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	Photograph of the Thomas Decatur Jones and Mattie Southgate Jones residence Photograph taken from the front yard of the Thomas Decatur Jones and Mattie Southgate Jones residence at 307 W. Chapel Hill Street, in Durham.
	Panoramic photograph, view of Union Station looking East This Holladay Studio image presents a panoramic view of Durham from the Durham County Courthouse on Main Street to St. Joseph's AME Church on Fayetteville Street. The view depicts (from left to right) Durham County Courthouse, Hotel Lochmoor, E.H. & M.V. Lawrence, wholesale millers, Union Station, and St. Joseph's AME Church.
	Aerial photograph of Durham looking toward the Northwest This aerial view of downtown Durham was taken prior to the completion of the Washington Duke Hotel (ciirca 1925). In the foreground on Main Street are the First Presbyterian Church and Durham County Courthouse. The view also shows Union Station, Liggett & Myers and Imperial Tobacco. Durham High School and the Pearl Mill Village are visible in the background.
	Photograph of Pender's Grocery Store, 709 Fayetteville Street, Durham, North Carolina This photograph depicts Pender's Stores Co., grocers, and the Hunter Masonic Temple located at 709 Fayetteville Street in the Hayti neighborhood of Durham, North Carolina. Signs in the grocery store window advertise beans, peas, lye and sugar. A gentleman stands in the doorway of the building adjacent to Pender's where the glass windows advertise the offices of Dr. Cordice, physician and surgeon.
	Photograph of children in playground with ball Durham Chamber of Commerce photograph of children playing on a playground with a ball, on a see-saw, and with other toys. In the background is an advertisement for BC Headache products.
	Photograph of Golden Belt Manufacturing building Photograph of the Golden Belt Manufacturing building with people standing outside. The Durham Chamber of Commerce published this image in their 1926 brochure entitled Durham, North Carolina: A Center of Industry and Education.
	Photograph of Chapel Hill Street looking west toward Duke Memorial Church Photograph taken from the front yard of the Thomas Decatur Jones and Mattie Southgate Jones residence at 307 W. Chapel Hill Street in Durham, North Carolina. Duke Memorial United Methodist Church stands on the north side of W. Chapel Hill Street.
	Photograph of Chapel Hill Street from the front yard of the Thomas Decatur Jones and Mattie Southgate Jones residence Photograph taken from the front yard of the Thomas Decatur Jones and Mattie Southgate Jones residence at 307 W. Chapel Hill Street, in Durham, looking north towards the railroads tracks and the Walker Warehouse built by the American Tobacco Company in 1897.
	Panoramic photograph of Parrish Street in Durham This panoramic view of Parrish Street (circa 1926) features the six-story headquarters of the North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company, a company established by black entrepreneurs, John Merrick, Dr. Aaron M. Moore, and Charles Clinton Spaulding. The firm's headquarters (as depicted in this image) was designed by Durham architects Rose and Rose and erected in 1921. Five years later, the building, located at 114-116 Parrish Street, housed the Mechanics and Farmers Bank, North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company, Mutual Building & Loan Association, and the Merrick-McDougald-Wilson Company. After North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company moved to its new headquarters on Chapel Hill Street in 1965, the old headquarters on Parrish Street was renamed the Mechanics & Farmers Bank building. The right panel of this photograph features the Durham County Courthouse (erected in 1916) and the Union Depot, both designed by Milburn and Heister Company, architects.
	Photograph of Wonderland Theater in Durham Photograph of the Wonderland Theater, located on the corner of Pettigrew and Ramsey streets. This theater, owned by "movie king" Frederick K. Watkins offered entertainment for Durham's black residents. A poster advertises The Barrier, starring Lionel Barrymore.
	Art in Negro homes Essay by Trinity College professor Jerome Dowd (1864-1952) describing a survey made by three Trinity College students in the early 1900s of the interiors and exteriors of 25 homes in Hayti, a largely African American community in Durham, North Carolina. The article enumerates the material cultural artifacts--decorative art, carpets, and furnishings--in these homes as well as the titles of books, magazines and newspapers.

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