Photograph Collection

Cotton is King centennial float
A Proximity Mill float decked out for the Greensboro centennial.
Edward A. Small house
Written on verso: "Left to right: Mrs. Mary Thacker Small, Capt. Edward A. Small (Civil War Confederate Army), Alice McCabe Small (in window, Mrs. William O. White), Lillian White (Mrs. William B. Merrimon). This picture taken week before the trees on Elm Street were cut down. Corner of S. Elm St. and Edwards Place, looking north from the old railroad station. Picture taken about 1880."
Greensboro Public Library
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.
Northwest view of Greensboro
Looking northwest from the top of the Jefferson Standard Building. The back of West Market Street Methodist Church is on the left, and the building next to it with the dome is the Carnegie Public Library.
South Elm Street railroad crossings
A scene on South Elm Street showing trains crossing the street while horse drawn wagons wait. The building slightly left of center between the trains is the Cascade Saloon.
Tornado damage to South Elm Street
Workers clear rubble from the street on the 500 block of South Elm after a tornado.
William M. Houston house
A view of the Houston house located at 114 Clay Street. Household staff work out in the yard as a woman and child look on from the front porch.