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Browse CollectionLC Subject Heading › 2 records found where LC Subject Heading is Durham (N.C.) -- Description and travel

Durham, North Carolina : thirty years ago an insignificant village with a population of some five hundred
A Durham Chamber of Commerce booklet, published in 1906, which presents a short history of Durham as well as numerous photographic illustrations of educational institutions, churches, manufacturing establishments and street scenes. The pamphlet also includes statistical information about Durham County and its schools.
Milestones along the color line. A souvenir of Durham, North Carolina showing the progress of a race
Oliver B.Quick created Milestones Along the Color Line. A Souvenir of Durham, North Carolina Showing the Progress of a Race, to show property “owned and controlled exclusively by Negroes in the city of Durham, N.C.” In his preface he noted, “we have selected these [institutions and homes] as evidence of the progress being made by our race group in this section of the South.” The pamphlet contains numerous photographic images of churches, schools, business establishments, private residences and street scenes.

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