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Hollywood Residential: 1938
... 1938. "Hollywood. Caldwell vicinity, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. Structure dates to 1800; original owner Robert Davidson." 8x10 inch ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 07/31/2014 - 3:48pm -

1938. "Hollywood. Caldwell vicinity, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. Structure dates to 1800; original owner Robert Davidson." 8x10 inch acetate negative by Frances Benjamin Johnston. View full size.
Holly BendI went to see if I could challenge myself by tracking the place down - it was stunningly easy. The name of the house if Holly Bend, and its on the National Register of Historic places. Here is a website with more information than you could possibly hope to plow through on the place.
A beach house?All that sand piled up near the shrubs and steps.
Looks like wind blown sand off the beach maybe.
ShutteringDoes anyone know why the window shutters on the second floor have adjustable louvers while those on the first floor are solid. I've seen this before in other Shorpy photos. Is it a security issue perhaps?
(The Gallery, F.B. Johnston)

Mom: 1942
My mother in North Carolina during WWII. I believe this was taken in the spring of 1942 somewhere ... 
 
Posted by jbart - 11/03/2007 - 3:52pm -

My mother in North Carolina during WWII.  I believe this was taken in the spring of 1942 somewhere near Camp Lejeune, where my father was stationed prior to shipping out to the South Pacific. They were married that February in Dillion, S.C. Looks like Mom was wearing some type of work uniform.   
Classic Beauty......Both lady and car.
1942 HudsonThe car your Mom is sitting on is a 1942 Hudson Commodore.
Pretty girlYour mom was very attractive - what a smile!
(ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)

Friday Night Lions: 1952
November 1952. A pep talk from Coach. "Hamlet (North Carolina) High School football team in locker room at away game." From photos ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 12/01/2013 - 8:09pm -

November 1952. A pep talk from Coach. "Hamlet (North Carolina) High School football team in locker room at away game." From photos by Douglas Jones for the Look magazine assignment "Football Weekend." View full size.
It's Halftimeand they're getting whipped.
Fall Friday nights in Americaare some of the best times of the year.  Nothing brings people and communities together like their high school sports teams.
When Only Real Men Played Football  Back in that day you played both offense and defense. No specialists on special teams, no players who only kicked, quarterbacks who only quarterbacked. If they threw an interception they stayed on the field as maybe a middle line backer and hoped he would have a chance to tackle the guy who intercepted.
Going both ways had an entirely different meaning then.
(The Gallery, LOOK, Sports)

Harmonica Boy: 1937
... 1937. "Boy playing mouth organ. Penderlea Homesteads, North Carolina." 35mm nitrate negative by Ben Shahn, Farm Security Administration. ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 09/08/2011 - 10:30pm -

1937. "Boy playing mouth organ. Penderlea Homesteads, North Carolina." 35mm nitrate negative by Ben Shahn, Farm Security Administration. View full size.
PenderleaHere's a website with a bit of history about Penderlea Homestead. 
http://www.penderleahomesteadmuseum.org/
I live about 30 miles from Penderlea, it is still very rural and agricultural.  
(The Gallery, Ben Shahn, Rural America)

Bob Burton: 1908
Bob Burton, Gastonia, North Carolina. 15 years old. A typical adolescent, overgrown, thin, anemic. Been in ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 09/07/2011 - 7:49pm -

Bob Burton, Gastonia, North Carolina. 15 years old. A typical adolescent, overgrown, thin, anemic. Been in mill for 8 years. Doffing still in Ozark Mills. November 1908. View full size. Photograph by Lewis Wickes Hine.
From a distance he looksFrom a distance he looks much older then 15. Of course 8 years in a mill might do that to you...
DofferA doffer in a textile mill was a person who took off a full bobbin holding yarn & replaced it with an empty bobbin. Very repetitive job. 
(The Gallery, Lewis Hine)

Greene County: 1941
... I saw scenes like this in the late 40s, after the war, in North and South Carolina. No seat belts; no air bags; no back rest, although the two ladies ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 09/08/2011 - 9:38pm -

May 1941. Going to town on a Saturday afternoon in Greene County, Georgia. View full size. 35mm Kodachrome transparency by Jack Delano.
Dignity!I saw scenes like this in the late 40s, after the war, in North and South Carolina.
No seat belts; no air bags; no back rest, although the two ladies do appear to be sitting on a coat for a bit of cushioning.
See the piece of wood sticking out just above the rear axle? It's a place to hang a lantern at night.
Going to TownThis is one of 70 photographs in the "Bound for Glory" exhibit now showing at The Grace Museum in Abilene TX.  The exhibit depicts color photographs taken during the years 1940-44 during a government-sponsored project to document in pictures Americsn urban life in the post-Depression era.  It was a fantastic exhibit!  Will be available here through mid-January.
(The Gallery, Jack Delano, Rural America)

