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.
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.
Soda fountain of Greensboro Drug Company, located at 230 West Market Street. Manager Pete McDaniels, Assistant Manager Clifford Woodard, Hugh Johnson and Burke Frailey are behind the counter.
Children reading at tables inside the Carnegie Public Library, located on Library Place (now John Wesley Way) and West Gaston Street (now West Friendly Avenue) in Greensboro.
Men are standing at a table cutting fabric at the Blue Bell Overall Company at 102 West Lee Street, on the corner of Elm and Lee streets. The company occupied the second and third floors of this building from about 1909 to 1920, when it moved into a larger plant in the same block.
Parlor and dining room of Laura Brockmann at 716 Walker Avenue. The woman in the dining room is probably her sister, Emma, who was deaf and lived with Laura Brockmann her whole life.