motorcycle & Sidecar. Store Delivery Service. ca. 1910. Young man aboard motorcycle with attached covered sidecar (with antennae) in front of Public Hardware Co. on Parrish St. |
S.E. Rochelle |
| F026 |
St. Mark AME Zion Church. Gleaners Class Homecoming. ca.1930. Twenty-two men and women stand with their pastor outside the church for reunion. |
Elizabeth Holman. Photog: Willie T. Jones |
| F027 |
Three young African-American men. 1932. Ernest Johnson, William Bolding and Oather Jones pose in overcoats and hats in Brookstown. |
Josie Powell |
| F028 |
Scarborough Funeral Home. Owner & employees. ca. 1930. John Scarborough, Sr., poses with some of the workers at his funeral home. |
Scarborough Family Archives |
| F029 |
Mattie Plummer & Boyd Taylor. Brookstown baseball.ca. 1930. Man and woman (source's mother) at neighborhood baseball game. |
John Plummer. Photog: Georgia Taylor |
| F030 |
Two portraits. Zimmerman Studios. ca. 1930. Subjects, man and infant, unknown. Examples of the work of Zimmerman Studios, located at 211 E. Main St., and active during the 1930's. |
Source not given. Photog: E.K. Zimmerman |
| F031 |
Linwood Powell. Baby portrait. ca. 1930. Baby boy in lace gown and necklace sits in wicker-backed chair. He is nephew of source. |
Mrs. Rufus E. Newton |
| F032 |
Mrs. Rufus E. Newton. Candid street shot. ca. 1930. Source's picture taken by itinerant photographer selling candid snapshots. |
Mrs. Rufus E. Newton |
| F033 |
Mary Pettiford Allison. Candid street shot. ca. 1930. Source's picture taken by itinerant photographer selling candid snapshots. |
Mary Allison |
| F034 |
West Side Pharmacy. Men & Motorcycle. ca. 1915. S.E. Rochelle (left) looks on as a young man shows off one of his motorcycles in front of the West Side Pharmacy on a wet, winter day. Store owner, clerk, another man, watch. |
S.E. Rochelle |
| F035 |
Downtown Parade. Duke Alumni Float. ca. 1936. Duke Alumni float prepares to head west up Main St. at corner of Morris St. -- formerly Five Points, now Muirhead Plaza. |
Bill Fowler |
| F036 |
Duke University. Football Stadium. ca. 1941-42. Aerial view of what is now Wallace Wade Stadium during a capicity-crowd football game in the snow. |
Archives & History, Neg.#IV.53.15.239 |
| F037 |
Duke University. West Campus in the snow. ca. 1930. Photograph taken from beyond the tennis courts. This picture angle would not be possible now because of additional dormitory buildings. |
Dr. Louise Hall. Photog: Same |
| F038 |
N.C. Mutual & Provident Association. Branch Office. ca. 1930. Wood frame office building housed not only branch office of future N.C. Mutual Life, but also W.C. Arnold, undertaker; Dr. M. O. Bowen; and a grill featuring fried oysters. |
Duke Archives |
| F039 |
N.C. Mutual Life Insurance Co. Headquarters. ca. 1930. Building housed what was to become the largest black-owned insurance company in the world. |
Archives & History, Neg.#IV.77.12.69 |
| F040 |
Log Cabin Detail. Durham County. 1931-32. Hend-hewn logs, notched at ends, laid crosswise, and chinked with mud, form walls. Note rock foundation for corners and solid wood shutters. |
Dr. Louise Hall. Photog: Same |
| F041 |
Log Cabin, Durham County. 1931-32. Photo shows what appears to be a double cabin, featuring shake shingle roof and stone and masonry fireplace and chimney. |
Dr. Louise Hall. Photog: Same |
| F042 |
Rural House. Durham County. ca. 1930. |
Dr. Louise Hall. Photog: Same |
| F043 |
East Durham House. Back Porch Scene. ca. 1930. Child with plaited hair and woman ironing hospital apron smile for camera. |
Dr. Louise Hall. Photog: Same |
| F044 |
Empty School Bus at Garage. ca. 1930. |
W.G. Plyler |
| F045 |
S.E. Rochelle Advertisement. ca. 1930. Advertising goods and services of the store, including Indian motorcycles, guns, locks, keys, outboard motors, etc. |
W.G. Plyler |
| F046 |
Pepsi-Cola Advertisement. Durham Bottling Co. ca. 1938. Advertises a 5 cent bottle of Pepsi -- worth a dime. |
W.G. Plyler |
| F047 |
Lakewood Park Casino. Summer Theatre. ca. 1930. |
W.G. Plyler |
| F048 |
Durham Post Office. Clearing Site. 1932. Two shots, one looking west toward backs of buildings on Main St., the other looking east toward S.E. Rochelle's Battery & Electrical Service on Mangum St. and Trinity Methodist Church beyond. Note steam shovel (top) and horse-drawn carts loaded with rubble. |
No source given |
| F049 |
Durham Post Office. Leveling Site. 1932. Two photos, one looking NE toward the E.J. Latta Co. (metalworks), and the other looking SW toward Chapel Hill St. and the Durham Hotel. Note pickup trucks and steamshovel (bottom). |
Source not given |
| F050 |
Durham Post Office. Constructing Foundation Forms. 1933. Two photos show workers constructing wooden foundation forms before pouring concrete. For background buildings see F048. |
Source not given |
| F051 |
Durham Post Office. Steel Skeleton. 1933. Two photos, each showing construction of steel skeleton with derrick in the middle. Note marble foundation work on facade of east wing. |
Source not given |
| F052 |
Weighing Chicken in Brookstown. ca. 1930. A woman checks weight of live chicken before purchase at market in Brookstown. |
Source not given |
| F053 |
Durham Post Office. First Floor. 1933. Two photos showing different angles of top of basement with girders of skeleton framework protruding. Note beginnings of ornate door framework of 1st story (bottom photo). |
Source not given |
| F054 |
Durham Post Office. Window Construction. 1933. Two photos show details of window construction in stone along the walls of the first floor. Note scaffolding and crane for front facade. |
Source not given |
| F055 |
Durham Post Office. Basement and 1st Floor. 1933. Two photos show front of building with its two wings and door ornamentation (top), and its east side, showing clearly the slope of the street toward the north. Note stacks of marble facade blocks along side and rear. Also note in top photo area where columns are to go. |
Source not given |
| F056 |
Durham Post Office. Upper Stonework & Roof. 1933. Two photos show detail of finishing rooftop, including ornamental stonework. Note long ramp leading up to secondary roof of building rear (bottom), as well as extensive scaffolding for columns in front. |
Source not given |
| F057 |
Durham Post Office. Roof & Step Finishing. 1933. Two photos show completion of east wing double entrance steps on side, as well as tiled, hipped roofs atop both wings. Note addition of overhang roof along rear for truck docks. |
Source not given |
| F058 |
Durham Post Office. Rear Loading Dock Details. 1933. Although finishing work continues, Post Office is in operation. Note stacked construction materials to left, tower scaffold, and addition of awnings to door transoms. |
Source not given |
| F059 |
Durham Post Office. 2nd Floor Interior & Rear Ext. 1933. Two photos: top view looking along second floor corridor, bottom view an exterior shot of the rear of the building. |
Source not given |
| F060 |
Durham Post Office. Front Facade & Workroom Interior. 1933. Top photo shows front facade virtually completed; bottom photo shows cleared area of workroom (basement) inside. |
Source not given |
| F061 |
Durham Post Office. First Floor Int. & Front Facade. 1934. Two photos which show final front facade (note ornamentation & grillework over doors) and construction of the first floor interior, with wall and staircase sheathing and veneering. |
Source not given |
| F062 |
Durham Post Office. Later Addition. 1939. Additional story was added to the center of the building. Note long conveyor belt in ramp to bring construction materials to rooftop. |
Source not given |
| F063 |
Durham Post Office. Addition, rooftop view. 1939. Additional brick wall with windows faces back wall of original building, while original windows on wings have been bricked up. Note stud construction and girders. |
Source not given |
| F064 |
Durham Post Office. Interior of Basement. 1939. Construction details of basement finishing: stud walls, tile blocks, stacks of materials, etc. |
Source not given |
| F065 |
Durham Post Office. West Wing Interior. 1939. Interior view of west wing extension, showing beamed ceiling, bricked-in windows of original exterior walls, iron T-beams, and material scraps. |
Source not given |
| F066 |
Durham Post Office. West Wing Extension, Rear View. 1939. View from outside the building, showing facade of new wall of first floor. |
Source not given |
| F067 |
Aerial View of Durham. ca. 1930. View features L&M Tobacco Factory & Warehouse, with original building (replica of W. Duke, Sons, & Co. American Tobacco building) at lower left. Also seen are Gregson St., Duke St., Main St., Morgan St., Carr Jr. High School, Durham High School, Fire Station, Durham Athletic Park, and railroad tracks. |
Source not given |
| F068 |
Downtown Parade. Float at Five Points. 1936. Clear View of commercial enterprises at Five Points (intersection of Main, Chapel Hill, and Morris Sts.). Float is sponsored by public service organizations. |
Bill Fowler |
| F069 |
Football Float at Five Points. ca. 1930. Float honors game between Duke and Syracuse. |
Mrs. Rufus E. Newton |
| F070 |
Presentation of Culver Award. Duke News Service. 1932. Group photo of men and women dignitaries presenting Culver Award to a young man. |
Archives & History, Neg.#IV.53.16.5372 |
| F071 |
Carolina Theatre. Musical Production on Stage. ca. 1930. Against ornate backdrop and foresty-valenced wings, young men and women in period dress pose in a chorus number. |
Duke Archives, Southgate Jones Coll. |
| F072 |
The MESSENGER Staff. Durham High School Yearbook. 1937. Page 107 from the yearbook presents members of the staff. The two men show family connections, Seeman with the Seeman Printery, and Daniel with the Raleigh NEWS & OBSERVER. |
Brent Glass |
| F073 |
Durham High School Football Team. MESSENGER Yearbook. 1940. A page from the yearbook shows eight members of the high school football team. |
Brent Glass |
| F074 |
MESSENGER Photographer. Durham High School Yearbook. 1938. Half-tone print from the yearbook shows anonymous photographer working with hooded format camera and tripod on lawn in front of school. |
Brent Glass |
| F075 |
Bennett House. Civil War Site. Depression Years. ca. 1930. The site of historic surrender of Gen. Johnston to Gen. Sherman is in desperate need of repair. Fire, weather damage reveal construction details -- log cabin walls with smaller log furring strips over which pine boards have been nailed. Man sits on sill of top window. |
Archives & History, Neg.#IV.59.8.23 |
| F076 |
Algonquin Club House. Duchesses Club. ca. 1930. Ten young black women in formal evening gowns gather for group portrait in clubhouse located on Fayetteville St. |
Helen Jones |
| F077 |
Wash Day in Brookstown. ca. 1930. Young barefoot, overalled boy watches as woman bends over metal wash tubs, wearing white smock dress and rolled-down hose. Barely discernible wash hangs on line at side and back of house. |
Georgia Taylor. Photog: Same |
| F078 |
Laborers at Duke University. ca. 1930. Five men dressed in non-working clothes sit on the steps of one of the buildings on the Women's College Campus. |
Mattie Bagley |
| F079 |
Bahama. Family Picnic. ca. 1930. Photo shows three black men in suits and ties standing before a row of parked cars in a coutry setting. |
Mary P. Allison. Photog: Same |
| F080 |
Bahama. Family Picnic. ca. 1930. Women in uniforms a aprons appear to be assisting at a black family picnic in Bahama while a family member looks on. |
Mary P. Allison. Photog: Same |
| F081 |
The Pettiford Family, Bahama. ca. 1930. Members of black rural farm family pose outside house. |
Mary Allison. Photog: Same |
| F082 |
Man, Woman, & Car. West End, Durham. ca. 1930. Young black couple dressed for outing pose with sporty runabout. |
Mary P. Allison. Photog: Same |
| F083 |
St. Matthew's C.M.E. Church. Burning the Mortgage. ca.1930. Charter members and congregation of the church celebrate final payment on their mortgage. In foreground are pastors, Revs. Langford and Washington. Behind, center, is Mrs. Mamie Atwater, flanked by Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Stroud. |
Mayme H. Perry |
| F084 |
Tempie Buchanan. Cameo Portrit. ca. 1930. Handsome, elderly black woman poses for portrait. She was a teacher of vocal and instrumental music, a member of St. Joseph's AME Church, and the mother of I.H. Buchanan. |
Minerva Evans. Photog: Ms. Hohnson (Johnson?) |
| F085 |
Mattie Bolding Atwater. Rustic Snapshot. ca. 1930. Black woman stands smiling for picture in backyard in front of an old shed. She was the wife of T.J. Atwater and the sister of Jackson Bolding. |
William Bolding |
| F086 |
Boars Ale and Beer. Advertisement. ca. 1930. Trademark of now-defunct brand of beer, bottled in Durham, was a boar wearing an apron and carrying a tray. |
W.G. Plyler |
| F087 |
Rawls Knight Co. Delivery Motorcycle. ca. 1915. Well-dressed young man sits aboard motorcycle with sidecar, delivery vehicle for Rawls Knight Co., dry goods and ready-to-wear clothing store located at 114 W. Main St. |
S.C. Rochelle |
| F088 |
Lakewood Filling Station. Independent Gas Dealer. ca. 1930. Snapshot of typical 1930's roofed drive-in gas station. Located on Angier Ave., below fertilizer plant, it was one of the first independent gas stations, selling Sinclair gas. Owner was Sam B. Brockwell, father-in-law of source. |
Mrs. Sterling Brockwell |
| F089 |
Trolley Cars on Train. Trolley cars ready to depart Durham for Toledo, Ohio, upon the discontinuation of Durham's streetcar service in January 1930. |
W.G. Plyler |
| F090 |
West Durham Trolley. Personnel and Passengers. ca. 1930? Faded photo (tintype?) of car #11 of the Durham Traction Co. stopped on tracks next to wooden church in West Durham. Conductor and driver stand near front, while passengers remain seated. Photo appears to be older than 1930. |
W.G. Plyler |
| F091 |
East Durham Trolley. Steel Engraving. ca. 1930. Trolley with cow catcher, parked by wooden commercial building. |
W.G. Plyler |
| F092 |
Interior of Trolley Car, with reversible seats. ca. 1930. Details of interior include old-fashioned lights, center aisle for mud and rain, ceiling advertising, heater blower, and circular fare indicator. |
W.G. Plyler |
| F093 |
Interior of Trolley Car, with bench seats. ca. 1930. Another version of trolley, subway-like, with long bench seating along sides, and hand straps from rail. |
W.G. Plyler |
| F094 |
Durham Traction Co. Trolley Personnel. ca. 1930. Formal group portrait taken at the company yards, showing Durham trolley conductors and other personnel. |
W.G. Plyler |
| F095 |
Union Railroad Station. Western Side. ca. 1930. Taken in summer, photo shows station tower framed by tree branches. Vintage cars in foreground. |
Dr. Louise Hall. Photog: Same |
| F096 |
