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	Photograph of Thomas Decatur Jones (1852-1889) Portrait of Durham tobacco dealer Thomas Decatur Jones (1852-1889). Image made at the A. H. Blunt photographic studio, Danville, Virginia.
	Photograph of Thomas Decatur Jones (1887-1893) Photograph of an unidentified black servant holding Thomas Decatur Jones (1887-1893), son of Mattie Logan Southgate Jones and Thomas Decatur Jones (1852-1889).
	Photograph of Albert Lyell Jones Portrait of Albert Lyell Jones (1889-1913), youngest son of Mattie Logan Southgate Jones and Thomas Decatur Jones (1852-1889). Image made at the W. Shelburn photographic studio, Durham, North Carolina.
	Photograph of James Southgate Jones Portrait of James Southgate Jones (1888-1949), son of Mattie Logan Southgate Jones and Thomas Decatur Jones (1852-1889). Image made at the W. Shelburn photographic studio, Durham, North Carolina.
	Photograph of James Southgate (1832-1914) Portrait of James Southgate (1832-1914) taken at the Helser & Peabody studio, Chicago, Illinois.
	Photograph of Sarah Ann Wynne Raboteau Portrait of Sarah Ann Wynne Raboteau (1816-1895), widowed sister of Delia Haywood Wynne Southgate. Image made by W. Shelburn photographic studio, Durham, North Carolina.
	Photograph of Leland Sneed Portrait of Leland Sneed, student at the Wesleyan Female Institute. Image made by the Edmund Berkeley studio in Staunton, Virginia.
	Photograph of Mettie Ricketts Portrait of Mettie Ricketts, student at the Wesleyan Female Institute. Image made at the Edmund Berkeley studio in Staunton, Virginia.
	Photograph of Leland Sneed Portriat of Lela Sneed, student at the Wesleyan Female Institute. Image made by Edmund Berkeley's studio in Staunton, Virginia.
	Photograph of Mollie E. Page Portrait of Mollie Page, student at the Wesleyan Female Institute. Image made by Edmund Berkeley's studio in Staunton, Virginia.
	Photograph of Mattie Logan Southgate Portrait of Mattie Southgate, student at the Wesleyan Female Institute. Image made by Edmund Berkeley's studio in Staunton, Virginia.
	Photograph of Alma Ivey Portrait of Alma Ivey from New Orleans, Louisiana. She attended the Wesleyan Female Institute in Staunton, Virginia where she was fatally stricken with typhoid fever in 1882. The photo was taken at Edmund Berkeley's studio in Staunton, Virginia.
	Photograph of Lucie Talbott Portrait of Lucie Talbott in Danville, Virginia.
	Photograph of Annie Moore Southgate Portrait of Annie Moore Southgate (1861-1886), daughter of James Southgate and Delia Haywood Wynne Southgate. Image made by the W. Shelburn photographic studio, Durham, North Carolina.
	Photograph of Leland Sneed Portrait of Leland Sneed standing near floral vase. The image was made by Praysen & Company, Danville, Virginia.
	Photograph of Lillie Parrish Portrait of Lillie Parrish, daughter of Edward James Parrish and Rosa Parrish.
	Photograph of Tommie Wilkinson Portrait of Tommie Wilkinson.
	Photograph of Edwin W. Kennedy Portrait of Professor Edwin W. Kennedy, Superintendent of Durham City Schools from 1882 to 1894.
	Photograph of Marion Kennedy Portrait of Marion Kennedy, wife of Edwin W. Kennedy.
	Photograph of Thomas Fuller Southgate and Mena H. Southgate Portrait of Thomas Fuller Southgate (1890-1954) and his sister Mena Southgate (1888-1898), children of James H. Southgate and Kate Shepherd Fuller Southgate. Image made by W. Shelburn photographic studio, Durham, North Carolina.
	Photograph of Albert H. Stokes Portrait of Albert H. Stokes (1844-1899).
	Photograph of Lessie Southgate Portrait of Celestia Muse "Lessie" Southgate (1863-1914) holding an autoharp.
	Photograph of Thomas Decatur Jones (1852-1889) with his friends S.H. Hardwick of Montgomery, Alabama and R. W. Baird of Johnsville, Virginia. The image commemorates an excursion to Waynesville, N.C. "on or about the 6th of September 1880." Portrait of the Waynesville Trio, including Thomas Decatur Jones (1852-1889) on the left
	Photograph of Sam P. Jones Portrait of Sam P. Jones, noted evangelist who held a revival in Durham, North Carolina in October 1889.