Theatrically Incorrect: 1939
... during auction sales in Oxford, Granville County, North Carolina." Photo by Marion Post Wolcott. View full size. On Target ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 04/19/2019 - 3:49pm -

November 1939. "Tobacco warehouse during auction sales in Oxford, Granville County, North Carolina." Photo by Marion Post Wolcott. View full size.
On TargetPeople may walk a mile for a Camel, and Chesterfield may satisfy them, but something pissed someone off in this town. Those signs look like they have received their fair share of buckshot. Not unusual for a rural road sign then. But in town? Maybe it was after a bad day at the auction.
[Not from a gun, unless it's a nail gun. Click to enlarge. - Dave]

Minstrel show anywhere nearby?Paid by the sign, maybe? Should have spread them around town a bit more.
[Who can tell us the reason those bills are here and not "around town"? - Dave]
 I understand as to why this location was used. My question was, how many times can you see/read the same information within 40 or so feet and not get it? Despite
 lack of powers of observation or education.
Where the signs areThe sign with the girl on it suggests that the side of the tobacco warehouse is used because it's one place in town where most men, and few women, would bother going.  It's also one place where even the poorest men might have a few coins jingling in their pockets before they go home.
[Minstrel shows get their start as white people in blackface performing for other white people. By 1938, the minstrel circuit was mostly black people performing for "colored" audiences. Tobacco and cotton warehouses, where just-paid sharecroppers congregate, saw a lot of these handbills. - Dave]
(The Gallery, M.P. Wolcott)

Stares & Stripes: 1941
... of the traveling show 'crime museum' near Fort Bragg, North Carolina." Acetate negative by Jack Delano. View full size. ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 12/10/2018 - 12:29pm -

March 1941. "Part of the exhibit of the traveling show 'crime museum' near Fort Bragg, North Carolina." Acetate negative by Jack Delano. View full size.
Santa's elfWhat in the world kind of pants is that woman wearing?
Meager EntertainmentWe often refer to the "good old days" as being a kinder, simpler time. It was also a meager time in almost every aspect of life.
Crazy LeggingsThose are palazzo pants.  The style was worn by a few trend-setting actresses in the 1920s through 1940s, then resurfaced as a major trend in the '60s.  Wearing them is a bit like wearing two tents around your legs.  
(The Gallery, Bizarre, Jack Delano)

Traveler's Rest: 1938
... "Traveller's Rest, Louisburg vicinity, Franklin County, North Carolina. Farm of A.T. Wilson; a roadside guest house." 8x10 inch acetate ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 07/27/2017 - 10:48pm -

1938. "Traveller's Rest, Louisburg vicinity, Franklin County, North Carolina. Farm of A.T. Wilson; a roadside guest house." 8x10 inch acetate negative by Frances Benjamin Johnston. View full size.
Simple & CharmingLooks as if they used a mill stone for the front step.  Recycling at is best.  Back then no one had to be told to reuse & repurpose things, it just came naturally to them
Amenities?I bet the wifi is always going down at this guest house.
(The Gallery, F.B. Johnston, Rural America)

Wash Walker: 1939
... laundry home along highway between Durham and Mebane, North Carolina." 35mm nitrate negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the Resettlement ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 03/29/2015 - 9:10pm -

        For millions of women across America in the first half of the 20th century, working from home might mean "taking in wash" for another family.
November 1939. "Negro woman carrying laundry home along highway between Durham and Mebane, North Carolina." 35mm nitrate negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the Resettlement Administration. View full size.
Crossing a lineThe driver seems somewhat distracted by all the photographic goings-on.
EarlierThe Chevy is probably a 1935 model. 
(The Gallery, Cars, Trucks, Buses, M.P. Wolcott)

No Problem: 1939
January 1939. "Small truck farmer from North Carolina. His neck was broken and is in a brace. Near Belle Glade, Florida." ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 07/22/2014 - 4:45pm -

