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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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Baby in a pram
A baby looking out and pointing while sitting in a baby carriage.
Backyard
A photograph possibly of someone's backyard with grass, a fence and some trees.
Bales of fabric
Bales of cotton fabric manufactured at a Cone mill, packed and ready for export to New York.
Band on stage
A band, most likely the White Oak Mill band, sit on a stage during the Cone company Fourth of July picnic.
Band on stage
A band, most likely the White Oak Mill band, sit on a stage during the Cone company Fourth of July picnic.
Barnyard scene
Two workers pose in front of one of three barns in this photograph.
Baseball game
View of a baseball game and the crowds at Cone Athletic Park.
Baseball game
A baseball game at Cone Athletic Park.
Baseball game
View of a baseball game and the crowds at Cone Athletic Park.
Baseball game
View of a baseball game and the crowds at Cone Athletic Park.
Baseball game
View of a baseball game and the crowds at Cone Athletic Park.
Baseball game
View of a baseball game and the crowds at Cone Athletic Park.
Baseball game
View of a baseball game and the crowds at Cone Athletic Park.
Baseball game
View of a baseball game and the crowds at Cone Athletic Park.
Baseball game
View of a baseball game and the crows at Cone Athletic Park.
Baseball game
View of a baseball game and the crowds at Cone Athletic Park.
Baseball game
A baseball game at Cone Athletic Park.
Baseball players
Members of the Greensboro minor league team gathered around a man in a suit out in the field of Cone Athletic Park.
Baseball players
Members of the Greensboro minor league team warm up out in the field of Cone Athletic Park.
Beach houses
A row of houses along the shore with a green leading up to the shoreline.

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