Raleigh-Durham Airport. Biplane Landing. ca. 1930. Shot of plane taken while it is still beyond the runway. Airport is mostly a grass meadow. |
Archives & History, Neg.#IV.53.9.4 |
| F097 |
Raleigh-Durham Airport. Biplane taxiing. ca. 1930. Shot of moving biplane off runway and on grass. |
Archives & History, Neg. #IV.53.9.3. |
| F098 |
Raleigh-Durham Airport. Biplane taking off. ca. 1930. Photo reveals details of biplane and packed-earth nature of runway. Note lights in grass to the side. |
Archives & History, Neg.#IV.53.9.6 |
| F099 |
Durham & Southern Railroad. Engine #200. ca. 1930. Freight train steams down tracks. |
Mac Connery. Photog: Tom Sink |
| F100 |
Durham & Southern Railroad. Engine #1140. 1939. Side view of locomotive, tender, and train engineers. Note 'brass cap' effect on the front of the train -- typical of 1930's construction. |
Mac Connery. Photog: Tom Wicker |
| F101 |
Durham & Southern Railroad. Engine #1140. 1939. Another view of train. See F100. |
Mac Connery. Photog: Warren Calloway |
| F102 |
W.L. Mixon Family at Home. ca. 1935. Photo of father, son and daughters in living room. Children seem to be filling out papers, |
Mrs. Eloise Poole |
| F103 |
Harry Wall on a Fishing Trip. ca. 1939. Deep sea fishing at Morehead City with source. Wall was owner of Public Hardware. |
Mrs. Rufus E. Newton |
| F104 |
Boy Scouts Saluting. White Rock Troop. ca. 1937. See accompanying newspaper article, Durham Morning Herald, July 11, 1982, filed with picture. |
Black History Exhibit, Durham County Centennial, 1981. |
| F105 |
DeShozor Graduation at St. Joseph's Church. 1937. |
Black History Exhibit, Durham County Centennial, 1981. |
| F106 |
Description:East End Thrift Club. ca. 1935. |
Black History Exhibit, Durham County Centennial, 1981. |
| F107 |
Lincoln Hospital. Nursing School Graduation. 1930's. |
Black History Exhibit, Durham County Centennial, 1981. |
| F108 |
John Avery Boys Club. 1930. |
Black History Exhibit, Durham County Centennial, 1981. |
| F109 |
George Leftwich & the Blue Devils. Photo of band. |
Source not given |
| F110 |
Trust Building. 212 W. Main St. |
Source not given |
| F111 |
Paschall's Bakery. Duke & Morgan Sts. |
Source not given |
| F112 |
Auction Sale of Land. Renowned auctioneer J. Franklin Barfield is in top hat in center rear of picture. |
Source not given |
| F113 |
Tennis Team. ca. 1930. Left to right: Chester Swanson, Guy Ferrell, Claiborne Gregory. Jim Martin, Julian Aldridge, James Henderson, Joe Hockfield. |
Joe M. Hockfield |
| F114 |
Farley's Miracle Sale. 205 W. Main St. |
Source not given |
| F115 |
Tip Top Tavern, 313-315 E. Chapel Hill St. 1930's. Central House Hotel is at right. |
Source not given |
| F116 |
Griggs & Couch Service Station. 902-904 W. Main St. At corner of Gregson St. |
Source not given |
| F117 |
Belk-Leggett Co. 322-324 W. Main St. |
Source not given |
| F118 |
Durham High School State Champs. Basketball? 1930. Back row: Wilbur Snipes, Joe Hockfield, Joe Giobbi, Fred Lloyd. Front row: Dwight Steussy, Marion Bumpass, Jim Holloway, Turner Lee Harris, Albert Edwards, Stroud Tilley, Elmer Burke. |
Joe M. Hockfield |
| F119 |
Durham High School Basketball Team. 1931. Back row: Dwight Steussy, Hannon Cheek, Buck Weatherspoon, Joe Hockfield, Wayne Alston, Elmer Burke. Front row: Herbert Mason, Ben Skinner, Stroud Tilley, George Moore, Ben Elliot, James Henderson |
Joe Hockfield? |
| F120 |
Melody Kitchen. 1940. Westinghouse Radio Show? Left to right: Elizabeth Gwin, alto; William Ross, bass; Neva Greenwood, violinist; Charles Templeton, tenor; Jean Cunningham, organist; C.S. Hooper, Jr., tenor; Arlene Vickers, alto; Art Dowling, pianist; Eugenie Monier, director and soprano; Brantley Watson, baritone; Abigail McKinney, soprano; and Ann Vandiver, Melody Kitchen Hostess. |
Source not given |
| F121 |
Melody Kitchen. Westinghouse Radio Show. 1939. Left to right: Ann Vandiver, home economist; Art Dowling, pianist; Ben Thaxton, bass; Arlene Vickers, alto; C.S. Hooper, Jr., tenor; Bob Stratton, organist; Mary Dixon, soprano; Jack Payton, xylophone player. |
Source not given |
| F122 |
Boy Scout Troop. See F104. |
Source not given |
| F123 |
Durham U.S. Post Office. Drawing. 1930. |
Source not given |
| F124 |
Durham U.S. Post Office. |
Source not given |
| F125 |
Greystone Baptist Church. ca. 1935. On Hillsborough Road. |
Source not given |
| F126 |
Duke University. Gym & Field House. Drawing. ca. 1930. Architect: Horace Trumbauer. |
Source not given |
| G001 |
Regal Theatre, Pettigrew St. ca. 1940. Predminately black crowd stands outside theatre. From the film 'Durham Marches On.' |
Durham Business and Professional Chain |
| G002 |
Regal Theatre, Pettigrew St. Close-up of crowd. ca. 1940. Men and boys mingle in front of black movie theatre. Film playing is 'Silver Stallion.' From film 'Durham Marches On.' |
Durham Business & Professional Chain |
| G003 |
Regal Theatre, Pettigrew St. Close-up of crowd. ca. 1940. Subjects in photo G002 have moved slightly, revealing more of their faces. From film 'Durham Marches On.' |
Durham Business and Professional Chain |
| G004 |
Regal Theatre, Pettigrew St. Crowd in line. ca. 1940. Group of people waiting to enter the theatre. From film 'Durham Marches On.' |
Durham Business & Professional Chain |
| G005 |
Regal Theatre, Pettigrew St. Crowd exiting. ca. 1940. Children and parents leave theatre as standers-by look on. From film 'Durham Marches On.' |
Durham Business and Professional Chain |
| G006 |
Regal Theatre, Pettigrew St. Group in front. ca. 1940. From film 'Durham Marches On.' |
Durham Business and Professional Chain |
| G007 |
Regal Theatre, Pettigrew St. Close-up of crowd. ca. 1940. Close-up of same group in G006. From film 'Durham Marches On.' |
Durham Business and Professional Chain |
| G008 |
Regal Theatre, Pettigrew St. Close-ups. ca. 1940. Close-up of some of people in G006. From film 'Durham Marches On.' |
Durham Business and Professional Chain |
| G009 |
Regal Theatre, Pettigrew St. Children in front. ca. 1940. Close-up of group of young boys posing for camera. From film 'Durham Marches On.' |
Durham Business and Professional Chain |
| G010 |
Regal Theatre, Pettigrew St. Outside. ca. 1940. Almost same picture as G006. From film 'Durham Marches On.' |
Durham Business and Professional Chain |
| G011 |
Regal Theatre. Pettigrew St. Outside view. ca. 1940. Long shot of the building, showing marquee, crowd, glass brick walls in the second story, ornamentation, and Donut Shop next door. From film 'Durham Marches On.' |
Durham Business and Professional Chain |
| G012 |
Carolina Theatre, corner Roney & Morgan Sts. 1949. The theatre, in the Durham Auditorium, features an ornate facade. Photo taken as a matinee audience leaves the theatre. Camp Butner bus depot is across the street. |
Frank DePasquale |
| G013 |
Carolina Theatre. Closer view. 1949. Taken from an upper floor in a building across the street, photo shows details of building front and theatre marquee. |
Frank DePasquale |
| G014 |
Carolina Theatre. Donald Duck Cartoon Club. ca. 1940. Children and parents shown walking up steps on their way to the Saturday mornig movie. Signs and prizes for the Twin Club of America are in the lobby. |
Frank DePasquale |
| G015 |
Carolina Theatre Marquee. Saturday morning matinee. ca.1940. Marquee advertises 'The Exile' with Doug Fairbanks. Theatre, at Morgan & Roney Sts., was predominately white-attended, but had accommodations for black patrons. |
Frank DePasquale |
| G016 |
Durham High School Basketball Players. Yearbook. 1940. From yearbook, 'The Messenger.' Garland Loftis, Gordon Carver, Douglas Ausbon, Shuler Loftis, Cedric Loftis. |
Brent Glass |
| G017 |
Durham High School. Most Popular, Class of 1940. Bob Gantt and Julia Hedrick, from the Messenger yearbook. |
Brent Glass |
| G018 |
Public Service Bus, Mangum St. Line. ca. 1942. Sign on building: 'No admittance. Employees Only. By Order of War Department.' |
Duke Power Company |
| G019 |
L.W. Morgan, bus driver, receives presentation. ca. 1940. Driver Morgan receives presentations (awards of some kind?) from Mr. Hodges and Mr. Foster. |
Duke Power. Photog: C.H. Cooper, of the Herald-Sun |
| G020 |
Duke Power Buses on Duke Campus. ca. 1940. In front of Duke Chapel. |
Duke Power Company |
| G021 |
Duke Chapel in the Snow. 1940. Classic shot of Duke University. Note old cars, one with rumble seat, parked at steps. |
Dr. Louise Hall. Photog: Same |
| G022 |
Union Station. Durham Railroad Depot. ca. 1949. Early morning shot from Peabody St. side at approximate junction with Church St. Note glass bricks set in windows of campanile. Photog: Jack Williams |
Unknown |
| G023 |
Durham County Court House. ca. 1940. Photo taken from across Main St. Building also houses the jail (note barred windows along entire 4th floor). |
Archives & History, Neg.#IV.56.9.123 |
| G024 |
Central Carolina Bank Building. Postcard. 1940. Etching of building at 111 Corcoran St. |
Dr. Louise Hall |
| G025 |
Powe Apartments. Watts St. near Dacian Ave. 1940. Building still stands. |
Dr. Louise Hall. Photog: Same |
| G026 |
W.A. Amey Funeral Home. ca. 1940. Elegant Packard auto shown in front of the black-owned funeral home. From film 'Durham Marches On. City Directory 1948: 401 Pine St. |
Durham Business and Professional Chain |
| G027 |
Freedman's Men's Store Window Display. 1940's. Aside from trousers and suit jackets, picture focuses on display of shoes, all averaging $5-$6 a pair. Note poster for Keds in back. |
Archives & History, Neg.#IV.53.15.2284 |
| G028 |
Watts Hospital. Ambulance & Nurse. ca. 1940. Gleaming white ambulance (a Rolls?) with Red Cross insignia, is parked in front of main entrance of the hospital. Nurse stands beside the side door. |
Unknown |
| G029 |
The Watts Hospital, at Club & Broad Sts. ca. 1940. Main entrance of the hospital built to serve the community of West Durham. From film 'Durham Marches On.' |
Durham Business and Professional Chain |
| G030 |
Watts Hospital. Main Building. ca. 1940. View of front side and entrance of Spanish-style building with adobe veneer and red-tiled roofs. From film 'Durham Marches On.' |
Durham Business and Professional Chain |
| G031 |
Watts Hospital. ca. 1949. Main building on Broad St. Photog: Jack Williams |
Unknown |
| G032 |
Lincoln Hospital, Fayetteville St. ca. 1940. Originally built with philanthropic funds, to serve Durham's black community. From film 'Durham Marches On.' |
Durham Business and Professional Chain |
| G033 |
Lincoln Hospital. Main Entrance. ca. 1940. Nurses and Staff stand on the front porch of the hospital. Note ballooning screens on front windows which allow them to be opened. From film 'Durham Marches On.' |
Durham Business and Professional Chain |
| G034 |
Lincoln Hospital. Examining Room. ca. 1940. Examination table and other apparatus equip doctor's office. From film 'Durham Marches On.' |
Durham Business and Professional Chain |
| G035 |
Lincoln Hospital. Doctor conversing. ca. 1940. Middle-aged black doctor seems to be consulting with patient. From film 'Durham Marches On.' |
Durham Business and Professional Chain |
| G036 |
Stanford L. Warren Library. Group on steps. ca. 1940. Six children on the steps of the library, on Fayetteville St. From film 'Durham Marches On.' |
Durham Business and Professional Chain |
| G037 |
Stanford L. Warren Library, Fayetteville St. ca. 1940. Durham's black public library, located on the same street with Lincoln Hospital and North Carolina Central College. From film 'Durham Marches On.' |
Durham Business and Professional Chain |
| G038 |
Stanford Warren Library. Bookmobile. 1948. Chevrolet truck-van was library's second bookmobile, shown here visiting a rural area of the city. Matthew B. Mitchell stands at rear door while Annie M Tucker is to his left. |
Mrs. Lydia Merrick |
| G039 |
W.A. Amey Funeral Home Sign. ca. 1940. Facade of building. From film 'Durham Marches On.' 401 Pine St. |
Durham Business and Professional Chain |
| G040 |
W.A. Amey Funeral Home. Front & Fleet of Cars. ca. 1940. Turn-of-the-century house used as funeral home, with ample parking for fleet of cars. From film 'Durham Marches On.' 401 Pine St. |
Durham Business and Professional Chain |
| G041 |
W.A. Amey Funeral Home. Front Porch & Steps. ca. 1940. Two men coming out of the house. From film 'Durham Marches On.' 401 Pine St. |
Durham Business and Professional Chain |
| G042 |
W.A. Amey Funeral Home. Cars outside. ca. 1940. Men, including the two from G041, enter cars parked in front of the house. From film 'Durham Marches On.' 401 Pine St. |
Durham Business and Professional Chain |
| G043 |
Office Building in Black Community. ca. 1940. Substantial brick professional building has multi-level entrances, basement garage, and post-'30's use of glass brick. From film 'Durham Marches On.' |
Durham Business and Professional Chain |
| G044 |
Two Black Businessmen in Office. ca. 1940. Two businessmen confer. From film 'Durham Marches On.' See also G045. |
Durham Business and Professional Chain |
| G045 |
Two businessmen shake hands. ca. 1940. Same men as in G044 shake hands in agreement. From film 'Durham Marches On.' |
Durham Business and Professional Chain |
| G046 |
Cotton Mill Employees. Erwin Mills. ca. 1940. Three black men of varying ages sit at table partaking of box lunch, beer, and Coke. They are Aaron Moore, Jackson Bolding, and Henderson Amey. |
Josie Powell |
| G047 |
Two Black Businessmen in Conference. ca. 1940. Two men discuss matters over a glass-covered desk with aerial maps, etc. From film 'Durham Marches On.' See also G048. |
Durham Business and Professional Chain |
| G048 |
Business Conference. ca. 1940. Five African-American men have meeting in same office as G047. From film 'Durham Marches On.' |
Durham Business and Professional Chain |
| G049 |
Black Policemen. ca. 1940. Officer leaves building as others enter. From film 'Durham Marches On.' |
Durham Business and Professional Chain |
| G050 |
Group of Black Policemen. ca. 1940. Four officers in group outside building. From film 'Durham Marches On.' |
Durham Business and Professional Chain |
| G051 |
Black Policeman Directing Traffic. ca. 1940. From film 'Durham Marches On.'See also G052. |
Durham Business and Professional Chain |
| G052 |
Black Policeman at Intersection. ca. 1940. Same policeman (see G051) continues control of traffic, allowing pedestrians to cross street in both directions. From film 'Durham Marches On.' See also G053. |
Durham Business and Professional Chain |
| G053 |
Black Policeman Stops Traffic. ca. 1940. From new view, showing street to be primarily residential, the policeman's face is revealed. From film 'Durham Marches On.' See also G054. |
Durham Business and Professional Chain |
| G054 |
Black Policeman Looks for Oncoming Traffic. ca. 1940. Same policeman a moment later. (G051-53). From film 'Durham Marches On.' |
Durham Business and Professional Chain |
| G055 |