January 1939. "Small truck farmer from North Carolina. His neck was broken and is in a brace. Near Belle Glade, Florida." And then he found work as a meme. Photo by Marion Post Wolcott for the Resettlement Administration. View full size.
Work as a memeWhat is a meme and what do they do?
Wanna do the happy dance?Don't let that broken neck stop you.  This good natured fella bears a strong resemblance to Hugh Hefner, but I know Hef is not quite that old.
(The Gallery, Agriculture, Florida, M.P. Wolcott)

King of the Road: 1941
... Bragg. He lives in this homemade bunkhouse in Manchester, North Carolina." Medium format acetate negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 12/06/2018 - 12:12pm -

March 1941. "Construction worker from Fort Bragg. He lives in this homemade bunkhouse in Manchester, North Carolina." Medium format acetate negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
Old StreetcarAs evidenced by the destination sign area and light areas on either side. I would not be surprised if this went back to the horse drawn era.
[This is a metal van or bus body that originally would have been mounted on a truck chassis, similar to the vehicles seen here and here. - Dave]
Camp ConstructionThere is an awesome series of photos in the Library of Congress archives taken by Marion Post Wolcott, as I recall, during the early part of 1941, covering the area around Alexandria, Louisiana, at the time several large Army camps were being built in the vicinity. Many of the photos were of construction workers living in similar accommodations as the one shown here.
Despite the Spartan lodgings, I imagine the workers were more than happy to have a steady job after 10-plus years of the Depression.
(The Gallery, Cars, Trucks, Buses, Jack Delano)

Farmville: 1940
November 1940. "Velva, North Dakota." Birthplace of CBS newsman Eric Sevareid. Medium format acetate ... but diagonally for just over 2000 miles from Portal, North Dakota, to Charleston, South Carolina. Its route runs through the Twin Cities, Rochester, Dubuque, Dixon ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 12/30/2019 - 8:25pm -

November 1940. "Velva, North Dakota." Birthplace of CBS newsman Eric Sevareid. Medium format acetate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
Velva on Route 52Velva is located on U.S. 52, which, unlike most even-numbered U.S. highways, runs not primarily east-west but diagonally for just over 2000 miles from Portal, North Dakota, to Charleston, South Carolina.  Its route runs through the Twin Cities, Rochester, Dubuque, Dixon Illinois (birthplace of Ronald Reagan) and Indianapolis. Its lowly status is reflected in the fact that at several junctions with state highways and even county roads, the "lesser" roads have the right of way. Not in Minnesota, however, where it runs concurrently with I-94 to the Twin Cities, and then has four-lane almost freeway status all the way through Rochester, until it crosses I-90 in southern Minnesota, where it reverts to being a two lane road. The journey on 52 from southern Minnesota to Dubuque is very scenic. 
(The Gallery, Agriculture, John Vachon, Railroads, Rural America, Small Towns)

Last Run: 1925
... rumbling at their heels. The horses dashed along North Carolina avenue southeast, stopped instinctively at a fire plug, and returned ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 09/13/2011 - 12:14pm -

June 15, 1925. Washington, D.C. "Last run of Barney, Gene, and Tom, District Fire Department horses." Another look at the dashing steeds. View full size.
PumperThat looks like a very intricate piece of machinery that Barney, Gene and Tom are pulling around.
Horse and ManApparently there were two "last runs": one on June 9th (described in the first article below) and then the one shown here on June 15th (and covered by the second article). In the days leading up to this, there was much public concern in Washington as to the fate of the horses:  it was eventually  announced they would retire to pasture at the Home for the Feeble and Infirm.  While there were apocryphal stories that they could not serve in the harness for other carts (delivery, street sweepers, etc.) due to a propensity to bolt at the sound of the fire alarm, I am curious/skeptical if such incidents actually occurred.  Does anyone personally know of such events?
The only mention I can find of the film "Horse and Man" is in a 1936 Univ. of California "Catalogue of selected 16mm. educational motion pictures"



Washington Post, Jun 10, 1925 


Last Run Thrills 3 Old Fire Horses;
It's Just a Movie
But Barney, Tom and Gene Live Again at Sound of Long-Silent Gong

The last run!  There's something pathetic about it.  More so because Barney, Gene and Tom, those gray steeds of the fire service, don't seem to realize it.
For the past year they have stamped impatiently in their stalls waiting for the familiar clang that didn't come.  Men spoke cryptically in the presence of their fire running days being over; of their being sold at auction or transferred to some lowly pursuit.  The equestrienne veterans couldn't believe it.
It was a long time between calls and the three horses found life hardly worth living.  For ten of their fourteen years of life they had given their best to the fire service.  They couldn't understand their idleness.
Yesterday the movies appeared to give them a new lease on life. The department of Agriculture wanted some pictures of "The Last Fun" for a film it is making.  Barney, Gene and Tom were the only ones that could give it to them.

