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Title:
Panoramic photograph of downtown Durham looking west
Date:
1926
Description:
This panoramic view, taken from the Washington Duke Hotel, captures several landmarks. On the left, at the corner of Blackwell and Pettigrew streets, sits the historic W. T. Blackwell & Company Tobacco Factory, purveyor of Bull Durham tobacco, and part of the American Tobacco Company. The Liggett & Myers plant sits in the center panel near the horizon. The Imperial Tobacco Company and the Durham High School appear in the distance of the right panel. In the foreground on the right, sits the Durham Auditorium (now the Carolina Theatre). Holladay Studios shot the image which appears on p. 10 of the 1926 Durham Chamber of Commerce publication, Durham, North Carolina: A Center of Industry and Education.
Source:
Greater Durham Chamber of Commerce papers, oversize, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina.

Library of Congress Subject Headings:
Tobacco industry -- History
American Tobacco Company -- History
Durham (N.C.) -- History
Historic buildings -- North Carolina -- Durham
Liggett & Myers Tobacco Company -- History
Durham High School (Durham, N.C.) -- History
Business enterprises -- North Carolina -- Durham
Greater Durham Chamber of Commerce
Photographs
Photography -- History -- 20th century
Industries -- North Carolina -- Durham -- 20th century

Geographic Term:
Carolina Theater (Durham, N.C.)
Durham (N.C.)

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