Modern Home. Interior. ca. 1940. Living room of a house, with black woman reading a magazine. An excellent example of forties decor, especially the circular couch. From film 'Durham Marches On.' |
Durham Business and Professional Chain |
| G056 |
Black Children Line Up at Washstands. ca. 1940. Apparently in a kindergarten, neatly-dressed children line up at benches on which are washbasins and towels. From film 'Durham Marches On.' See also G057. |
Durham Business and Professional Chain |
| G057 |
Black Children Washing Up. ca. 1940. A moment later (see G056), children proceed through washup. From film 'Durham Marches On.' |
Durham Business and Professional Chain |
| G058 |
Chamberlain Music Studio. 1941. 32 young black girls and boys pose for class picture, with their music teacher, Mrs. M.S. Shearin, at far right. Among the few boys, H.M. 'Mickey' Michaux is third from right on front row. |
Mayme Harris Perry |
| G059 |
North Carolina Mutual Dinner. ca. 1946. N.C. Mutual clerks are feted at a dinner by their boss, Dan Martin, at the Donut Shop on Pettigrew Street, next to the Regal Theatre. Second from the left is Eleta Atwater Harris. |
Mayme Harris Perry |
| G060 |
Chamberlain Music Studio. Teacher & Pupils. 1941. Mrs. M.S. Shearin instructs while a young girl (source) plays piano and two other children wait. Source was high-school senior at the time. Note cushion with logo of Fisk University, Shearin's alma mater. |
Mayme Harris Perry |
| G061 |
Biltmore Drug Store. Interior with Owner's Daughter. ca.1940. Gloria Garrett Pratt, daughter of York Garrett, owner of the store, poses with newspaper beside tobacco counter. Note details of mirrored soda fountain area to the right. |
York Garrett |
| G062 |
Bahama Backyard. Two women and a cat. ca. 1940. Two young black women -- Mary McIver and Thenie Noel -- relax in the backyard. Note rural aspects of the neighborhood: row of sheds, fences, and uncleared land. |
Mary P. Allison |
| G063 |
Frank Wright Orchestra. High School Concert. ca. 1945. Snapshot of black band with P. Hall, trumpeter and director of the Hillside High Band. Photo inscribed 'Compliments of Phillmore.' |
Clara Bowling. Photog: Wiley Bowling |
| G064 |
Hillside High School. School Musical. ca. 1940. Stage photo shows performers in play 'Pepeta.' Daniel Brown is in center with cane and money. |
Clara Bowling. Photog: Wiley Bowling |
| G065 |
White Rock Sunday School Orchestra in Performance. 1944. White Rock Baptist Church orchestra plays on small stage with three young women in front (soloists?) playing violin, piano, and trumpet. |
W.F. Shelly |
| G066 |
Black Musicians Broadcasting on the Radio. ca. 1940. An organist and pianist flank 5-man singing group while Norfley Whitted announces from center table and microphone. |
Georgia Taylor |
| G067 |
The Royals. Black Five-Piece Combo. ca. 1950. Band consists of saxophone, piano, bass, drums, and trumpet, and probably played jazz. Insert photo is of the vocalist. |
Unknown |
| G068 |
Willie T. Jones, Photographer. Self-portrait. ca. 1940. Self-portrait of black photographer at work with format camera and tripod. |
Harriet Jones. Photog: Willie T. Jones |
| G069 |
Raymond Freeland and His Sister Pam. ca. 1940. Willie T. Jones's work is demonstrated in these two portraits. |
Harriet S. Jones. Photog: Willie T. Jones |
| G070 |
Young Man in Living Room. Portrait. ca. 1940. Young black man in suit and white shoes poses on brocaded couch in room with radio and fringed lamp. |
Harriet S. Jones. Photog: Willie T. Jones |
| G071 |
Young Woman Framed in Flowers. Portrait. ca. 1940. A young black woman leans head on hand and looks out from a frame of roses. |
Harriet S. Jones. Photog: Willie T. Jones |
| G072 |
Wiley Bowling, Amateur Photographer. ca. 1940. Subject in shorts and T-shirt stands behind house on Gattis St, Brookstown. He studied under Carlin Graham, professional photographer and scoutmaster. |
Clara Bowling |
| G073 |
Carlin Graham, Photographer. Self-portrait. ca. 1940. Photo of middle-thirties black man relaxing and smoking on ornately tapestried settee. |
Oather and Helen Jones. Photog: Carlin Graham |
| G074 |
Black Church Picnic. Unusual Transportation. ca. 1940. Numerous men, women, and children arrive at church picnic on a horse-drawn flat wagon. Object was to come on unusual transportation. |
Duke Ms. Coll. |
| G075 |
West Durham Baptist Church Barbecue. ca. 1940. Men and women of Sunday School class enjoy barbecue in a backyard in Brookstown. Another group is in background at right, slightly out of focus. |
Clara Bowling. Photog: Wiley Bowling |
| G076 |
May F. Joyner. Woman with Car. ca. 1940. Matronly black woman in long dress and hat poses on running board of her car. She 'needed no help' when car stuck in the mud; she could move it herself. Photographer's shadow is seen in foreground. |
Georgia Taylor. Photog: Same |
| G077 |
World War II Soldiers at Canteen. ca. 1940. Black servicemen with hostesses play piano, dance, and talk. Note insignia on shirtfronts of the women. |
Mattie Joyner Canty |
| G078 |
Jennie Mae Winston. Streetside Snapshot. ca. 1940. Young black teenager in bangs and bobby-sox stands at driveway off Thaxton Ave. in Brookstown. Apartment building at left was used consecutively as lodge, church, cafe, grocery store, and finally family dwelling. |
Clara Bowling. Photog: Wiley Bowling |
| G079 |
Letha and Retha Winston. ca. 1940. African-American mother and daughter pose in front of canvas painted backdrop. They were a carnival family. |
Retha Walker. Photog: John Delar Winston |
| G080 |
The Blake Family. Snapshot. ca. 1940. Family picnic. |
Clara Bowling. Photog: Wiley Bowling |
| G081 |
Mack's Hot Dog Stand. ca. 1940. Stand was located on Thaxton Ave., in Brookstown. The young man eating the hot dog is either Leon Horton or Arnett Kelley, according to the source. |
Clara Bowling. Photog: Wiley Bowling |
| G082 |
Boys Hauling Coal. ca. 1940. Joseph Johnson and Leroy Crawford delivered lump coal with their dray wagon when they were teenagers. They are seen here across from McGhee Coal Co. at corner of Pettigrew and old Fayetteville Sts. Johnson wears aviator goggles. |
Nettie Young |
| G083 |
Bull City Barber Shop. 1948. Barbershop, located on Pettigrew Street, was evidently a popular place, with 13 barbers: (l. to r.) Grady McLean, W. Watson, M. Bullock, D. Cox, N. Dawson, B. White, Z. Gailes, P. Greeland, P. Bullock, W. Clark, N. Hopkins, G. Holloway, and C. Tapp. |
Diamond Cox. Photog: Art Craft Studio |
| G084 |
Shelly Shoe School, Pettigrew St. Apprentices. ca. 1940. Black men working along a long workbench equipped with shoe repair apparatus. Blackboard in back quotes, 'The race is given to the swift.' |
W.F. Shelly. Photog: Art Craft Studio |
| G085 |
John Avery's Boys Club, Pettigrew St. 1941-42. Eleven black youths congregate around a large checker table to watch games in progress. |
Lee Smith |
| G086 |
Snapshot of women and girls in Brookstown. ca. 1940. Long shot of back yard, with five black women and girls, back of house, shed, cauldron, and dog. |
Georgia Taylor. Photog: Same |
| G087 |
Brookstown Kitchen, Sink and Countertop. ca. 1940. Porcelain sink with cold water tap and cupboard door hinged to wall stands in corner, with oilcloth-covered counter and storage space beside it. |
James L. Moffitt, Sr. Photog: Same |
| G088 |
Brookstown Kitchen. Snapshot. ca. 1940. Small boy stands next to kitchen table cluttered with dishes and pans. |
James L. Moffitt, Sr. |
| G089 |
Brookstown Kitchen. Corner Table. ca. 1940. Oilcloth-covered table holds kerosene lamp, storage tins, bowl and potlids, salt, pepper, etc. Note old-fashioned doorknob on door to left. |
James L. Moffitt. Sr. Photog: Same |
| G090 |
Brookstown Kitchen. Storage Area. ca. 1940. Churn, bowls, basins, boxes, and buckets occupy corner of room. A cheesecloth-covered earthenware jug sits on the table. |
James L. Moffitt, Sr. Photog: Same |
| G091 |
Brookstown Kitchen. Woodburning Stove. ca. 1940. Stove sits on special hearth laid into wooden floor. Newspapers decorate wall behind it. |
James L. Moffitt, Sr. Photog: Same |
| G092 |
Brookstown Kitchen. Close-up of Stove. ca. 1940 Bungalow Stove with kettle, coffeepot, and pan to heat water. |
James L.Moffitt, Sr. Photog: Same |
| G093 |
Brookstown Kitchen, and Chicken House. Two photos. ca. 1940. 1) Wooden hutch without doors stands in corner of kitchen. 2) Log-cabin type chicken shed with sliding mullioned windows is the finished project of WWII veterans at the Little River School. |
James L. Moffitt, Sr. Photog: Same |
| G094 |
Black Veteran Training. Weighing Corn. ca. 1940. Several black men in overalls weigh corn in cornfield. |
James L. Moffitt, Sr. Photog: Same |
| G095 |
Tying Tobacco under the Trees. Rural snapshot. ca. 1940. Black family tie tobacco leaves on a frame for curing. Note jeep and donkey, or mule, in background. |
James L. Moffitt, Sr. Photog: Same |
| G096 |
Carpentry Training. WWII Veterans. ca. 1940. Black men in shirts and slacks (some ties) work with saw and square on stud frame of one-story building. |
James L. Moffitt, Sr. Photog: Same |
| G097 |
Little River School Adult Classes. Two photos. ca. 1940. Two photos showing black men working in classes on woodcraft and mechanics. Little River was the county high school for African-Americans. |
James L. Moffitt, Sr. Photog: Same |
| G098 |
Robert Lee Robinson. Funeral Portrait. ca. 1940. Mr. Robinson lies in state, surrounded by flowers, in his home on Mebane St. |
Dr. Louise Hall. Photog: Same |
| G099 |
'The Duchess of Durham.' WWII Aircraft. ca. 1940. Half-tone print from publication shows Maj. Ralph G. Taylor, Jr., and crew chief standing next to prop fighter. |
Durham Morning Herald |
| G100 |
Dillard-Gamble House. Backyard Rock Garden. ca. 1940. Mrs. Dillard, in dress and matching hat, stands by backyard ornamental rock garden, with small pool, three-masted ship, windmill, and flamingo stands. 1311 N. Mangum St. |
Archives & History, Neg #IV.77.10.949 |
| G101 |
Dillard-Gamble House. Modern Architecture. ca. 1940. Interesting use of rectangular lines and multi-level flat roofs in a stucco finish. Note repetition of corner window motif and porthole window near door. |
Archives & History, Neg.#IV.77.10.950 |
| G102 |
W.L. Brown House. Spanish Colonial Revival. ca. 1940. House, located at 1416 Mangum St., was built in the mid 1920's (plat maps extant 1926). Features include one-story stucco finish, long casement windows, and Romanesque archways in open entrance. |
Archives & History, Neg.#IV.78.2.598 |
| G103 |
W.L. Brown House. Landscaping and Additions. ca. 1940. Building additions to rear and left side, landscaping on grounds, people in yard, and car parked in front of fire hydrant. |
Archives & History, Neg.#IV.78.2.597 |
| G104 |
S.E. Rochelle Battery & Electrical Co. ca. 1940. Durham's bike and motorcycle dealer stands in front of shop, showing a preacher how to ride an old-fashioned high wheeler in order to save energy. Note stepladder for mounting. |
S.C. Rochelle |
| G105 |
Kicking Machine. Display with Uncle Sam. ca. 1940. Four boots on spokes deliver constant and effortless bottom-pounding. Man demonstrates that boots are set at the right height. |
Southgate Jones Coll., Duke Archives |
| G106 |
Durham County Courthouse and L&M Lunch. ca. 1940. Long view of intersection where both buildings were located shows 40's dress and auto styles. |
Archives & History,Neg.#IV.56.9.124 |
| G107 |
The Boy's Store Display Window. 1940's. Back-to-school fashions for boys, featuring hats, suits, ties, leisure wear, leather jackets, shorts, and knickers. Note also display for U.S. Keds -- tennis shoes in 1941, military jungle boots in 1945. |
Archives & History, Neg.#IV.53.15.2283 |
| G108 |
N.C. Central College. Heating Plant. ca. 1940. Exterior shot of building housing coal-driven furnaces. Heat is supplied through undergraound pipes. |
Archives & History, Neg.#IV.53.15.3763 |
| G109 |
N.C. Central College. Interior of Heating Plant. ca. 1940. Inside of college's heating plant, showing massive furnaces and turbines necessary to create heat and supply it to other buildings. |
Archives & History, Neg.#IV.53.15.3761 |
| G110 |
Bishop Furniture Co. Street Scene. ca. 1940. Residential area has two business operations -- Bishop's and Buttry's -- in light commercial building on corner. Bishop's Furniture & Upholstery Co. was at 1605 Holloway, and was founded in 1935. |
Archives & History, Neg.#IV.53.16.1686 |
| G111 |
Durham Street Scene. Residential Area. ca. 1940. |
Archives & History, Neg.#IV.53.16.1688 |
| G112 |
Near Miles Restaurant. Street Scene. ca. 1940. Photo shows small light-commercial area of shops and residences with shops in them -- i.e. Yost Awning Shop and small grocery down the street. |
Archives & History, Neg.#IV.53.16.1675. Photog: Albert Barden |
| G113 |
Miles Restaurant. Roadside Eatery. ca. 1940. Man waters down drive to free parking lot for Miles Restaurant, specializing in steak, chicken, and barbecue. |
Archives & History, Neg.#IV.53.16.1676. Photog: Albert Barden |
| G114 |
V.C. Chemicals (Fertilizers). Loading Operations. 1945. Virginia/Carolina Chemicals. Flash photo of worker driving small shovel-loader, working against face of what appears to be limestone formation. |
Archives & History, Neg.#IV.53.15.4414 |
| G115 |
V. C. Chemicals. Payloader at Work. ca. 1940. Virginia/Carolina Chemicals. Flash photo from rear of mining operation. |
Archives & History, Neg.#IV.53.15.4415 |
| G116 |
Durham-Dunn Bus Line. Charter Trip. ca. 1940. Group of passengers stand on street corner in front of parked bus. This may have been maiden trip of the line. |
Archives & History, Neg.#IV.53.15.3470. Photog: Albert Barden |
| G117 |
Madgie and Margie Gibbs. Twins at Five Points. ca. 1940. Twin sisters stand together inside building at Five Points. They wear identical suits and shoes, but different blouses and socks. |
Margie Gibbs Remington |
| G118 |
Newton Instrument Company. First Buildings. 1940's? Man stands in doorway of a frame building housing the beginnings of the company, now located at 1648 Lawson St. |
Newton Instruments |
| G119 |
Rufus E. Newton and Son in the Snow. ca. 1940. Man wearing army-type fatigue jacket and fedora stoops in snow-covered side yard with his young son. |
Mrs. Rufus E. Newton |
| G120 |
Mrs. Rufus E. Newton & First Cousin Fishing. 1940's? Source and relative shown fishing off a railroad trestle between Morehead City and Beaufort. |
Mrs. Rufus E. Newton |
| G121 |
Hunting at Lake Matamuskeet. A Deer. 1940's. Friends of source's husband hunting during WWII. Bagged deer is held up by Brickhouse for picture. |
Mrs. Rufus E. Newton |
| G122 |
Fishing at Currituck Sound. 1940's. Husband of source, and friends, display fishing catch on stringers. Their guide is in boots and pith-type hat. |
Mrs. Rufus E. Newton |
| G123 |
