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Browse Collection › LC Subject Heading › 3 records found where LC Subject Heading is Railroads -- North Carolina -- 20th century
	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.
	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 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.

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