The Last Run Begins

Early in the morning they were taken from No. 19 engine house to No. 8 and placed in the all-familiar stalls.  This must be a return to service, they thought, and they pawed the sawdust floor and whinnied nervously.  It was good to be back under the overhanging harness.
And then came the gong.  The years and worries fell from their shoulders as the harness dropped into place.  Although they had made only three runs the past year, they responded as if they had been in retirement only a day.
Firemen slid down the poles, throwing on their clothes as they did so.  The kids came running, yelping, from everywhere.  Driver D. Dwyer mounted an old engine, the chain across the front of the engine house dropped and they were off, bellowing kids and barking dogs in their wake.  This was the life.  Movie men were cranking away, but the veterans paid them no heed.

Back To Their Stalls

Out to Lincoln park, the job done, and then the triumphal trot back.  A brisk rub down while the kids stood around admiringly.  Then back to their stables.  They last run!
Dome disposition is to be made of the horses July 1. There's no place for them in modern fire service.  Maybe they will be sold, or more likely they will be transferred to the street cleaning department.
Photo Caption: After ten years of faithful service, "Tom, Gene and Barney," veteran horses of the District fire department, finally made their debut in the movies yesterday, when they were called upon to play the stellar roles in the Department of Agriculture film entitled "Horse and Man."  All horses of the department will be sold Monday. 


Washington Post, Jun 13, 1925 

Faithful Fire Horses


Washington Post, Jun 16, 1925 


Fire Horses, Retiring,
Eat Floral Tribute

With tributes such as are rarely, if ever given pensioners, Barney, Gene and Tom, the last of Washington's fire horses went into retirement yesterday.  Before going to Blue Plains to pass the rest of their days in pasture, however, the horses gave the large crowd at Engine house No. 8 a thrill by galloping through the streets as of old, with an old pumper rumbling at their heels.
The horses dashed along North Carolina avenue southeast, stopped instinctively at a fire plug, and returned leisurely to the engine house.  They were met by Commissioner Frederick Fenning, Fire Chief George Watson, and Fire Chief Frank J. Wagner, retired.  Huge bouquets of flowers were bestowed on the trio, who appreciating their fragrance less than their taste, ate them.

(The Gallery, D.C., Horses, Natl Photo)

Right Smart Two Years: 1908
October 1908. Gastonia, North Carolina. Boy from Loray Mill. "Been at it right smart two years." View full ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 02/22/2008 - 1:15am -

October 1908. Gastonia, North Carolina. Boy from Loray Mill. "Been at it right smart two years." View full size. Photograph by Lewis Wickes Hine.
Loray MillAerial photo here.
(The Gallery, Kids, Lewis Hine)

Local Color: 1939
... version of the Currin Grocery in Granville County, North Carolina, photographed by Dorothea Lange in July 1939. View full size. ... 
 
Posted by novkev24 - 08/22/2014 - 12:19am -

Colorized version of the Currin Grocery in Granville County, North Carolina, photographed by Dorothea Lange in July 1939. View full size.
(Colorized Photos)

Guano Depot: 1940
May 1940. From the vicinity of Stem, North Carolina, comes this uncaptioned snap of a gas pump, fertilizer barns and some ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 03/31/2019 - 10:05am -

May 1940. From the vicinity of Stem, North Carolina, comes this uncaptioned snap of a gas pump, fertilizer barns and some mules by Jack Delano. View full size.
NC Law Stop SignI'm puzzled as to why there is a stop sign in the background. Just beyond the sign, there is what might be a railroad track, though it does not seem to cross the road.  From this angle, can't tell.
Alternate RealityWell, the town seems welcoming these days.
(The Gallery, Gas Stations, Jack Delano, Rural America)

Joyce Long Brock, 1931
... a newspaper printer and textile worker and they lived in North Carolina, Georgia, and finally Ware Shoals, South Carolina. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery) ... 
 