Charles Nelson Ladd. Boy on Hunting Trip. 1940's. Young boy with .22 rifle and bare feet and legs leans against fender of car parked on Mason Rd. between Durham and Lake Michie. Subject is first cousin of source's husband |
Mrs. Rufus E. Newton |
| G124 |
Rufus E. Newton and Niece. Lake Outing. ca. 1940. Mr. Newton lets his brother's daughter wear his hat for a snapshot at a lake in Chatham County. |
Mrs. Rufus E. Newton |
| G125 |
Blue Bird Oyster Bar. House & Restaurant. ca. 1940. One-story frame building shows details of dwelling origin in front porch. Large addition to side is main dining room and kitchen. |
Margie Gibbs Remington |
| G126 |
Chesterfield Cigarette Plant. Shift Change. ca. 1940. Women workers in uniform step out onto sidewalk beside ivy-covered plant. Photo appeared in 'Tobaccoland,' a publicity poster for L&M, and is captioned accordingly. |
Liggett & Myers (Liggett Group) |
| G127 |
Malbourne Hotel. ca. 1949. At northwest corner of Main and Roxboro Streets, site of new judicial building. Razed ca. 1967. |
David Southern. Photog: Jack Williams |
| G128 |
Duke Gardens, Easter Sunday. 1949. Group around pond. View shows terraces and gazebo. |
W.T. Cash |
| G129 |
Carlin, Elibbie & Paul. Christmas Card. ca. 1940. Self-portrait of Carlin Graham, photographer, with his wife and son. Photo used as Christmas card. |
Oather and Helen Jones. Photog: Carlin Graham |
| G130 |
Fashionable black couple. Formal portrait. ca. 1940. Photog: Carlin Graham |
Unknown |
| G131 |
East End Playboys. Black Baseball Team. ca. 1940. Ten young men and three coaches pose for team photo. |
Elizabeth Holman. Photog: Willie T. Jones |
| G132 |
National Beauticians' Volunteer Corps. ca. 1940. Women's wartime service group with rankings from private to Sergeant First Class pose in uniform. |
Harriet Jones. Photog: Willie T. Jones |
| G133 |
Berry's Construction Company. Building and Workman. ca.1940. Workman with safari-type helmet points back toward a small board and asphalt-roofed shed. |
Harriet S. Jones. Photog: Willie T. Jones |
| G134 |
Powe St. Methodist Church. Mock Wedding. ca. 1940. Wide shot of church nave, where approximately 40 black children enact mock wedding, assisted by two women at sides (teacher & pianist?). City Directory listing: Mt. Olive A.M.E. |
Georgia Taylor |
| G135 |
Beach Scene. ca. 1940. Five black women in one-piece bathing suits and caps loll on sand in foreground, while other people enjoy beach in the background. |
Unknown |
| G136 |
Zuckerman Brothers. Business and Professional Men. 1944. (Left to right): Abe, Bill, Jack, Charles, and Ike Zuckerman stand in front of family home on Morehead Avenue. |
Sophie and Charles Zuckerman |
| G137 |
Mrs. W.T. Cash (Helen Carroll). ca. 1940. Subject (also Source) relaxes in backyard. |
Mrs. W.T. Cash |
| G138 |
Center Theatre. Holland & E. Chapel Hill Sts. ca. 1940. Architecture of building is 1930's Art Deco. Marquee shoes films of the 1940's. Theatre shown here was demolished in 1968, and a new Center was built in Lakewood Shopping Center. |
Unknown |
| G139 |
Wreck of Bluebird Taxi. Car-train Collision. ca. 1940. Half-tone print of utterly demolished cab still on tracks in front of train locomotive with billows of smoke coming from inside. Three people were killed when this Southern Railway passenger train collided with the cab at Mulberry Street. |
Durham Morning Herald |
| G140 |
Banquet, probably given by Airport Authority. ca. 1940. Group seated at head table. |
Duke Ms. Coll. |
| G141 |
Crowd at Raleigh-Durham Airport. ca. 1940. Daylight flash-photo shows interested bystanders on grass near the runway. |
Archives and History, Neg.#IV.53.9.2 |
| G142 |
Raleigh-Durham Airport. Terminal and Plane. ca. 1949. Single story frame building and DC-3 prop engine plane denote beginnings of this major airport connection and its affiliation with Eastern Airlines. Photog: Jack Williams |
Unknown |
| G143 |
Aerial View of Durham. Downtown and Southeast. ca. 1940. Photo shows Southern Railway tracks running east and west (bottom to top) with downtown at center right (CCB Building, etc.), Duke's East Campus eastward (above) and S. Roxboro and Fayetteville St. area to the left -- an area changed by the East-West Expressway. |
Archives & History, Neg.#IV.53.16.426 |
| G144 |
Aerial View of Durham. Close-up of Downtown & SE. ca. 1940. Shot centers on downtown area showing details of commercial buildings, post office, Episcopal and Baptist churches, Durham Athletic Park, and Liggett & Myers Tobacco factories. Area south of the railroad is mostly residential, with St. Joseph's AME Church located at bottom left. |
Archives & History, Neg.#IV.53.16.423 |
| G145 |
Aerial View of Durham. Close-up of East Durham. ca. 1940. Shot taken fairly low, showing good view of CCB Building and Durham Hotel at top right, with residential, storage, and rural areas of East Durham running along the railroad tracks. |
Archives & History, Neg.#IV.53.16.431 |
| G146 |
Aerial View of Durham. West Durham. ca. 1940. Looking south down Ninth Street (bottom to top) to Main Street with its railroad underpass. Iredell and Broad Streets run parallel to left; Erwin Mills (later Burlington Industries) is off Ninth to the right. Bluebird Taxi Co. and filling station are in center. |
Archives & History, Neg.#IV.53.15.8340 |
| G147 |
Aerial View of Durham. Close-up of Ninth Street. ca. 1940. Some features same as G146, but Duke's East Campus (Women's College) can be seen at upper left -- gym, tennis courts, and rooftops of main quad buildings. |
Archives & History, Neg.#IV.53.15.8339 |
| G148 |
Aerial View of Durham. Central & East Durham. ca. 1940. CCB Building is at top center. |
Archives & History, Neg.#IV.53.16.427 |
| G149 |
Aerial View of Durham. Slightly closer than G148. Central and East Durham. CCB at top center. |
Archives & History, Neg.#IV.53.16.425 |
| G150 |
Aerial View of Durham. East Durham. ca. 1940. View shows Angier Avenue and railroad tracks running east, and markedly rural nature of the area at this time. Golden Belt Hosiery is located in center. Note double billboards in exact center. |
Archives & History, Neg.#IV.53.16.428 |
| G151 |
Aerial View of Durham. East Durham. Long Shot. ca. 1940. Similar to G150, but from farther away, showing more of wooded and rural nature of landscape. |
Archives & History, Neg.#IV.53.16.429 |
| G152 |
Aerial View of Durham. East Durham Close-up. ca. 1940. Low angle close-upmreveals profiles of buildings and landscape along Angier Avenue east of downtown (seen top center). In center is Golden Belt, which became subsidiary of L&M, printing cigarette wrappers, cartons, etc. |
Archives & History, Neg.#IV.53.16.424 |
| G153 |
Aerial View of Durham. Golden Belt Hosiery. ca. 1940. Close-up shows Angier Avenue curving south to meet railroad tracks (note freight train leaving Durham), and tight shot of factory. |
Archives & History, Neg.#IV.53.16.430 |
| G154 |
Tobacco Warehouses. Broad St. Extension. ca. 1940. Aerial view of tobacco warehouses on land which, for tax purposes, was not incorporated into the city of Durham. House with one-way drive at lower left was original location of WTVD, Channel 11. |
Unknown |
| G155 |
Durham City Water Works. Addition at Hillandale. 1949. Photo shows construction site of addition to the Hillandale Filter Plant. Note tripods with levels and laying of wire grid prior to pouring concrete. |
Helen Liantis. Photog: Bill Mansfield |
| G156 |
Durham City Water Works. Addition at Hillandale. ca. 1949. Photo shows extensive and complicated construction site at Hillandale Filter Plant. Picture shows buildings with poured concrete walls (note protruding rebars) and massive pipework elbows leading into walls. |
Helen Liantis. Photog: Bill Mansfield |
| G157 |
Durham City Water Works. Addition at Hillandale. 1949. Close-up of pipework and framing. Scale of pipes revealed by workmen. Note extensive rebar work. |
Helen Liantis |
| G158 |
Durham City Water Works. Pipe with Mineral Deposits. 1949. Photo shows approximately two-foot internal diameter of iron pipe nearly closed off by massive mineral deposits. |
Helen Liantis |
| G159 |
Laying Trolley Tracks in a Durham Neighborhood. ca. 1940. Photo shows preparation of bed for trolley tracks down center of street. Bed is at least 12' thick, of concrete poured over a gravel base. Surveyor with tripod and level stands to left. |
W.G. Plyler. Photog: J.S. Kah |
| G160 |
Laying Trolley Tracks. Setting Tracks. ca. 1940. Photo shows tracks with ties set on prepared bed. Note short wood pieces used to keep tracks equidistant from form sides, criss-cross wire and rebar work, and ca. 1930's concrete mixer with chute leading down into bed. |
W.G. Plyler. Photog: Jno. S Kah |
| G161 |
Laying Trolley Tracks. Close-up of Tracks. ca. 1940. Iron rails welding to iron ties wait to be laid on bed. |
W.G. Plyler. Photog: Jno. S. Kah |
| G162 |
Trolley Car. Interior. ca. 1940. Features of trolley car include reversible seats, ventilated center aisle for rain and snow, old-fashioned lights, advertising on ceiling, and handholds and bell rope. |
W.G. Plyler |
| G163 |
Durham & Southern Railroad. Engine #201. 1940. Freight train with Engine #201 steaming along tracks. |
Mac Connery. Photog: Wiley Bryan |
| G164 |
'Blue Devil Special.' Southern Railway. 1940. Engine #1337 pulls passenger train into Union Station. |
Mac Connery. Photog: Wiley Bryan |
| G165 |
Durham & Southern Railway. Engine #1140. 1940. Engine with tender and crew aboard steams through Durham rail yards. |
Mac Connery. Photog: Wiley Bryan |
| G166 |
Seaboard-Airline Railroad. Engine #515. ca. 1940. Engine and tender passing through neighborhood. |
Mac Connery. Photog: Wiley Bryan |
| G167 |
Durham & Southern Railway. Engine #202. ca. 1940. Engine under full head of steam pulling freight train down tracks. |
Mac Connery. Photog: Johnny Krause |
| G168 |
Southern Railway, Durham. Engine #315. 1944. Close-up of engine and tender. Photo by journalist from Hamlet, NC, who later became Associate Editor of The New York Times. |
Mac Connery. Photog: Tom Wicker |
| G169 |
Durham & Southern Railroad in Dunn, N.C. 1948. Engine #403 and tender in railroad yards. |
Mac Connery. Photog: Warren Calloway |
| G170 |
Southern Railway. Engine #2211. 1948. Close-up of modern version of locomotive, with insignia and motto printed on the side. 'The Southern Serves the South.' |
Mac Connery. Photog: Tom Wicker |
| G171 |
Seaboard-Airline Railroad. Engine #552. 1948. Freight train rounds curve, leaving town. |
Mac Connery. Photog: Tom Wicker |
| G172 |
Seaboard-Airline Railroad. Freight Train. 1949. Engine #503 hauls freight cars east out of Durham. |
Mac Connery. Photog: Tom Wicker |
| G173 |
Southern Railway Engine #4587 at Rest. 1948. Locomotive and tender wait on track by water tower. |
Mac Connery. Photog: Tom Wicker |
| G174 |
Clapboarded Log Cabin. Durham County. ca. 1940. Typical L-shaped Carolina farmhouse, with 2-story rectangular main house and rear, perpendicular 1-story addition for cooking and storage. Note loft window in rear, as well as location of brick fireplaces. |
Dr. Louise Hall. Photog: Same |
| G175 |
USS John Merrick. 1943. |
Black History Exhibit, Durham County Centennial, 1981. |
| G176 |
WDUK. Gospel Singing Group. 1940. |
Black History Exhibit, Durham County Centennial, 1981. |
| G177 |
Mr. G's Swing School. Annual Event at Hillside. 1940's. A play which was an annual event at Hillside High School. John Gattis was Mr. G. |
Black History Exhibit, Durham County Centennial, 1981. |
| G178 |
North Carolina College Basketball Players. 1940's. Three players, one of whom is seven feet tall. |
Black History Exhibit, Durham County Centennial, 1981. |
| G179 |
Friendly City Gospel Singers. 1940's. |
Black History Exhibit, Durham County Centennial, 1981. |
| G180 |
Sugar Ray Robinson and Joe Louis visit Durham. 1944. |
Black History Exhibit, Durham County Centennial, 1981. |
| G181 |
Biltmore Hotel. Pettigrew Street. 1940's |
Black History Exhibit, Durham County Centennial, 1981 |
| G182 |
Donut Shop. Pettigrew St. next to Regal Theatre. 1948. |
Black History Exhibit, Durham County Centennial, 1981. |
| G183 |
Donut Shop Interior. Pettigrew St. 1948. Next to Regal Theatre. |
Black History Exhibit, Durham County Centennial, 1981. |
| G184 |
Bankers Fire Insurance Company. 1943. |
Black History Exhibit, Durham County Centennial, 1981. |
| G185 |
Bankers Fire Insurance Company Interior. 1943. |
Black History Exhibit, Durham County Centennial, 1981. |
| G186 |
Durham Business School. 1948. |
Black History Exhibit, Durham County Centennial, 1981. |
| G187 |
Southern Fidelity Mutual Insurance Company. 1940. |
Black History Exhibit, Durham County Centennial, 1981. |
| G188 |
John Avery Boys Club. 1940's. |
Black History Exhibit, Durham County Centennial, 1981. |
| G189 |
Southern Fidelity Mutual Insurance Company. Interior. 1943. |
Black History Exhibit, Durham County Centennial, 1981. |
| G190 |
Stanford L. Warren Library. Exterior. 1940's? |
Unknown |
| G191 |
Stanford L. Warren Library. Interior. 1940's? |
Unknown |
| G192 |
L.A. Speed' Riggs. 1940's. 'Voice of Lucky Strike' during the 1930's and 1940's. |
Duke Homestead |
| G193 |
R.L. Baldwin Co. Department Store. 1940's. Store was at 107-109 W. Main Street. Butler's Shoes is on left. |
Unknown |
| G194 |
Vera Carr Twadell at the Piano. 1940's. Mrs. Twadell was married to W.P. Twadell (G195) and was director of a music and dance school. |
Unknown |
| G195 |
William Powell Twadell. 1940's. Mr. Twadell was head of the music department of the Durham City Schools and was director of several civic choral groups. |
Unknown |
| G196 |
Duke University. Aerial View of West Campus. 1940's? Stadium and chapel are plainly seen. |
Unknown |
| G197 |
Dillard St. USO Opening Party. June 6, 1943. |
Unknown |
| G198 |
Dillard St. USO. Bastille Day Party. July 14, 1944. Party was held in honor of French Air Cadets. |
Unknown |
| G199 |
Dillard St. USO. First Anniversary Party. June 6, 1944. |
Unknown |
| G200 |
Dillard St. USO. Trimming Christmas Tree. 1943 or '44. |
Unknown |
| H001 |
Durham Centennial Celebration. 1953. Bearded policeman on motorcycle, and costumed participants on street. |
Unknown |
| H002 |
Southern Railroad. Engine #4142. ca. 1950. Modern streamlined locomotive pulls passenger train out of Union Station. Station tower and Durham Courthouse are seen in the background. Note Dixie Wholesale Grocery 'Burger Brau' sign in right background. |
Mac Connery |
| H003 |
City Council Views Radar System. 1952. Members of Council inspect the 'whammy', a radar device to protect life and limb. Mary Semans is second from left. |
Unknown |
| H004 |
Durham High School Band Officers. 1950. From The Messenger, yearbook. R. Mimms, P. Whitfield, R. Proctor, J. McCaskill. |
Brent Glass |
| H005 |
Duke Chapel. Duke University Main Quad. 1950. Landmark of the university and of Durham. |
Archives & History, Neg. #IV.53.15.306 |
| H006 |
