This collection consists of historical photographs of Greensboro and Guilford County acquired from many different sources. Subjects cover the broad range of local history, including street scenes, businesses, schools, hospitals, and events. Of particular note are many images of the 1908 Greensboro Centennial celebrations and damage caused by the 1936 tornado.
View of the children's room at the Greensboro Public Library in Richardson Civic Center (formerly First Presbyterian Church). Several children are looking at books, and two women are conversing.
Courthouse Square on Armistice Day, November 11, 1918. Looking east on East Market Street, with the U.S. Post Office and Federal Courthouse and then Southern Life and Trust on the right.
Girls dressed in white pose on a float promoting the Greensboro Public Schools as "the first public school in North Carolina supported by a special tax. Enrollment in 1899 400 per ct. larger than in 1889."
Greensboro Centennial, 1908 William J. Bain (child) dressed as General Nathanael Greene and serving as marshal for graded schools in school parade. Some school girls are parading.