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UPDATE: Commenter "Outside Food," a professor at Drexel University, was the first to identify the location of this January 1940 photo of Durham, North Carolina, by Arthur Rothstein.
"Aerial view of Xxxxx." Who'll be the first to tell us where we are? View full size.
73 years later
... I picked up a money order in that post office.
Signage
Not sure about the town, but the street is Priscilla Lane.
The Roaring Twenties
Released in 1939. Directed by Raoul Walsh. One of three movies featuring both Cagney and Bogart.
Center Theater in Durham, NC
Durham, NC
Post office on East Chapel Hill Street -- still in use.
We Are Landing In Durham NC
Mostly tobacco warehouses. (what else?)
Durham, NC
Google search does a great job, doesn't it?
Durham, North Carolina
Looking northeast from the Washington Duke Hotel, 1940 - East Chapel Hill St. is in the foreground. Tobacco warehouses cover the landscape north of Morgan St.
PS: I cheated and Googled.
The location
This photo was taken in Durham, North Carolina. The giveaway was the Star Brick Warehouse.
Durham, North Carolina
Durham, NC. Photographed January 1940 by Arthur Rothstein.
Durham, NC
Durham, NC Chapel Hill Street. The Durham hotel is at the site of the Center Theatre, but maintains some of the same architectural spirit.
Durham, NC
From the first picture on this page, it looks like Durham, NC. The post office and furniture store are the same.
Roaring Twenties and Furniture Stores
Durham North Carolina.
Overlooking in front,
Huntley-Stockton-Hill Furniture Co.
307-309 East Chapel Hill Street
Tire Recapping
Using the name on the tire recapping place I'll opt for Durham North Carolina (and am prepared to be proven wrong !!)
I'm going to say
Based upon the tire place back behind the post office I'm going to say Durham, North Carolina
Durham, NC
Durham, NC
I'm pretty certain this is Chapel Hilll Street in Durham NC.
Looks like Durham, NC
East Chapel Hill Street maybe.
Durham, NC
That corner is about a mile from my house.
The Little House
Looks like a town an hour or two east of me down 40 called Durham, but what is most interesting to me is the holdout house at left center that could have been the inspiration for the children's book The Little House!
Winston-Salem
Winston-Salem North Carolina. North Liberty and W. Fourth Street.
Durham, NC
Pretty sure this is Durham, NC. I think the Liberty warehouses in the background have been turned into luxury condos.
The Centers gone
You would be watching movies in Dhuram N.C.
Durham, North Carolina
By Carver, Currin, and Cozart's Big 4 tobacco warehouse. By the movie marquee, it's late 1939 or early 1940.
Durham N.C.
In the general area of 322 E. Chapel Hill St.
Durham, North Carolina
Home of the Durham Tire Exchange. And Duke University, I believe.
Durham, NC
Post Office Google-searchable; evidently department store's headquarters in Burlington.
Durham, NC
"Durham, North Carolina [showing Post Office and theater]"
Rothstein, Arthur, 1915-1985, photographer.
1940 Jan.
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