The Rare Round Rolls-Royce. Sports Car. ca. 1950. Lines of car border on the fabulous, especially those of round doors. |
Unknown |
| H007 |
Durham City Water Works. Hillandale Addition. 1950. Hillandale Filter Plant addition, begun in 1949, nears completion as finished outlines of walls are detectable and roofwork, windows and interiors are initiated. |
Helen Liantis. Photog: Bill Mansfield |
| H008 |
Durham City Water Works. Original Hillandale Plant. ca.1950. Photo shows interior of the original filter plant. Large windows cast light on massive pumping system of plant. |
Helen Liantis. Photog: Bill Mansfield |
| H009 |
Durham City Water Works. Completed Hillandale Plant. 1950. Aerial view shows reservoir and completed complex -- original building dark gray, addition lighter. |
Helen Liantis |
| H010 |
Durham City Water Works. Hillandale Plant Interior.ca.1950. Scale of great wheels and pipes of pumps is revealed as man stands nearby. |
Helen Liantis |
| H011 |
Raliegh-Durham Airport. Aircraft Exhibition. ca. 1950. Long shot of various small aircraft parked on side runway with crowd of spectators behind rope barrier. Note Eastern Airlines commercial service plane in background and conning tower off to the right |
Archives & History, Neg. #IV.53.9.7 |
| H012 |
Raleigh-Durham Airport. Aircraft Exhibition. ca. 1950. Close-up shows military service Marine helicopter on runway, with Wright Brothers-style bi-plane being maneuvered next to it. |
Archives & History, Neg.#IV.53.9.1 |
| H013 |
Raleigh-Durham Airport. Mail Transport Exhibition. ca.1950. Close up of '30's version of airmail transport (and probably early version of Eastern Airlines) with mailbag being handed up to pilot, and a young woman standing on lower wing of biplane. |
Archives & History, Neg. #IV.53.9.5 |
| H014 |
Carolyn Holman (later Anderson). 1950. Young black girl (about 4 years old) talking on the telephone. Photog: Willie T. Jones, subject's grandfather. Mr. Jones, a black photographer, had his studio on Mangum Street in Durham. |
Elizabeth Holman, subject's mother. |
| H015 |
Cash's Roller Rink. Wrenn Road. ca. 1950. Three children sit beneath Dr. Pepper and Tru-Ade drink signs. Two girls -- Judy Gaddy and Todey Pickett -- lace up skates. Boy between them is unidentified. |
Mrs. W.T. Cash |
| H016 |
Cemetery Plot. Military? ca. 1950. Gravesites in unidentified cemetery are those of veterans. Artillery cannon stands nearby. |
Unknown |
| H017 |
Southern Railroad. Caravan of Engines. 1950. Engines and tenders #1711, #390, and #400 pass water tower in East Durham. |
Mac Connery. Photog: Tom Wicker |
| H018 |
Norfolk and Western Railway. Engine #1121. 1950. Engine passes water tower in Durham yards. |
Mac Connery. Photog: Tom Wicker |
| H019 |
Norfolk and Western Railway. Engine #2149. 1950. Engine, tender, and caboose stand by water tower in Durham yard. Note Chesterfield tower in right background, plus smoke stacks of tobacco factory. |
Mac Connery. Photog: Tom Wicker |
| H020 |
Southern Railway. Engine #4621. 1951. Engine and tender stand on tracks. |
Mac Connery. Photog: Tom Wicker |
| H021 |
Seaboard-Airline Railroad. Engine #531. 1951. Engine pulls cars along tracks in the country. |
Mac Connery. Photog: Tom Wicker? |
| H022 |
Norfolk and Western Railroad. Train #36 to Lynchburg. 1952. Engine #112 pulls passenger cars on run to Lynchburg. |
Mac Connery. Photog: Tom Wicker |
| H023 |
Durham & Southern Railroad. Engine #403. 1952. Close-up of train locomotive shows detail of bolting from cowcatcher to cab. |
Mac Connery. Photog: Tom Wicker |
| H024 |
Durham & Southern Railroad. Engine #202. 1953. Close-up of freight train backing up. |
Mac Connery. Photog: Tom Wicker |
| H025 |
Durham & Southern Railroad in Apex. Engine #202. 1953. Locomotive pulls freight cars and a flat car loaded with wood. |
Mac Connery. Photog: Tom Wicker |
| H026 |
Norfolk and Western Railroad. Engine #1105. 1953. Engine and tender stand on track. |
Mac Connery. Photog: Tom Wicker |
| H027 |
Durham & Southern Railroad. Engine #200. 1953. Line of engines, #200 in front, proceeds up track. |
Mac Connery. Photog: Tom Wicker |
| H028 |
Durham & Southern Railroad. Engine #202. 1954. Locomotive pulls freight cars along track. |
Mac Connery. Photog: Tom Wicker? |
| H029 |
Norfolk and Western Railroad. Engine #115. 1954. Locomotive pulling passenger train stops by depot. |
Mac Connery. Photog: Tom Wicker |
| H030 |
Norfolk and Western Railroad. Engine #107. 1954. Passenger train pulls west out of Durham. Downtown Durham (CCB building at left) is seen in the background. |
Mac Connery. Photog: Tom Wicker |
| H031 |
Southern Railway. Engine # 2033. ca. 1950. Coupling for tender seen at rear of more modern locomotive engine pushing passenger and mailcars down track at train station. |
Mac Connery |
| H032 |
Louis Austin, Editor of The Carolina Times. 1950's. |
Black History Exhibit, Durham County Centennial, 1981. |
| H033 |
Union Insurance Realty Co. E. M. Michaux. ca. 1958. |
Black History Exhibit, Durham County Centennial, 1981. |
| H034 |
Founders of Service Printing Co. 1950's. Nathaniel White, ? White, David Reed, ? Swann. |
Black History Exhibit, Durham County Centennial, 1981. |
| H035 |
John Avery Boys Club. 1950's. |
Black History Exhibit, Durham County Centennial, 1981. |
| H036 |
John Avery Boys Club Van with Baseball Players. 1950's. |
Black History Exhibit, Durham County Centennial, 1981. |
| H037 |
White Rock Baptist Church. 1950's. |
Black History Exhibit, Durham County Centennial, 1981. |
| H038 |
Norfley Whitted, on WDNC Radio. 1950's. |
Black History Exhibit, Durham County Centennial, 1981. |
| H039 |
Scarborough Nursery School Rhythm Band. 1951. |
Black History Exhibit, Durham County Centennial, 1981. |
| H040 |
Boy Scout Jamboree. 1953. |
Black History Exhibit, Durham County Centennial, 1981. |
| H041 |
Soap Box Derby. 1950's? |
Black History Exhibit, Durham County Centennial, 1981. |
| H042 |
Mrs. Ruby Divine crossing guard for the Burton School area. |
Black History Exhibit, Durham County Centennial, 1981. |
| H043 |
First Black Fire Station. Station #4. 1958? |
Black History Exhibit, Durham County Centennial, 1981. |
| H044 |
First Black Assigned to a Police Patrol Car. 1950's? |
Black History Exhibit, Durham County Centennial, 1981. |
| H045 |
First Black police officer Pictured Driving Police Patrol Car. 1950's? |
Black History Exhibit, Durham County Centennial, 1981. |
| H046 |
R.N. Harris, First Black Elected to Durham City Council. Mr. Harris was elected to the council in 1953. He was also the first black appointed to the school board, in 1958. |
Black History Exhibit, Durham County Centennial, 1981. |
| H047 |
Durham Committee on Black Affairs, with Luther Hodges. 1955. The Committee meets with the Governor of North Carolina. |
Black History Exhibit, Durham County Centennial, 1981. |
| H048 |
DeShazor Beauty College. Classroom Scene. 1950's? |
Black History Exhibit, Durham County Centennial, 1981. |
| H049 |
Durham Equalization Suit. Lawyers. 1950's. Thompson, John Wheeler, others. |
Black History Exhibit, Durham County Centennial, 1981. |
| H050 |
North Carolina College. Aerial View. 1950's. |
Black History Exhibit, Durham County Centennial, 1981. |
| H051 |
Bull City Barber College. 1950. |
Black History Exhibit, Durham County Centennial, 1981. |
| H052 |
Durham Sports Club. 1950's. |
Black History Exhibit, Durham County Centennial, 1981. |
| H053 |
Lionel Hampton and John Baker with Coach Riddick. 1950's. At North Carolina College? |
Black History Exhibit, Durham County Centennial, 1981. |
| H054 |
Young Tennis Stars, Including Arthur Ashe. 1950's. Arthur Ashe is second from right. |
Black History Exhibit, Durham County Centennial, 1981. |
| H055 |
Little League Baseball Team. Service Printing. 1950. |
Black History Exhibit, Durham County Centennial, 1981. |
| H056 |
Durham Hosiery Mill. Centennial Group. 1953. Group of men shown with beards and period costumes in celebration of centennial. Front row center with stripped jacket is Marvin Herbert (Jack) Franklin. |
Unknown |
| H057 |
Durham Hosiery Mill. Looping Department. ca. 1953. Loftin C. Buchanan is at center of picture. Some black workers included. |
Unknown |
| H058 |
Durham Bulls Baseball Team. ca 1930s Seven members of the team. |
Unknown |
| H059 |
Durham Bulls Baseball Team. ca 1930's Fourteen team members. |
Unknown |
| H060 |
Boys' Shop and Young Men's Shop. 1956. Stores at S.W. corner of Main and Church Streets. 126-128 E. Main St. |
Unknown |
| H061 |
Twadell School Recital. 1950's? See G194-G195. |
Unknown |
| H062 |
Twadell School Recital. 1950's? See G194-G195. |
Unknown |
| H063 |
Durham Athletic Park. Proposed New Stadium. 1950's? |
Unknown |
| H064 |
Lincoln Hospital. 1950's? |
Unknown |
| H065 |
Herald-Sun Press Building Addition. 1950's? Architect's drawing. |
Unknown |
| H066 |
Rose Agency. Interior. 1953. |
Unknown |
| H067 |
Raleigh-Durham Airport. Administration Bldg. 1953. Architect's drawing of exterior of building. |
Unknown |
| H068 |
Raleigh-Durham Airport. Administration Bldg. 1953. Architect's drawing of plan of interior. |
Unknown |
| H069 |
Raleigh-Durham Airport. Terminal Entrance. 1950's? |
Unknown |
| H070 |
Raleigh-Durham Airport. Wide View of Terminal. 1950's. |
Unknown |
| H071 |
W.C. Lyon Service Station. ca. 1950 (+ or - 5 years). Two way service station where Omni Hotel now stands. This station was run by W.C. Lyon Co. until the city took over the land. The station was located at the rear of W.C. Lyon Hardware between Model Laundry and W.C. Lyon Co., Inc. |
Unknown |
| I001 |
'Four Acres.' House of B.N. Duke. Kitchen Interior. 1961. Although house construction and finishing dates from 1910, photo is documentation before house demolition in 1961 of extant features -- wall lamp, wall tile, floor tile, sink, ceiling lights, etc. Radiator in corner was used to heat food. House was located at SE corner of Chapel Hill & Duke Sts., diagonally across from Duke Memorial Methodist Church. |
Duke Manuscript Coll. |
| I002 |
'Four Acres.' House of B.N. Duke. Kitchen Radiator. 1961. See I001. Radiator was used to heat food or keep warm. |
Duke Manuscript Coll. |
| I004 |
North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Co. Groundbreaking.1963 |
Black History Exhibit, Durham County Centennial, 1981. |
| I005 |
North Carolina Mutual Insurance Company. Dedication. 1966. |
Black History Exhibit, Durham County Centennial, 1981. |
| I006 |
Weaver's Cleaners. 1960's. |
Black History Exhibit, Durham County Centennial, 1981. |
| I007 |
Service Printing Company. Exterior. 1960's? Corner of Pettigrew St. and Branch Pl., Hayti. |
Black History Exhibit, Durham County Centennial. |
| I008 |
Parents United. School Support Group. 1960's. |
Black History Exhibit, Durham County Centennial, 1981. |
| I009 |
Service Printing Company. Printing Press. 1960's? |
Black History Exhibit, Durham County Centennial, 1981. |
| I010 |
Women-in-Action Clearinghouse. 1960's. |
Black History Exhibit, Durham County Centennial, 1981. |
| I011 |
Women-in-Action Clearinghouse. Interior. 1960's. |
Black History Exhibit, Durham County Centennial, 1981. |
| I012 |
Black Lawyers of Durham. 1960's? |
Black History Exhibit, Durham County Centennial, 1981 |
| I013 |
Joseph Biggers, First Black Deputy Sheriff. 1960. |
Black History Exhibit, Durham County Centennial, 1981. |
| I014 |
John Avery Boys Club. Interior. 1960's? |
Black History Exhibit, Durham County Centennial, 1981. |
| I015 |
John Avery Boys Club. Exterior. 1960's? |
Black History Exhibit, Durham County Centennial, 1981. |
| I016 |
Durham School Suit Lawyers. 1960's? Conrad Pearson, ? Thompson, Floyd McKissick, William G. Marsh, John H. Wheeler. |
Black History Exhibit, Durham County Centennial, 1981. |
| I017 |
Demonstration in front of Baldwin's Dept. Store. 1960's. |
Black History Exhibit, Durham County Centennial, 1981. |
| I018 |
Civil Rights Protest. 1960's. |
Black History Exhibit, Durham County Centennial, 1981. |
| I019 |
Protest March. Urban Renewal. 1960's. |
Black History Exhibit, Durham County Centennial, 1981. |
| I020 |
Durham Committee on Black Affairs. 1960's? |
Black History Exhibit, Durham County Centennial, 1981. |
| I021 |
Leroy Walker showing trophies. 1960's. |
Black History Exhibit, Durham County Centennial, 1981. |
| I022 |
Ervin Homes receiving varsity letter, N.C. State. ca. 1965. Homes was the first black to receive an Atlantic Coast Conference varsity letter. |
Black History Exhibit, Durham County Centennial, 1981. |
| J001 |
William Bell, Chairman of County Commissioners. 1970. Bell was the first black chairman of the Durham County Commissioners. . |
Black History Exhibit, Durham County Centennial, 1981. |
| J002 |
W.G. Pearson, first black judge in Durham County. ca.1976. |
Black History Exhibit, Durham County Centennial, 1981. |
| J003 |
North Carolina Braille Magazine. Founder Lyda Merrick.1970's. Founder Lyda Merrick is in center. |
Black History Exhibit, Durham County Centennial, 1981. |
| J004 |
Injection Molding Company, UDI Industrial Park. 1979. Interior of plant located in the United Durham Incorporated Industrial Park. |
Black History Exhibit, Durham County Centennial, 1981. |
| J005 |
United Durham Incorporated Supermarket. 1974. |
Black History Exhibit, Durham County Centennial, 1981. |
| J006 |
N.C. Central School of Library Science. Faculty. 1970-71. Back row -- Hagel Stephenson, Dean Annette L. Phinazee, Evelyn Pope. Front row -- Dorothy Campbell, Ann Jenkins, Tommie Young. |
Unknown. |
| J007 |
N.C. Central University. Founders' Day. ca. 1975. Front row: Louise Holmes Elder (widow of Alfonso Elder, second president of N.C.C.U.), not known, Carolyn Smith Green (Dr. Shepard's granddaughter), Annie Day Shepard Smith (Dr. Shepard's daughter), Lillie Shepard Boulware (Dr. Shepard's sister), Marjorie Augusta Shepard (Dr. Shepard's daughter). |
Unknown. |
| OA001 |
Bennett Place. Civil War Site. Pencil Drawing. ca. 1870. Copy of drawing shows site where Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston formally surrendered to Union General William T. Sherman in 1865. Site was formally dedicated in the 1920's. |
Unknown. |
| OC001 |
Bennett Place. Historic Civil War Site. ca. 1900. Photo of the two buildings of James Bennett's homestead, where Gen. Joseph Johnston surrendered to Gen. William T. Sherman in 1865. This photo shows the site at its most decrepit; it was dedicated in the 1920's and is now restored. |
Parnell Coll. |
| OC002 |
Cape Fear & Northern Railroad. Apex, N.C. 1903. Photo of turn-of-the-century locomotive (Engine #103) and tender poised on tracks. Excellent detail of primitive steam locomotive. |
Mac Connery |
| OC003 |
Hotel Carrolina. Veteran Reunion. ca. 1900. Large group of Spanish-American War veterans gather in front of the Hotel Carrolina for a formal reunion portrait. Veterans are in uniform and carry balloons attached to sticks. Behind them the hotel is a massive and complex example of Victorian style. Photog: Parnell |
