Bernard Cone Photograph Albums

Bernard Milton Cone (1874-1956) was born in Baltimore as one of the youngest of Herman and Helen Cone's thirteen children. His elder brothers, Moses (1857-1908) and Ceasar (1859-1917), built Proximity Cotton Mills in Greensboro in 1895, and later launched Revolution Mill, White Oak Mill, and Proximity Print Works, creating one of the largest textile mill companies in the South. Educated at Johns Hopkins University and Columbia Law School, Bernard Cone worked as a lawyer in New York for seven years before settling in Greensboro in 1904. Over the next 45 years, he held various positions in the family's textile empire, including that of president of Proximity Manufacturing Company from 1917 to 1938. Cone was a skilled amateur photographer, and his photos provide a rich picture of life in Greensboro in the 1900s and 1910s. Images show: members of the Cone family and their mansions on Summit Avenue, the textile mills and their employees, the mill villages and their residents, and mill-sponsored schools and recreational activities. Cone also captured street scenes in downtown Greensboro and the city's 1908 centennial celebrations. In addition, the albums include several creative self-portraits.

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Who's responsible?: Greensboro History Museum (Repository)
Where can I find more information?: No finding aid available.
Topics: Business
Events
North Carolina
Subject headings: Greensboro (N.C.) -- History -- 20th century
Cone Mills Corporation
Textile industry -- North Carolina -- Greensboro
Contributing Institution: Greensboro History Museum

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: A&M College band float; The A&M College (now North Carolina A&T State University) band float in the Greensboro Centennial parade. The wagon for the float is decorated with fabric and members of the band ride inside.

: American Realty & Auction Co. float; The American Realty & Auction Co. float in the Greensboro Centennial parade. The float is decorated with American flag banners and several men ride aboard the wagon.

: American Realty & Auction Co. float; The American Realty & Auction Co. float in the Greensboro Centennial parade. The float is decorated with American flag banners and several men ride aboard the wagon.

: American Realty & Auction Co. float; The American Realty & Auction Co. float in the Greensboro Centennial parade. The float is decorated with American flag banners and several men ride aboard the wagon.

: Automatic Bed Co. float; The Automatic Bed Co. float in the Greensboro Centennial parade. Men ride on the float sitting on examples of an automatic beds. Greensboro Motor Car Co. stands in the background.

: Automatic Bed Co. float; A front view of the Automatic Bed Co. float in the Greensboro Centennial parade.

: Benbow Hotel; This image shows the Benbow Hotel on the southwest corner of West Sycamore and South Elm streets.

: Bernard Cone; Bernard Cone using a hose to refill a water trough.

: Bernard Cone; Bernard Cone sitting in an office chair.

: Bernard and Elaine Cone; Bernard and Elaine Cone posing together outdoors.

: Blimp above the fairgrounds; A blimp steered by a man in the metal framework below the balloon, flies above the Greensboro fairgrounds during the Greensboro Centennial celebrations. A sign on the rudder reads, "Deep Sea Divers".

: Blimp above the fairgrounds; A blimp steered by a man in the metal framework below the balloon, flies above the Greensboro fairgrounds during the Greensboro Centennial celebrations. A sign on the rudder reads, "Deep Sea Divers".

: Blimp above the fairgrounds; A blimp steered by a man in the metal framework below the balloon, flies above the Greensboro fairgrounds during the Greensboro Centennial celebrations. A sign on the rudder reads, "Deep Sea Divers".

: Blimp above the fairgrounds; A blimp steered by a man in the metal framework below the balloon, flies above the Greensboro fairgrounds during the Greensboro Centennial celebrations. A sign on the rudder reads, "Deep Sea Divers".

: C.O. Forbis Furniture float; A man and woman ride aboard an automobile decorated patriotically for the Greensboro Centennial parade.

: C.O. Forbis Furniture float; A man and woman ride aboard an automobile decorated patriotically for the Greensboro Centennial parade.

: Cable Company piano exhibit; The Cable Company piano exhibit booth at the fairgrounds during the Greensboro Centennial celebration.

: Canteen at the fairgrounds; The canteen area at the Greensboro fairgrounds during the Greensboro Centennial celebration.

: Canteen at the fairgrounds; The canteen area at the Greensboro fairgrounds during the Greensboro Centennial celebration.

: Canteen at the fairgrounds; The canteen area at the Greensboro fairgrounds during the Greensboro Centennial celebration.

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