Definitely a long shot, but no reason not to try. Someone dropped this photograph off at Malloy-Jordan Heritage Center the other day. They knew nothing about it. Nor do we. Take a look...if you see something you recognize, let us know...
Category: Identification Please!
A 1940ish group…updat 002…
A lot of very smart people visit our blog. Here is what one of them has to say about the "1940ish" picture: "Ten women,and twenty-seven men with no dogs or children, exceedingly odd for a church picture. It's cold and the site has been chosen, indeed well known for a group shot in bleacher style.… Continue reading A 1940ish group…updat 002…
A 40ish group…update 001
As always, click on the pic for full size OK, the chase is on. Molly Levin Beck thinks that she knows a couple of the folks pictured…her uncle Charlie Church and his wife Polly Lineberry Church. Charlie served on the first 20th century integrated board of aldermen with the Reverend Kenneth Williams under two mayors,… Continue reading A 40ish group…update 001
A 1940ish group…
At this time of family gatherings, we have come upon a photograph of a similar gathering taken sometime around 1940. As always, click the pic for full size. Homer Snow is standing behind his wife Margaret. He operated Snow Electric Company, which in 1939 was located at 205-207 North Main Street. By 1939, it had… Continue reading A 1940ish group…
A bonus biography…
Molly Levin Beck, who provided most of the information about the Watson Avenue photos last week, strikes again. She posted a comment suggesting that the RJR teacher who was the recipient of the dedication of the 1924 RJR High School Black & Gold might have had the first name Ione, rather than Jone or Joan.… Continue reading A bonus biography…
Identification please, part 2…
We had great success last week in identifying about 60 people and a dog in two previously anonymous photographs taken on Watson Avenue in 1956. Now let's take on a much more difficult assignment. Before she left for Roma, Molly Rawls posted another picture, this one of an early 20th century elementary school class, with… Continue reading Identification please, part 2…
Identification Please! Winston-Salem’s Watson Avenue residents, 1956
Watson Avenue adults and children gathered for a group photo in September 1956. Tom Coppedge, local photographer, probably took the photograph of his neighbors, but that is all that is known about the people and the occasion other than Harold Vogler is in the adult photo on the right in the center row. Can anyone… Continue reading Identification Please! Winston-Salem’s Watson Avenue residents, 1956
Identification Please! Winston-Salem elementary school class about 1920
This photograph is a recent donation to the Photograph Collection. The only person identified in the group is Richard Eugene Moester (1912-1968), third from the left on the top row. Richard graduated from R. J. Reynolds High School in 1931. He lived on S. Main Street in 1930 and on S. Trade Street in 1928. … Continue reading Identification Please! Winston-Salem elementary school class about 1920
Identification Please!
The library's Photograph Collection contains thousands of identified and unidentified photographs. Most photographs feature local people, places and events, while some go beyond the city's border. I will post on this site images that may not be completely identified or verified, and would like to hear from anyone who can either identify or verify the… Continue reading Identification Please!
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