Identification Please!, Local History, Photograph Collection

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!, Local History, Photograph Collection

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

Genealogy, Identification Please!, Local History, Photograph Collection

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!