	Photograph of Mattie Logan Southgate Jones Portrait of Mattie Logan Southgate Jones (Mrs. Thomas Decatur Jones), dressed in black. The photograph was taken at the W. Shelburn photographic studio, Durham, North Carolina.
	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 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.
	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.
	Photograph of James Southgate Portrait of James Southgate (1832-1914) reading the newspaper. Image taken at Miss Katie Johnson's studio, Durham, North Carolina.
	Photograph of Thomas Decatur Jones and Mattie Logan Southgate Jones Portrait of Thomas Decatur Jones (1852-1889) and his wife, Mattie Logan Southgate Jones. Image taken at the A. H. Blunt studio in Danville, Virginia.
	Photograph of Delia Haywood Wynne Southgate Portrait of Delia Haywood Wynne Southgate (1826-1888), mother of Mattie Logan Southgate Jones.
	Photograph of Cordelia Hunter Southgate Portrait of Cordelia Hunter Southgate (1840-1894), sister of James Southgate. Image taken at the Richard Walzl studio, Baltimore, Maryland.
	Photograph of Annie Moore Southgate with her Italian Greyhound, Zoe Portrait of Annie Southgate with Zoe, her Italian Greyhound.. Portrait was taken at the Shelburn Studios in Durham.
	Photograph of Mattie Faucette, Lillie Parrish, Lalla Ruth Carr Portrait of three girls: Mattie Faucette, Lily Parrish, Lalla Ruth Carr, pupils at Lessie Southgate's School of Music.
	Photograph of James Haywood Southgate Portrait of James Haywood Southgate as a young man.
	Photograph of Lessie Southgate Portrait of Lessie Southgate reclining in chair with feather.
	Photograph of Lessie Southgate Picture of Lessie in exotic costume.
	Panoramic photograph, American Tobacco factory in Durham looking to the East This panoramic view of Durham, North Carolina shows the factory of the American Tobacco Company, the original home of the W. T. Blackwell & Company enterprise, producer of Bull Durham Smoking Tobacco. This view was shot from the western edge of the factory complex looking eastward over the Washington Building. The image appeared in Durham, North Carolina: A Center of Industry and Education, a publication issued by the Durham Chamber of Commerce in 1926.
	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.
	Panoramic photograph of downtown Durham looking west 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.
	Panoramic photograph of the American Tobacco Company and downtown Durham The left panel of the panoramic image features the historic W.T. Blackwell and Company Factory built in 1874, and an extensive manufacturing plant owned by the American Tobacco Company. At the horizon in the center panel are the twin steeples of Duke Memorial Church and the Liggett & Myers plant; railyards and commercial buildings sit in the foreground. The right panel features buildings near the intersection of Main and Corcoran streets including the Durham Loan & Trust Building, the Washington Duke Hotel, the United States post office (built in 1904), Wright Corner, and the Geer Building. Holladay Studio shot the image for the 1926 Durham Chamber of Commerce publication, Durham, North Carolina: A Center of Industry and Education.
	Panoramic photograph, view of Erwin Cotton Mills This photograph shows a panoramic view of the Erwin Cotton Mills, originally established in 1892 by Benjamin N. Duke and his partners. The mill complex contained manufacturing and storage facilities as well as a company town with millworker housing and a general store. Remaining structures from the Erwin Cotton Mill, are located near Main and Ninth Streets in Durham. This image appears in the 1926 Durham Chamber of Commerce publication entitled, Durham, North Carolina: A Center of Industry and Education.
	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.
	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.
	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.
	Panoramic photograph of Erwin Cotton Mills with mill housing Holladay Studio photographed Erwin Cotton Mills and the company's housing for its employees, which is located nearby the mill.
	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 Electric, Ice Plant, Durham Traction Company A 1914 photograph of the Durham Traction Company Light and Power building, in front of which sits a motorized "Electric Truck No. 1," as well as horse-drawn wagons. Richard Harvey Wright was the first president of the company; Julian Shakespeare Carr served as Vice President.
	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 Gilmore Ward Bryant with pupils from Southern Conservatory of Music Portrait of Gilmore Ward Bryant and his students from the Southern Conservatory of Music, Durham, North Carolina.
	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.

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