Posted by Capaha - 08/05/2009 - 12:44am -

 This is a photo of my mother probably in Waycross, Ga. around 1931 when she was 3 years old.  Her father was a newspaper printer and textile worker and they lived in North Carolina, Georgia, and finally Ware Shoals, South Carolina.
(ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)

Shuck Buddies: 1940
... on Hooper Farm in Corbett Ridge section. Caswell County, North Carolina." Medium format acetate negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 08/24/2019 - 3:21pm -

October 1940. "Resting after dinner following a corn shucking on Hooper Farm in Corbett Ridge section. Caswell County, North Carolina." Medium format acetate negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
(The Gallery, Agriculture, Cars, Trucks, Buses, M.P. Wolcott, Rural America)

Live at Home: 1940
... booth at the Caswell County fair. Yanceyville, North Carolina." Photo by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration. ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 08/09/2019 - 8:30pm -

October 1940. "Home demonstration booth at the Caswell County fair. Yanceyville, North Carolina." Photo by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
Harvest bountyWhat an amazing array of food products that whets both my appetite and my curiosity.  I’m wondering most about the items in the paper plates that look like flattened coffee filters, in the display across the front of the table, plus the plate of fuzzy-looking round things right above the string of chilies on the right, plus the two arrangements of crispy bits on a diagonal (righthand side) toward the butter in the center.  Can anyone illuminate for this city boy, please?
(The Gallery, Agriculture, Kitchens etc., M.P. Wolcott, Rural America)

The Overseer: 1902
... place About 10 years ago, on a vacation trip from North Carolina to New Hampshire, we stopped in New Paltz, NY, in hopes of visiting ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 02/10/2019 - 12:30pm -

Mohonk Lake, N.Y., circa 1902. "Sky Top from rear of Mohonk Mountain House." 8x10 inch glass negative, Detroit Photographic Company. View full size.
An amazing placeAbout 10 years ago, on a vacation trip from North Carolina to New Hampshire, we stopped in New Paltz, NY, in hopes of visiting the Mohonk Mountain House, which we had learned about on at TV travel show. But when we got to the gate at the bottom of the hill they told us that only guests were allowed up the mountain. I explained that my wife and I love to visit historic hotels, and just wanted to look around. He said he'd give us an hour, so we got in. We ate lunch in the restaurant and wandered the grounds, and I have to say this rugged Adirondack-style resort is one of the more impressive hotels we've ever visited. 
Wonderful MohonkYou can just see Sky Top below the center of the bridge.The bridge is long gone. I worked there in the late sixties until 1971. Started as a waiter and did many other jobs, from building roads to running the climbers camp to renting boats on the lake. The "gunks", as they're called, are known to be the best rock climbing place in the eastern U.S.
Mohonk has the largest barn in N.Y. state. At one time they had about 200 horses. They would cut the ice in the winter and store it in another huge barn with double walls about a foot apart. The area between was filled with sawdust.The ice lasted all summer.
Mohonk was founded in 1869 two Quakers, the Smiley brothers.
It is still owned by the Smileys. Google it for what it looks like now.
(The Gallery, Boats & Bridges, DPC)

Livor-Kaps: 1939
November 1939. "On the main street of Wendell, North Carolina." Medium format acetate negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 02/13/2020 - 12:41pm -

November 1939. "On the main street of Wendell, North Carolina." Medium format acetate negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
Takes the place of calomelAnd what is calomel?  Mercurous chloride, used to treat malaria, yellow fever and dysentery and, in a preparation called worm chocolate or worm candy, gastrointestinal parasites.  People who were given large doses for long periods suffered from excessive salivation, gum inflammation, loosening of the teeth, gastrointestinal upset, and an ashen appearance, as well as troubling neurologic symptoms, such as arm and facial tremors, ataxia (an inability to coordinate voluntary muscular movements symptomatic of a central nervous system disorder), and erethism (unusual timidity and personality change).  Mercury as medicine!
(The Gallery, M.P. Wolcott, Medicine, Small Towns, Stores & Markets)

Earth Mother: 1940
... On U.S. 15, about five miles northeast of Durham, North Carolina." Medium format negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 03/30/2019 - 1:27pm -

June 1940. "This woman and her daughter are helping their neighbors plant their tobacco field. The bonnet is homemade. On U.S. 15, about five miles northeast of Durham, North Carolina." Medium format negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
Much has changedI live in Durham, and regularly drive this stretch of Route 15 (which is also Route 85). Today there's not much tobacco being grown, but lots of pine trees and lots of single-family homes. 
(The Gallery, Agriculture, Jack Delano, Rural America)