Duke Ms. Coll. |
| OD001 |
First National Bank & Office Building. Durham. ca. 1910. Massive seven-story bank and office building located on Main Street just north of the railroad tracks was later the location of NCNB. Details of 1910 include masses of trolley car, electrical, and telephone wires; carts and horsedrawn buggy; awnings with FNB logo. |
Archives & History, Neg. #N75.6.1512. |
| OD002 |
First National Bank. Interior. ca. 1910. Interior shot of bank building shows details of classic Grecian style finish work (especially ceiling and columns), marble wall facade to teller windows, and spittoons on the floor. |
Archives & History, Neg. #N.75.6.1513 |
| OD003 |
Peerless Flour Factory. Durham Industrial District. ca.1910. Photo shows unusual construction of multi-story building -- what appears to be paper over a wood frame. Building was located at the corner of Vivian Street and McMannen Street, just south of the railroad. Chute runs to boxcar from right sude of building. |
Parnell Coll. |
| OD004 |
Old Trinity Church. Downtown Durham. ca. 1910. Photo taken in winter shows tall spire. 'Trinity' is written in the rose window over the doorway. Photog: Parnell |
Duke Ms. Coll |
| OE001 |
Downtown Durham. Main & Corcoran Streets. 1933. Photo taken from across the street shows the NW corner of Main & Corcoran, with the original Post Office, the Fidelity Bank and office building next door, the Washington Duke Hotel (twin towers) in back, and the Geer Building across the street on the right. One can look west down Main Street to Five Points and beyond to the smoke stacks of what became the L&M Tobacco Factory. Photog: Parnell |
Unknown. |
| OE002 |
Downtown Durham. Main Street Looking West. ca. 1920. View looking west toward intersection of Main & Corcoran reveals the ornate style and details of the many shop facades built after the turn of the century. Aside from the Geer Building, Post Office, and Fidelity Bank (center) one can pick out other enterprises such as Kinton's Jewelers, Doyle Florist, Merchants Bank, Florsheim Shoes, Whelan Drug Co., and Kress Dept. Store (far left). Photog: Parnell |
Unknown. |
| OE003 |
Durham County Court House. ca. 1920. Photo taken from across the street shows complete facade of Court House, located on Main Street, one block over from Union Station. Note folding chairs for passersby, trolley wires along street, and bars on windows of the fourth floor -- location of city jail. Photog: Parnell |
Unknown. |
| OE004 |
Downtown Durham. Jordan Building, Main Street. ca. 1920. Large format photo reveals details of architecture of commercial buildings, and some of the businesses housed there, such as Lipscomb-Gattis (clothing store), Rosenstein's, a billiard parlor, and, next door, Sears & Roebuck. Photog: Parnell |
Unknown. |
| OE005 |
Downtown Durham. Hackney Block, Corcoran Street. ca. 1920. Built in 1902, the Hackney Block as shown here housed the Plaza Cafe, Coleman's Drug Store, Home Insurance Agency, and other offices upstairs. Cleaning truck is parked in front. Photog: Parnell |
Unknown. |
| OE006 |
Downtown Durham. Hackney Block and Other Buildings. ca.1920. Expanded viewpoint of photo shows not only the Hackney Block (see OE005), but also the alley and building west of it, where Christian and King Printing Co. was housed. Note billboard signs painted on side of narrow alley. Photog: Parnell |
Unknown. |
| OE007 |
Downtown Durham. Chapel Hill St. Intersection. ca. 1920. Moving farther north on the street (see OE005 and OE006) one reaches the corner, and the building which housed a garage, storage, and car rental business. Windows of Christian and King Printing have been pasted over with flyers advertising a minstrel show and the musical 'Hit the Deck.' Photog: Parnell |
Unknown. |
| OE008 |
Downtown Durham. Public Service Co. ca. 1920. Building housed offices of Durham's electric company. Photog: Parnell |
Unknown. |
| OE009 |
Downtown Durham. Public Service Co. at Christmas. ca. 1920. Photo taken at twilight from building across the street details Christmas ornaments on building and merchandise on display in store windows. Photog: Parnell |
Unknown. |
| OE010 |
Downtown Durham. Chapel Hill St. from Roney. ca. 1920. Photo shows lesser style of commercial architecture on lesser street. Types of businesses include a furniture store, a battery service and tire company, a transport company, etc. Note rear of old Academy of Music (center) which was removed in the early twenties for construction of the Washington Duke Hotel (since demolished). Four buildings at extreme right were at one time occupied by the Herald-Sun Papers. Photog: Parnell |
Unknown. |
| OE011 |
Downtown Durham. Church & Parrish Streets. ca. 1920. Photo taken in winter (slush on streets) shows hardware store located at intersection. Looking east on Parrish, one can see the towers of the Washington Duke Hotel in the distance. Photog: Parnell |
Unknown. |
| OE012 |
Downtown Durham. Industrial District. ca. 1920. Rooftop photo of area SW of courthouse reveals electrical station and generating plant (center) and other buildings and businesses, such as Seeman Printery (far up the street, with rooftop sign). Durham County Courthouse upper stories and roof are visible at far right. Photog: Parnell |
Unknown. |
| OE013 |
Downtown Durham. Peabody Street & Railroad Tracks. ca.1920. Just south of Main St., Peabody St. fronted the Durham & Southern Railroad as it passed through town. Note 'back street' architecture of Peabody Drug Co., Wholesale, and lack of street frontage. Photog: Parnell |
Unknown. |
| OE014 |
Downtown Durham. Elks Lodge, Main & Market Sts. ca.1920. Note tiled roof and concrete stucco look of upper stories of building, which once housed the B.P.O.E. (Elks Lodge) and was later the location of Guaranty State Bank. Photog: Parnell |
Unknown. |
| OE015 |
Downtown Durham. The Jordan Building, Main St. ca. 1920. Located on the south side of Main Street, the Jordan Building at this point (see OE004) housed Newark Shoes ($3.50 a pair), the Gattis-Newton Clothing Store (earlier Lipscomb-Gattis), possibly a billiard parlor upstairs. Sears & Roebuck is across the street to the right. Photog: Parnell |
Unknown. |
| OE016 |
Durham Public Service Co. Ice Department. ca. 1920. Photo is of large drive-in warehouse just off railroad tracks. A later photo shows this to be the location not only of the 'Light and Power' sign, but also of the Durham Traction Company, Durham's trolley company. Photog: Parnell |
Unknown. |
| OE017 |
Southern Feed and Grocery Co. Great Jones St. ca. 1920. Photo shows long, low shed with skylights, running along Great Jones St. between Main and Chapel Hill Streets. Photog: Parnell |
Unknown. |
| OE018 |
General Service Station, Angier Avenue. E. Durham. ca. 1920. Located on a corner of Angier Avenue in East Durham, this gasoline/service station supplied Standard Oil products. Photog: Parnell |
Unknown. |
| OE019 |
C.D. Kenny Delivery Truck. ca. 1920. Photo shows full length and details of truck used to deliver the teas, coffees, and sugars of the C.D. Kenny Co. Note 5-digit phone number. Photog: Parnell |
Unknown. |
| OE020 |
Three Gulf Gasoline Trucks. ca. 1920. Photo taken from across leveled ground shows three trucks ca. 1910-20 mounted with oil drums. These are the prototypes of today's gasoline semis. Photog: Parnell |
Unknown. |
| OE021 |
Lakewood Park Bus Route. Residential Area. ca. 1920. Photo shows bus stopped at bus stop in front of a large stone house, with other equally-sized houses visible in the neighborhood. Photog: Parnell |
Unknown. |
| OE022 |
Hope Valley Bus at Five Points. ca. 1920. With trolley car passing in the background, official photo of first run of Hope Valley bus route, complete with inaugurating dignitaries, was taken at stop at Five Points. Photog: Parnell |
Unknown. |
| OE023 |
Durham Trolley Service. Women Boarding. ca. 1920. Photo of group of women in summer dress boarding electric trolley car with City Auditorium ad on cloth draped on side. Photog: Parnell |
Unknown. |
| OE024 |
Lakewood & Mangum Streets Bus Route. People boarding.ca.1920. Two buses stop for passengers in neighborhood of Salvation Army (far right) and Elliot Furniture Co. Note poster advertising Charlie Chaplin in 'The Gold Rush.' Photog: Parnell |
Unknown. |
| OE025 |
Chapel Hill Street from Willard. ca. 1925. West Chapel Hill Street looking east from intersection of Willard Street. Note Victorian houses and elevated tower for crossing guard at railroad in middle distance; Budd-Piper Roofing Co. sign across railroad, newly-built Washington Duke Hotelin the distance. Photog: Parnell |
Unknown. |
| OE026 |
West Chapel Hill Street from Duke St. 1925. View point follows trolley car and street down to barricade and construction site of overpass on W. Chapel Hill St. near Five Points. Photog: Parnell |
Unknown. |
| OE027 |
W. Chapel Hill St. Railroad Overpass Construction. 1920's. See OE026. This photo is a closer view of construction of overpass near Five Points. Two neighborhood children are unidentified. Photog: Parnell |
Unknown. |
| OE028 |
Angier Avenue, East Durham. Street Corner. ca.1920. Photo shows front view of General Service Station (see OE018) and reveals details and identities of other neighborhood businesses -- a feed store and a transport company. Photog: Parnell |
Duke Ms. Coll. |
| OE029 |
Jourdan Transfer Company. Delivery Trucks. ca. 1920. Photo shows fleet of four Mack trucks belonging to the company, fully manned and fully loaded with tiles. Photog: Parnell |
Unknown. |
| OE030 |
Railroad Crossing, South Side of Durham. ca. 1920. Aerial view shows details of trains, cars, and pedestrians at railroad crossing southeast of downtown Durham. |
Unknown. |
| OE031 |
J.S. Carr. Formal Portrait. ca. 1920. Photo has 'brushstroke' quality inherent in graininess. Photog: Parnell |
Unknown. |
| OE032 |
W.E. Lipscomb. Formal Portrait with Associates. ca. 1920. Lipscomb, associated with Gattis in a clothing store on Main St., is shown here with unidentified associates. Photog: Parnell |
Unknown. |
| OE033 |
J.T. Blackwell. Formal Portrait. ca. 1920. Formal portrait of man responsible for Bull Durham Tobacco and one of the men responsible for the growth and success of Durham. Photog: Parnell |
Unknown. |
| OE034 |
Ox with Tobacco Hogshead. Costume photo. ca. 1920. Old costume, dress-up photo shows man in boots, with shotgun, leading an ox hitched to a tobacco barrel used as a wheel. Sign above advertises 'Bull' Durham Tobacco. Photog: Parnell |
Unknown. |
| OE035 |
Tobacco Fields and Farmers. ca. 1920. Photo shows lush tobacco rows with owners/workers in field. Photog: Parnell |
Unknown. |
| OE036 |
Two Farmers and Horse in Tobacco Field. ca. 1920. Two tobacco farmers in typical bib overalls pose in lush tobacco field with horse in bridle and collar. Photog: Parnell |
Unknown. |
| OE037 |
Man Priming Tobacco. ca. 1920. Black farmer poses with leaves stripped from nearby tobacco plant. Photog: Parnell |
Unknown. |
| OE038 |
Black Workers in Young Cotton Field. ca. 1920. Photog: Parnell |
Unknown. |
| OE039 |
American Tobacco Co. Lucky Strike Display. ca. 1920. Interior shot, possibly at county fair, of Lucky Strike Cigarette display located under skylight. Note bull, sheaves of tobacco, home fireplace atmosphere, display assistants posing like mannequins, and poster with endorsements of golfers Gene Sarazen and Johnny Farrell. Photog: Parnell |
Unknown. |
| OE040 |
'Four Acres.' House of B.N. Duke. ca. 1920. Photo shows driveway and intricate landscaping of grounds in front of house. House was demolished in 1961. (See D054.) Photog: Parnell |
Unknown. |
| OE041 |
Trinity College. Library Construction Site. ca. 1920. Photo shows two women operating steamshovel whiile men in shirtsleeves look on. Robert Flowers on the wagon. |
Duke Archives, B.N. Duke Coll. |
| OE042 |
Duke University Chapel Construction. West Campus. 1926. Photog: Parnell. |
Unknown. |
| OE043 |
Duke University Chapel Construction. 1926. Photo of construction site shows men working the stone, scaffolding along the walls, men setting the stone, and the rafters of Gothic style roof. Photog: Parnell |
Unknown. |
| OE044 |
Duke University Chapel Construction. Rear Shot. 1926. Rear view of same building (OE043) shows square casement windows set into the stone wall. Photog: Parnell |
Unknown. |
| OE045 |
Funeral of James B. Duke. Procession at Trinity College.1925. Photo shows students bearing wreaths and flanking the entrance to the East Duke Building on the grounds of old Trinity College, afterwards Women's College, now East Campus of Duke University. Oct. 13, 1925. |
Duke Archives |
| OE046 |
Downtown Durham Parade. Red Cross Float. ca. 1920. Float depicting the world-wide stature and service of the American Red Cross pauses in front of the courthouse on Main Street for a picture. Photog: Parnell |
Unknown. |
| OE047 |
Traveling Men's Minstrel Troupe. Downtown Durham. 1922. Approximately 61-member traveling minstrel show poses for picture in front of Shepherd's Furniture Store in downtown Durham. Photog: Parnell |
Unknown. |
| OE048 |
Champs Baseball Team. Formal Photo. ca. 1920. Thirteen players, coach, and manager pose for formal portrait at Durham Athletic Park. Photog: Parnell |
Unknown. |
| OE049 |
Watts Hospital Nursing School Graduation. 1925. Eleven senior nursing students pose with caps and flowers on the stage of Craven Memorial Hall for graduation picture. Photog: Parnell |
Unknown. |
| OE050 |
Dedication of Bennett Place. Civil War Site. ca. 1920. Civil War veterans, families, and children gather for dedication of farm where Gen. Johnston surrendered to Gen. Sherman in 1865. Photog: Parnell |
Unknown. |
| OE051 |
Durham Dignitaries in front of City Hall. ca. 1920. 23 dignitaries gather for portrait in front of City Hall. Included are mayor, police chief, fire chief, local ministers, etc. Photog: Parnell |
Unknown. |
| OE052 |
Appliance Show on Stage. Durham Auditorium? ca. 1920. Photo of women showing off various models of iceboxes, gas stoves, kitchen tables and chairs, a hutch, etc. Photog: Parnell |
Unknown. |
| OE053 |
Appliance Show on Stage. Durham Auditorium? ca. 1920. Photo is same as OE052, but reveals other details such as vacuum cleaner and ornate decorations on walls of theatre. Photog: Parnell |
Unknown. |
| OE054 |
Mock Wedding. Children dressed up. ca. 1920. 7-8-year-olds dressed as bride, groom, and minister, pose for mock wedding picture. |
Unknown. |
| OF001 |
Public Service Company. Downtown Durham. ca. 1930. Taken from across the street, photo shows Public Service Co. building with appliances in the display windows. Photog: Parnell |
Duke Ms. Coll. |
| OF002 |
Belk's Department Store. Main Street. ca. 1930. The beginnings of the Belk-Leggett Department Store complex on the north side of Main Street. Note that only the 'B' of the name is on the building facade. Photog: Parnell |
Duke Ms. Coll. |
| OF003 |
Washington Duke Hotel. Downtown Durham. ca. 1930. Photo shows first two floors of massive hotel complex (note twin towers rising) which included other businesses such as Home Building & Loan Association. Photog: Parnell |
Duke Ms. Coll. |
| OF004 |
Mangum and Hunt Streets. Durham. ca. 1930. Photo details residential nature of Mangum Street just NE of the downtown Durham business district. Photog: Parnell |
Duke Ms. Coll. |
| OF005 |
Public Service Company. Durham. Utility Truck. ca. 1930. Photo shows bright new utility truck loaded with tools, hoses, ropes, and tool lockers. Photog: Parnell |
Duke Ms. Coll. |
| OF006 |
Durham City Bus Garage. Interior. ca. 1930. Interior shot shows Five Points and Hillsboro Road buses pulled over maintenance pits made with wooden beams. Photog: Parnell |
Duke Ms. Coll. |
| OF007 |
Empty Trolley Car Parked in Yard. ca. 1930. Note delta-and-clover symbol on side of trolley, and spare wheels and axles piled in foreground. Photog: Parnell |
Duke Ms. Coll |
| OF008 |
Durham Trolley and Bus Yard. Country Club Bus. ca. 1930. Photo shows details of parked Mack bus as well as industrial nature of surrounding area. Standard Oil Building is at right. Photog: Parnell |
Duke Ms. Coll. |
| OF009 |
Passenger Boarding Holloway Street Bus. ca. 1930. Photo reveals rural nature of street running through East Durham. Photog: Parnell |
Duke Ms. Coll. |
| OF010 |
Fayetteville Street Bus During Shift Change. ca. 1930. Bus is stopped right outside L&M tobacco factory during shift change. Women workers wear primarily white dresses. Fire Station #2 is across the street, between buildings. Photog: Parnell |
Duke Ms. Coll. |
| OF011 |
Buses Loading at Five Points. Downtown Durham. ca. 1930. Ball Park bus and another bus are loading up at Five Points. Photo reveals variety of local businesses across the street. Photog: Parnell |
Duke Ms. Coll. |
| OF012 |
Downtown Durham. Main Street Near Five Points. ca. 1930. Photo shows facades of C.D. Kenney Co. and Federal Clothing Co. Photog: Parnell |
Duke Ms. Coll. |
| OF013 |
Durham Public Service Co. Car Barn & Bus Garage. ca.1930. The Durham Public Service Co. not only operated Durham's transportation system, but furnished the city with ice and electricity. There was also a downtown store selling electrical appliances for the home. Duke Power Company later took over the electrical and transportation facilities. Public Service Co. of N.C. is the name now used by the distributor of natural gas for the city. Photog: Parnell |
Duke Ms. Coll. |
| OF014 |
Tire Shop. Interior. ca. 1930. Interior shot shows tires, chrome ornaments, and other accessories on shelves and in display cases. Early radio set with triple tuning dials sits on counter. Photog: Parnell |
Duke Ms. Coll |
| OF015 |
Tire Shop. Interior, Showing Cash Register. ca. 1930. Storage space for tires, and cash register on counter. Photog: Parnell |
Duke Ms. Coll. |
| OF016 |
Movie Made in Durham. Downtown Location. ca. 1930. Long shot from building across the street at the corner of Main & Corcoran shows cars on set in front of Post Office, camera rolling at far right, and crowds watching on both sides. Other details in photo are Perry-Horton Shoe Store, Blacknall's Drugs, and the Geer Building. This corner was rebuilt after the great fire of 1914. Photog: Parnell |
Duke Ms. Coll. |
| OF017 |
Movie Made in Durham. Close-up Still Shot. ca. 1930. Close-up of car wreckage in front of Post Office at Main and Corcoran. Movie appears to be a comedy on the slapstick side. Photog: Parnell |
Duke Ms. Coll. |
| OF018 |
American Tobacco Company Plant. Cars & Buildings. ca. 1930. Cars and motorcycles are draped with bunting, denoting some special occasion. Lucky Strike Tower is in background. Photog: Parnell |
Duke Ms. Coll. |
| OF019 |
American Tobacco Company. Warehouses in Durham. ca. 1930. Photo shows massive complex of stepped-down buildings that form part of American Tobacco Co., maker of Lucky Strike. Photog: Parnell |
Duke Ms. Coll. |
| OF020 |
'Four Acres.' B.N. Duke House. ca. 1930. Massive residence of B.N. Duke was positioned on spacious grounds with marble columned grape arbor. Block of Duke, Chapel Hill, & Willard Sts. Photog: Parnell |
Duke Ms. Coll. |
| OF021 |
'Four Acres.' Close-up of B.N. Duke House. ca. 1930. Tight shot of corner steps of house, as well as box hedges. Photog: Parnell |
Duke Ms. Coll. |
| OF022 |
'Four Acres.' B.N. Duke House. Front Entrance. ca. 1930. House was razed in 1961. Block of Chapel Hill, Duke, and Willard Streets. Photog: Parnell |
Duke Ms. Coll. |
| OF023 |
'Four Acres.' Grounds of B.N. Duke House. ca. 1930. Picture shows marble columned arbor on front walk to house. Photog: Parnell |
Duke Ms. Coll. |
| OF024 |
Edward Tyler Rollins. Portrait. 1930? Mr. Rollins owned and published the Durham Morning Herald from 1894 until his death in 1931. Photog: Parnell |
Duke Ms. Coll. |
| OF025 |
Duke Hospital Staff. 1931. Thirty-one men stand outside the Davison entrance to what is now Duke Hospital South, the original Duke Hospital Building. Dr. Davison, for whom this first building was eventually named, is #21. Photog: Richardson |
Thomas T. Jones |
| OF026 |
West Durham. Main Street Looking West. Aerial Shot.ca.1930. Clear Shot of West Durham (west of Broad St.) shows the Erwin Mill (later Burlington Domestics) with its pond, Erwin Auditorium across the street off Erwin Road running west, the baseball diamond at Broad & Main, and in the distance to the left, Duke Chapel. |
Archives & History, Neg.#N.53.15.3497 |
| OF027 |
West Durham. Close-up of Erwin Mills. Aerial Shot ca.1930. Shot shows details of mill and commercial buildings across Ninth Street. |
Archives & History, Neg.#N.53.15.3493 |
| OF028 |
West Durham. Ninth Street Looking North. ca. 1930. Aerial photo shows railroad overpass just south of Ninth Street on Erwin Road, and then, looking north and east, the still fairly undeveloped area to the north, and Duke's East Campus at far right. |
Archives & History, Neg.#N.53.15.3494 |
| OF029 |
West Durham. Looking East from Erwin Mills. ca. 1930. Aerial view shows details of the mill and the facades of shops on Ninth Street. Duke's East Campus can be seen in the distance at center. |
Archives & History, Neg.#N.53.15.3492 |
| OF030 |
West Durham. Ninth Street. Aerial View. ca. 1930. Close-up of Ninth Street and Hillsboro Road shows details of Erwin Mills and shops on Ninth Street. |
Archives & History, Neg.#N.53.15.3496 |
| OF031 |
Duke University. Stadium. Aerial Close-up. ca. 1930. Photo shows stadium filled to capacity for football game. Note Duke Chapel, West Campus buildings, and Duke Hospital in center distance. Stadium was later named Wallace Wade Stadium in honor of Duke's great football coach. During his tenure the only Rose Bowl game played outside of California was played here in 1942, because of wartime concerns about the west coast. |
Archives & History, Neg.#N.53.15.8341 |
| OF032 |
Duke University. Stadium. Aerial Long Shot. ca. 1930. Stadium, parking lots, and buildings of West Campus can be seen. |
Archives & History, Neg.#53.15.8341 |
| OF033 |
Duke University. Stadium and Parking. ca. 1930. Aerial photo shows capacity crowd and parking in lots and adjacent roads. |
Archives & History, Neg.#N.53.15.8344 |
| OF034 |
Duke University. Stadium and West Campus. ca. 1930. Aerial shot gives clear view of packed stadium and chapel quad, with huge parking areas. |
Archives & History, Neg.#N.53.15.8343 |
| OF035 |
West Durham. Main Street and Railroad Looking East.ca.1930. Aerial shot follows street and tracks from corner of Ninth and Main Sts. going east toward downtown Durham. Duke's East Campus is at top left. |
Archives & History, Neg.#N.53.15.3495 |
| OF036 |
Bahama Railroad Station. ca. 1930. Tiny wooden structure was train stop for area northeast of Durham. 'L & D' symbol scroll-cut into gable indicates Lynchburg and Durham division of Norfolk & Western Railroad. |
Mac Connery |
| OF037 |
Durham & Southern Railroad. Engine #1140. 1939. Photo shows details of 4-8-0 12-wheeler #1140 rolling along track./p> |
Mac Connery |
| OF038 |
Durham & Southern Railroad. Engine #201. 1939. Shot shows features of 2-10-0 decapod #201. Engineer is Walter Williams; fireman is Clarence Lowery. |
Mac Connery |
| OG001 |
The Herald-Sun Building. Downtown Durham. ca. 1940-50. Tight shot of the Chapel Hill St. side of the building addition to the Durham Morning Herald and Durham Sun newspaper business. Photog: Charles Cooper. |
Durham Morning Herald |
| OG002 |
The Herald-Sun Building. Market & Chapel Hill Sts. 1940's? Photo taken from across the street shows original turn-of-the century building and its '30's addition. Building housed Durham's morning and afternoon newspapers and radio station WDNC (note neon sign on top of addition). (Cars look late 40's or 50's) Photog: Charles Cooper. |
Durham Morning Herald |
| OG004 |
Edgemont Graded School. East Durham. 1940's. Picture shows front of double-winged elementary school. Uniformed crossing guard allows young student to cross the street. Photog: Charles Cooper |
Durham Morning Herald |
| OG005 |
Watts Hospital. New Addition. ca. 1940's? Photo shows new square brick addition to Watts Hospital, located at Ninth Street and W. Club Boulevard. (Hospital later became N.C. School of Science & Mathematics.) Photog: Whitney & Scott |
Durham Morning Herald |
| OG006 |
Lincoln Hospital. Fayetteville Street. ca. 1940. Photo shows front of the hospital built to serve the black community in Durham. It is now a community clinic. Photog: Jack Williams |
Durham Morning Herald |
| OG007 |
Murray Avenue Looking West. ca. 1953. Paved street meets dirt road at this corner, showing suburban to rural nature of some parts of Durham. |
Archives & History, Neg.#N.53.16.1677 |
| OG008 |
Roxboro Road, N. Bragtown. ca. 1953. A.T. & T. switching station is at left. Archives & History, Neg.#N.53.16.1679 |
Archives & History, Neg.#N.53.16.1679 |
| OG009 |
Miles Restaurant, Yost Awning Shop, Etc. ca. 1940. Photo shows 'light' commercial street. |
Archives & History, Neg.#N.53.16.1675 |
| OG010 |
Miles Restaurant. Front View. ca. 1940. Photo shows front of restaurant and adjacent parking lot. |
Archives & History, Neg.#N.53.16.1676 |
| OG011 |
Berry's Self-Service. Durham Road Scene. ca. 1940. Picture reveals undeveloped aspect of outer areas of Durham. Photo shows small grocery store, tire shop, Amoco gas station, and church distributed along the highway. |
Archives & History, Neg.#N.53.16.1678 |
| OG012 |
Duke University. Parking Lot off Main Quad. ca. 1940. Growth of the university's parking problems is revealed in this early photo of cars parked on the leveled dirt lot in back of the dormitories on the SE side of the main quadrangle. Photog: Jack Williams |
Durham Chamber of Commerce |
| OG013 |
Westinghouse Electrical Generator. ca. 1940. Generator at old Watts Hospital? Or Hillandale Water Filter Plant? |
Unknown. |
| OG014 |
Durham & Southern Railroad. Engine # 200. 1940. 2-10-0 Decapod #200 locomotive and tender backed up to another locomotive proceed down the track behind houses. Photog: Wiley Bryan |
Mac Connery |
| OG015 |
Durham & Southern Railroad. Engine # 202. 1940. 2-10-0 Decapod #202 proceeds along track. Photog: Wiley Bryan |
Mac Connery |
| OG016 |
Durham & Southern Railroad. Engine #1140. 1940. 4-8-0 12-wheeler #1140 with engineer and fireman stands in rail yards. Photog: Wiley Bryan |
Mac Connery |
| OG017 |
Durham & Southern Railroad. Engine #201. 1940. 2-10-0 Decapod #201 with tender backs down track. Photog: Wiley Bryan |
Mac Connery |
| OG018 |
Southern Railroad. Engine #315. 1944. Built in Richmond, VA, in 1901, this 2-8-0 Consolidation #315 locomotive was photographed by Tom Wicker. |
Mac Connery |
| OG019 |
Norfolk & Western Railroad. Engine #209. 1944. Seen pulling west out of Union Station past the county courthouse and the backs of shops on Peabody St., this engine, built in the Roanoke shops in 1926, was a K-3 class 4-82 Mountain, #209. |
Mac Connery |
| OG020 |
Southern Railroad. Engine #319. 1946. This 2-8-0 Consolidation, no. #319, was built in Richmond, VA, in 1901. |
Mac Connery |
| OG021 |
Southern Railroad. Engine #2211. 1948. An Alco S-2 Switcher #2211 with 1,000 HP approaches water tower. Photog: Tom Wicker |
Mac Connery |
| OG022 |
Seaboard Airline Railroad. Engine #503. 1949. Freight train rolls east out of Durham, leaving the county courthouse and other business district buildings in the background. |
Mac Connery. |
| OH001 |
Durham County Court House. Downtown Durham. ca. 1950. 3/4 shot of the Court House, located on Main St., just north of the railroad station. Note bars on windows of fourth floor, where city jail was located. Photog: Jack Williams |
Durham Chamber of Commerce |
| OH002 |
Durham City & County Department of Health. ca. 1950. Previously used as a department store, this building at the corner of E. Main and Roxboro housed the Health Dept. Photog: Jack Williams |
Durham Chamber of Commerce |
| OH003 |
Durham City Hall. Morris St. & Manning Place. ca. 1950. Double-winged building extended back to Durham Auditorium on Roney St. side. In 1978 a new City Hall was built further east, off Mangum Street in the downtown area. This building became the Durham Arts Council Building (Royall Arts Center). Photog: Jack Williams |
Durham Chamber of Commerce |
| OH004 |
Durham Armory/Civic Center. Corner of Morgan & Foster. 1950. Note medieval turret style of architecture and fortress-like quality of building. Photog: Jack Williams |
Durham Chamber of Commerce |
| OH005 |
The Fuller School. Durham City School System. ca. 1950. Massive two-story brick double-winged building represented typical public school construction in cities in the 30's and 40's. Photog: Charles Cooper |
Durham Chamber of Commerce |
| OH006 |
Norfolk and Western Railroad. Engine #946. 1950. W-2 Class 2-80 Consolidation #946 locomotive and tender wait on track. |
Mac Connery |
| OH007 |
Norfolk & Western Railroad. Engine #577. 1950. E2A Class, 4-6-2 Pacific #577 locomotive was built in 1910 at Alco, Richmond, and scrapped May 1951. |
Mac Connery |
| OH008 |
Seaboard Airline Railroad. Engine #1057. 1951. L-5 Class 0-60 swicher #1057 locomotive and tender on track. |
Mac Connery |
| OH009 |
Durham & Southern Railroad. Engine #403. 1952. 2-10-0 Decapod #403 locomotive and tender stand on track. |
Mac Connery |
| OH010 |
Durham & Southern Railroad. Engine #203. 1952. 2-10-0 Decapod #203 locomotive and tender on track |
Mac Connery |
| OH011 |
Norfolk & Western Railroad. Engine #1129. 1952. M2 class 4-80 12-wheeler #1129 was built in 1910 by Baldwin and scrapped November 1956. |
Mac Connery |
| OH012 |
Durham & Southern Railroad. Engine #202. 1953. 2-10-0 Decapod #202 locomotive and freight train chug down track. The engineer is E.B. Brewer. |