Prospect Hill: 1940
1940. "Prospect Hill, Airlie, Halifax County, North Carolina." Seen earlier here . Photo by C.O. Greene for the Historic ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 10/10/2013 - 2:02pm -

1940. "Prospect Hill, Airlie, Halifax County, North Carolina." Seen earlier here. Photo by C.O. Greene for the Historic American Buildings Survey. View full size.
In its day.If you look closely, and past all the signs of decay, you can many, many details that suggest a lost wealth and taste.
In its day, Prospect Hill must have been quite the showcase of elegant living albeit one based on the enslavement of others.
(The Gallery, HABS)

When Pigs Fly: 1936
... Grant in storehouse on his farm at Penderlea Homesteads, North Carolina -- America's first farm-city. Homesteader Grant enlists aid of ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 10/31/2018 - 11:42am -

December 1936. "C.D. Grant in storehouse on his farm at Penderlea Homesteads, North Carolina -- America's first farm-city. Homesteader Grant enlists aid of neighbors to butcher hogs for the winter." Medium format negative by Arthur Rothstein for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
Stern visageHe looks like a man you could reason with but probably wouldn't want to contradict. The shed is kept neat with a stock of canned vegetables & fruit and more jars to fill next summer. It looks like the hogs have been scalded and the hair removed to prepare for the next step on the way to the table.
That PigHe looks awfully familiar!
(The Gallery, Agriculture, Animals, Arthur Rothstein, Kitchens etc.)

Cherryville Warper: 1908
... "Woman at beam warper. Melville Mfg. Company, Cherryville, North Carolina." 5x7 glass negative by Lewis Wickes Hine. View full size. ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 01/28/2019 - 2:56pm -

November 1908. "Woman at beam warper. Melville Mfg. Company, Cherryville, North Carolina." 5x7 glass negative by Lewis Wickes Hine. View full size.
Tired and tannedThis woman looks very tired and quite tan.  My guess is that she's working in the fields when she gets home from this job.  
[Chopping the winter cotton. - Dave]
(The Gallery, Factories, Lewis Hine)

Fiddlin' Bill Hensley
... of Bill Hensley, a mountain fiddler from Asheville, North Carolina. Like many of our local "hillbilly" music makers, Bill Hensley was ... 
 
Posted by Kenny - 07/09/2012 - 8:43am -

Colorized version of Ben Shahn's photograph of Bill Hensley, a mountain fiddler from Asheville, North Carolina.  Like many of our local "hillbilly" music makers, Bill Hensley was probably self-taught, could not read music but could play tunes that were handed down through families and friends for years. The strong Scots-Irish influence in local music is still evident today. View full size.
(ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery, Colorized Photos)

Mission School: 1908
November 1908. High Shoals, North Carolina. "St. Johns Mission School. 'Not supported by the Mill company, but we ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 03/08/2014 - 12:09pm -

November 1908. High Shoals, North Carolina. "St. Johns Mission School. 'Not supported by the Mill company, but we are always on good terms with them,' said the Sister in charge. Supported by the Episcopal Church. Average attendance 15." Photo by Lewis Wickes Hine. View full size.
(The Gallery, Education, Schools, Kids, Lewis Hine)

House of Morgan: 1935
... "Morgan House, South Mills vicinity, Pasquotank County, North Carolina. A Regency house. Alternate title: Baxter House." 8x10 negative by ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 03/09/2017 - 11:10pm -

1935. "Morgan House, South Mills vicinity, Pasquotank County, North Carolina. A Regency house. Alternate title: Baxter House." 8x10 negative by Frances Benjamin Johnston, Carnegie Survey of the Architecture of the South. View full size.
Still surrounded by farmlandNext door to my grandparents' house.  Current address is 1590 Northside Road, mailing address Elizabeth City NC 27109.  The last time I saw it, the owners had an antique store and had restored the house. Still had chickens in the back and goats too. No Street View available.        
(The Gallery, F.B. Johnston)

Cash Grocery: 1940
May 1940. "Grocery in Stem, Granville County, North Carolina." Medium format negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 03/31/2019 - 4:56pm -

May 1940. "Grocery in Stem, Granville County, North Carolina." Medium format negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
Nice ChevyThe fenders and wheels are a bit ragged, but the '32 Chevrolet coupe looks amazingly straight, shiny and still dead stock (headlights, headlight bar, horn) after 8 years.
(The Gallery, Cars, Trucks, Buses, Jack Delano, Stores & Markets)
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