Mac Connery |
| OH013 |
Durham & Southern Railroad. Engine #200. 1953. 2-10-0 Decapod #200 with tender and another locomotive. |
Mac Connery |
| OH014 |
Nello L. Teer Co. Railroad Train. Engine #54. 1953. This double front locomotive with the cab in the middle was sold to the Cuban government in 1956. Photog: Bob Drake |
Mac Connery |
| OH015 |
Durham & Southern Railroad. Engine #202. 1953. 2-10-0 Decapod #202 locomotive with tender was a 1933 Baldwin and was photographed outside of Apex, N.C., pulling freight. |
Mac Connery |
| PA00 |
Sketch of the Original Public Library. 1920s. |
| PA01 |
Bookmobile with patrons. 1920s. |
| PA02 |
Miss Kiwanis bookmobile with patrons. 1920s. |
| PA03 |
Miss Kiwanis bookmobile with patrons. Near building labeled 'Boy Scouts Cabin', 1920s. |
| PA04 |
Miss Kiwanis bookmobile with patrons. 'Return: Miss Clara Crawford, Librarian, Durham Public Library.Left to right: Mrs. Ethlynne Graham Pickett (Newark, NJ), Miss Clara Crawford, Mrs. A.F. Griggs, Mr. Felix Ackerman (driver), 1920s. |
| PA05 |
Miss Kiwanis bookmobile. Inscription: '4x4 Miss Kiwanis', 1920s. |
| PA06 |
Bookmobile. |
| PA07 |
Library interior, children's corner. Main Street Library, 1920s. |
| PA08 |
Library interior, entrance. Main Street Library, 1920s. 'Entrance and changing area.' |
| PA09 |
Exterior frontal view of library. Main Street Library, 1920s. 'Front of old Library' |
| PA10 |
Interior view, reading room. Main Street Library. 'Reading Room, Old Main Library, ca. 1935-36, Durham, NC. |
| PA11 |
Exterior corner view of library. Main Street Library, 1920s. |
| PA12 |
Patrons gathered around the circulation desk. Main Street Library, February 29, 1928. |
| PB01 |
Display case. November 1936. 'Book week display case Nov, 1936 figures from Macmillan.' |
| PB03 |
Bookmobile with patrons. 1930s. |
| PB04 |
Bookmobile with patron. 1930s. |
| PB05 |
Bookmobile with patrons. Highway 70 and 54, Nelson Woman's Club, ca. 1933. |
| PB06 |
Bookmobile with patrons. Roxboro Road, Smith's Service Station, ca. 1933. |
| PB07 |
Bookmobile with patrons. |
| PB08 |
Bookmobile with patrons. 1930s. |
| PB09 |
Bookmobile with patrons. 1930s. |
| PB10 |
Bookmobile with patrons. 1930s. |
| PB11 |
Bookmobile with patrons. 1930s. |
| PB12 |
Bookmobile with patrons. 1930s. |
| PB13 |
Woman and child at bookmobile. 1930s. |
| PB14 |
Bookmobile with patrons. 1930s. |
| PB15 |
Durham Public Library Photo |
| PB16 |
Durham Public Library Photo |
| PB17 |
Durham Public Library Photo |
| PB18 |
Durham Public Library Photo |
| PB19 |
Woman with books, probably at a bookmobile stop. 1930s. |
| PB21 |
Log cabin, probably at a bookmobile stop. 1930s. |
| PB22 |
Bookmobile with patrons. 1930s. |
| PB23 |
Bookmobile with a group of children. 1930s. |
| PB24 |
Bookmobile with a group of children. 1930s. |
| PB25 |
Two children reading under a tree, probably at a bookmobile. 1930s. |
| PB26 |
Bookmobile with patrons. 1930s. |
| PB27 |
Bookmobile with a group of children. 1930s. |
| PB28 |
Bookmobile with a group of children. 1930s. |
| PB29 |
Woman (with books) and child on a front porch. 1930s. |
| PB30 |
Bookmobile, front view. 1930s. |
| PB31 |
Bookmobile with patrons. Bragtown, August 10, 1938. |
| PB32 |
Bookmobile with patrons. 1930s. |
| PB33 |
Three young boys reading in front of the bookmobile. Bragtown, August 10, 1938 |
| PB34 |
Bookmobile in front of a store. Store stop, Old Raleigh Hwy., 1938 |
| PB35 |
Group of children in front of bookmobile. 1930s. |
| PB36 |
Woman and young children in front of bookmobile. Bragtown, August 10, 1938 |
| PB37 |
Man taking books out of bookmobile. 1930s. |
| PB38 |
Side view of bookmobile. 1930s. |
| PB39 |
Group of men in front of bookmobile. 1930s. |
| PB40 |
Group of men in front of bookmobile. CC Camp Boys 1936-38. |
| PB41 |
Exterior view of library, Main Street. Main Street entrance, Durham Public Library 1938. |
| PB42 |
Exterior view of library, Main Street. Durham Public Library building, 1938. |
| PB43 |
Exterior front view of library, Main Street. Main entrance, 1938. |
| PB44 |
Exterior front view of library, Main Street. Kodak picture taken in August 1938. |
| PB45 |
Rear exterior view of library, Main Street. Rear view of library, 1938. |
| PB46 |
Clara Crawford standing on a deck. 1930s, Clara Crawford |
| PC01 |
Two women in the stacks. Edith Horton (r) helps a patgron in the library stacks. ca. 1943 |
| PC02 |
Five library employees inside the Main Street Library. Ca. 1944. Edna Carter Left - 1, Sophronica Webb Left - 2, Pearl Lunsford Left - 3, Clara Crawford second from right, Eva Carter first on right. Ca. 1944. |
| PC03 |
Main Street Library interior, children's room. Children's room in the Main Street Library, ca. 1948-49. |
| PC04 |
Main Street Library interior. Main Street Library, ca 1946-47 |
| PC05 |
Exterior front view of Main Street Library. 1940s. Stamped on back: Herald Sun Photo, Durham NC; Charles H. Cooper, Photographer |
| PC06 |
Children reading in the Main Street Library. 1940s. Children room at the Main Street Library. |
| PC07 |
Children reading in the children's room, Main Street Library. Ca. 1940s Children room at Main Street Library. |
| PC08 |
Children reading at the Y.E. Smith Branch library. YE Smith Branch Library, 1944. |
| PC09 |
Children inside Y.E. Smith Branch library. Y.E. Smith Branch library, 1944. Mrs. B.R. Jordan at desk ca 1948-49 |
| PC10 |
Children's party, Y.E. Smith Branch library. Y.E. Smith Branch library, 1940s. |
| PC11 |
Children's party, Y.E. Smith Branch library. Y.E. Smith Branch library, 1940s. |
| PC12 |
Children's party, Y.E. Smith Branch library. Y.E. Smith Branch library, 1940s. |
| PC13 |
Women in front of bookmobile. Margaret Allman in center, ca. 1941-42. |
| PC14 |
Woman in front of bookmobile. Nora Rose, 1939. |
| PC15 |
Woman in field. Nora Rose, 1939. |
| PC16 |
Woman in front of bookmobile. Pearl P. Hall, ca. 1940-41. |
| PC17 |
Library at Camp Butner. Barracks at Camp Butner, 1941. |
| PD01 |
Five employees inside the Main Street Library. Staff room, 1950s. Mrs. M. Andrew Cushman, Mrs. Rollins Carter, Mrs. Bradley Morton, Mrs. Pearl Hall Skipper Skoggins.Stamped on back: Herald-Sun Photo by Tony Rumple. |
| PD02 |
Two men and two women inside the library. 1950s. Stamped on back: Larry Martin, photographer, Herald-Sun. |
| PD03 |
Two men and two women inside the Main Street Library. 1950s. R. W. Ledford; Claude C. Cannon; Mrs. M. Andrew Cushman, librarian; Mrs. Robert Swan, Assistant Librarian. Lounge.Stamped on back: Larry Martin, Photographer, Herald-Sun. |
| PD04 |
Library employee and two patrons. Catherine Johnson at desk, ca. 1959.Stamped on back: Herald-Sun Photo, Charles H. Cooper, Photographer. |
| PD05 |
Librarian and two children inside library, Bragtown Branch Library, Thursday, March 19, 1939. |
| PD06 |
Two women and three children inside the bookmobile. Edith Horton, first on left. Ca. 1955-56.Stamped on back: Herald-Sun Photo by Tony Rumple. |
| PD07 |
Library employee and two patrons inside the Main Street Library. Boots Booth at desk, ca 1954-55.Stamped on back: Herald-Sun Photo, Charles H. Cooper, Photographer. |
| PD08 |
Three women inside bookmobile. Edith Horton on left, 1950.Stamped on back: Whitley-Strawbridge. |
| PD09 |
Rear view of bookmobile with doors open. Ca. 1958-59. |
| PD10 |
View inside bookmobile. 1950s. |
| PD11 |
Child in front of a bulletin board (reading club), Main Street Reading Club, ca. 1955.Stamped on back: Herald-Sun photo. Charles H. Cooper, Photographer. |
| PD12 |
Interior view of Children's Room, Main Street Library. 1950s. Stamped on back: Ramsey Studio, Durham, NC. |
| PD13 |
Interior view of Children's Room, Main Street Library. 1950s. Stamped on back: Ramsey Studio, Durham, NC. |
| PD14 |
Interior view of Children's Room, Main Street Library. Children's Room, Main Street Library, Ca, 1956-57. Stamped on back: Ramsey Studio, Durham, NC. |
| PD15 |
Miss Clara Crawford, Main Street Library. Miss Clara Crawford. |
| PE01 |
View of Julian S. Carr portrait on library wall. General Julian S. Carr, portrait ca. 1967-1968. Photo by I.M. Thornton, Durham-Herald Sun. |
| PE02 |
First Gaylord charge card being issued. Miss Jane Pickett and George Linder presenting the first new Gaylord charge card to Marion Fowler, former Library Board Chairman. Ca. 1966. Photo by Charles H. Cooper, Durham Herald-Sun. |
| PE03 |
Four men in the library. Left to Right: John Wheeler, DCCL Board Member; J. Russell Bailey, Architect; Benjamin Powell, DCCL Board Member; George Linder, President. Ca. 1966. Photo by Harold Moore, Durham Herald-Sun. |
| PE04 |
Plaque being presented to George Linder. Other men not identified. 1960s. Photo by Jim Thornton, Durham Herald-Sun. |
| PE05 |
Library employees with new copier machine. Mrs. Cathie Smith and Mrs. Edna Carter with new Xerox machine, 1967. Photo by Harold Moore, Durham Herald-Sun. |
| PE06 |
George Linder and Ray Moore looking at a map. Ca. 1966. |
| PE07 |
Bookmobile. Location unknown, Ca. 1961-62. |
| PE08 |
Bookmobile. Location unknown, Ca. 1969-70. |
| PE09 |
Bookmobile. Location unknown, 1960s. |
| PE10 |
Woman and two children holding a bird's nest In the library. 1960s. |
| PE11 |
Pearl P. Hall at work. Ca. 1965-66. |
| PE12 |
Children in front of library. Special Project, North Carolina Volunteers, Bragtown Branch Library. Ray Moore,back left. June 30, 1964. |
| PE13 |
DCLA officers. John Johnson, Selena Wheeler, Sadie Hughley, Eunice Drum, Joe Rees. February 14, 1968. |
| PE14 |
People looking at a draft of by-laws. Sally Spears, Travis Porter, C.C. Spaulding, Jr., Barbara Smith. Feb. 14, 1968. |
| PE15 |
Retirement party and dinner. Left to Right: Benjamin Powell, Board Chairman; Frances McDonald, retired bookmobile librarian; Lizzie R. Noell, retired children's librarian; Alan Ekbert, Acting Director. October 8, 1965. |
| PE16 |
New library employees. (Standing) G.R. Linder, Dale Gaddis, Pam Sprinkle; (seated) Eleanor Hinton, Pam Caldwell, Blondina Lawson. Ca. 1967. |
| PE17 |
Interior of Main Street Library. Main Room of Library. Ca. 1963. |
| PE19 |
Two young women study at the library as patrons browse in the background. ca. 1963 |
| PE20 |
In the stacks of the library. Jeanine Pickren, library assistant, holds up a very full shelf of books. ca. 1963 |
| PE21 |
Sophronia Webb, library employee, hard at work at the library. ca. 1963 |
| PE22 |
Miss Lucy Lanning, assistant librarian, and Mrs. H. B. Alexander, librarian, at the wheel of the bookmobile. ca. 1961 or 1962. |
| PE23 |
Employees shelving books, Main Street Library. Mary Ann Howell, Katherine Johnson. Ca 1961-62. |
| PE24 |
Employee working in the stacks, Main Street Library. Mrs. Rollins (Edna) Carter. Ca 1968-69. |
| PE25 |
Presentation of a book, library, Main Street Library. Katherine Johnson. Ca. 1962-63. |
| PE26 |
Children looking at library display, Main Street Library. Ca. 1966-67. |
| PE27 |
Library employee Dale Gaddis on the phone, Main Street Library. Inauguration of INWATS reference service, Dale Gaddis, 1968. |
| PE28 |
Two library employees at the card catalog, Main Street Library. Mrs. Judy Harris and George Linder. 1965. |
| PF01 |
Library employees at work. Gladys Hawkins first on left; Geraldine Veasey second on left; Eleanor Hinton third on left; Pearl P. Hall second on right; Jean C. Pickett first on right. Ca 1971-72. |
| PF02 |
Books stacked in the restroom, library annex, Main Street Library Annex, ca. 1976. |
| PF03 |
Interior view of Main Street Library. Main Library, ca. 1975. |
| PF04 |
Interior view of Main Street Library. Old Main Library, ca. 1969-70. |
| PF05 |
Buckets catching water dripping from the ceiling, Main Street Annex, ca. 1976. |
| PF06 |
Unidentified library employee amid stacks of newspapers, Main 1970s. |
| PF07 |
George Linder and others at Parkwood Branch Library. Parkwood, 1975. |
| PF08 |
Opening of Parkwood Branch Library, George Linder and others opening Parkwood, July 1975. |
| PF09 |
Dr. Benjamin Powell, Board Chairman. Ca. 1972. |
| PF10 |
Front exterior, Main Street Library. 1970s. |
| PF11 |
Woman covered in dust jackets. Shirley Brown. July 27, 1977. |
| PF12 |
Exterior detail of Main Street Library. 1970s. |
| PF13 |
Exterior detail of Main Street Library. 1970s. |
| PF14 |
Breaking ground for new library on Roxboro Road. 1979. |
| PF15 |
Breaking ground for new library on Roxboro Road. 1979. |
| PF16 |
Breaking ground for new library on Roxboro Road. 1979. |
| PF17 |
Breaking ground for new library on Roxboro Road. 1979. |
| PG01 |
New library dedication, Roxboro Road. 1980. |
| PG02 |
Retirement dinner of George Linder, March 30, 1982. From left to right: Dale Gaddis, Library Director; Ed Swindell, County Manager; Carolyn Linder, wife of George Linder; George Linder; and Sally Spears, Library Board Chair. The dinner was held at the Duke University West Campus Union Ballroom. |
| PG03 |
Library staff take inventory. Library workers Leonard Sherwin, George Linder, Kathy Walters, Laura Gorham take inventory at the main library. September 1982 |
| PG04 |
Lower back entrance to the main library. Ca. 1984. |
| PG05 |
Front exterior, Roxboro Road Library. Ca. 1984. |
| PG06 |
Back exterior, Roxboro Road Library. September 1980. |
| PG07 |
Unveiling of George Linder portrait, Roxboro Road Library. James Nicholson, Selena Wheeler, George Linder, Dale Gaddis. January 28, 1985. |
| PG08 |
Book sale, Roxboro Road Library. Friends of Library book sale. Leonard Sherwin, Rosella Fuerston, Lorwina Sherwin, Dale Gaddis. 1982. |
| PG09 |
All-American City celebration, Roxboro Road Library. John Mickle, Chairman of the Durham All-American City Committee; Dale Gaddis, Director of Durham County Public Library. April 1983. |
| PG10 |
Puppet show, Roxboro Road Library. Puppet show at the All-American City celebration, April 20, 1983. |
| PG11 |
Puppet show, Roxboro Road Library. Puppet show at the All-American City celebration, April 20, 1983. |
| PG12 |
Two women looking at brochures, Roxboro Road Library. Phyllis Muhammad, Doretha Hamidullah, and her 21 month old daughter, Madinah, looking over information pamphlets on area schools. |
| PG13 |
All-American City celebration, Roxboro Road Library. All-American City celebration, April 20, 1983. |
| PG14 |
Using the microfiche machine, Roxboro Road Library. Dale Gaddis, Peter Neal, Anne Berkley,others not identified. December 1982. |
| PG15 |
Using the microfiche machine, Roxboro Road Library. Peter Neal, Anne Berkley, Dale Gaddis. December 1982. |
| PG16 |
Library board and director, Roxboro Road Library. Minnie Spaulding, James Nicholson, Sally Spears, Constance Watts, Dale Gaddis. July 25, 1983. |
| PG17 |
Library staff outside the Roxboro Road Library. Durham County Library staff at Pearl Hall's retirement, August 1985. |
| PG18 |
Iola Parker, volunteer, in the North Carolina Room. 1988. |
| PG19 |
Annie Pool, volunteer, in the North Carolina Room. 1988. |
