Wilkes County Photographs


Collection Information
Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
Detailed Description of the Collection
Contact Information:
Learning Resources Center
Wilkes Community College
PO Box 120
Wilkesboro, North Carolina28697
Phone: (336) 838-6114
Fax: (336) 838-6515
Email: fay.byrd@wilkescc.edu">fay.byrd@wilkescc.edu
URL: http://www.wilkescc.edu
Staff:
Dr. Fay Byrd, Director
Janet Atwood, Librarian
Christy Earp, Librarian
Vickie Cothren-Millsaps, Library Technician
Rebecca Queen, Secretary
Processed by:
Janet Atwood
Encoded by:
Christy Earp, Librarian
Date Encoding Completed:
May 2003
Images Digitized by:
Vickie Cothren-Millsaps, Library Technician
Under the Direction of:
Dr. Fay Byrd, Library Director
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Descriptive Summary

Title
Wilkes County Photographs
Location
For current information on the location of these materials, please consult Wilkes Community College.
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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Wilkes County Photographs, Learning Resources Center, Wilkes Community College.
Copyright Notice
Legal rights to the documents in this collection are retained by Wilkes Community College, the photographers, or their descendants, in accordance with United States copyright law. These images may not be reproduced without permission from copyright holders.
Please Note
If you have any information pertaining to these photographs, or if you have historical Wilkes County photographs you would like to donate, please conact the Learning Resource Center of Wilkes Community College, at the above address.
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Detailed Description of the Collection

The Wilkes County Photograph Collection contains photographic images of Wilkes people, businesses, historic sites and historic events. The photographs below are organized according to category. Please click on the link to the right of each photograph's description to view an image of the photograph.

Wilkes Businesses

Brame Drug Company
Brame Drug Company, North Wilkesboro, NC, early 1900s. 8" x 10" photograph. [Digital image.]
Brame Drug Company's Coca Cola Bar, North Wilkesboro, NC, early 1900s. 3" x 4 1/2" black and white photograph. [Digital image.]
Interior of Brame Drug Company, North Wilkesboro, NC, early 1900s. Pictured are "Phil, Dr. Brame, and Bob," probably Dr. Phillip A. Brame, Dr. Marvin Brame and Dr. Robert M. Brame. 5" x 7" black and white photograph. [Digital image.]

Brushy Mountain Apple Industry
Grading Brushy Mountain apples, undated. 8" x 10" black and white photograph. [Digital image.]
Grading Brushy Mountain apples, undated. 5" x 8" black and white photograph. [Digital image.]
Packing Brushy Mountain apples, undated. 8" x 10" black and white photograph. [Digital image.]
Brushy Mountain Apple display, undated. 8" x 10" black and white photograph. [Digital image.]

Yellow Jacket Print Shop
Print shop of the Yellow Jacket newspaper, Moravian Falls, NC, early 1900s. 6 1/4" x 8 3/8" black and white photograph. [Digital image.]


Wilkes Historic Events

Flood of 1916
Stranded buggy. 8" x 10" black and white photograph. [Digital image.]

Flood of 1940
1940 Flood. Scene below US 421 North, Deep Gap, NC, September 1940. 8" x 10" black and white photograph. [Digital image.]
1940 Flood. Scene above US 421 North, Deep Gap, NC, September 1940. 8" x 10" black and white photograph. [Digital image.]
1940 Flood. US 421 North, Deep Gap, NC, September 1940. 8" x 10" black and white photograph. [Digital image.]
1940 Flood. North Wilkesboro, NC, August 14, 1940. 8" x 10" black and white photograph.[Digital image.]
1940 Flood. Coal car in North Wilkesboro, NC, undated. 2 3/4" x 4 1/2" black and white photograph. [Digital image.]
1940 Flood. Flooded fields, North Wilkesboro, NC, undated. 2 3/4" x 4 1/2" black and white photograph. [Digital image.]
1940 Flood. Flooded bridge, North Wilkesboro, NC, undated. 2 3/4" x 4 1/2" black and white photograph. [Digital image.]
1940 Flood. North Wilkesboro, NC Prison Camp, August 14, 1940. 2 3/4" x 4" black and white photograph. [Digital image.]
1940 Flood. North Wilkesboro, NC, flooded train, undated. 5" x 7" black and white photograph. [Digital image.]
1940 Flood. North Wilkesboro, NC, flooded rail cars, undated. 5" x 7" black and white photograph. [Digital image.]
1940 Flood. Farms along the Yadkin River, Wilkes County, NC, undated. 8" x 10" black and white photograph. [Digital image.]
1940 Flood. Aerial view of North Wilkesboro, NC, undated. 8" x 10" black and white photograph. [Digital image.]

Wilkes Historic Sites

Tory Oak
Confederate veterans reunion, Wilkesboro, 1915. The Tory Oak is in the background. 5" x 7" sepia photo. [Digital image.]
The Tory Oak, Wilkesboro, early 1950s. 8" x 10" black and white photo. [Digital image.]
North Wilkesboro Fairgrounds
North Wilkesboro, NC Fairgrounds, early 1900s. Located on the site of what is now Memorial Park, North Wilkesboro, NC. 4 3/4" x 6 1/2" black and white photograph. [Digital image.]
Group on horseback at North Wilkesboro, NC Fairgrounds, undated. 4" x 5" black and white photograph. [Digital image.]
Exhibit hall at the North Wilkesboro, NC Fairgrounds, early 1900s. 3" x 5" copy of original black and white photograph. [Digital image.]

North Wilkesboro Speedway
North Wilkesboro Speedway, 1960. 8" x 10" black and white photograph. [Digital image.]

Oddfellow's Building
Oddfellow's Building, Mulberry, NC, undated. 3" x 5" color photograph. [Digital image.]
Senior Citizen's Center located near Oddfellow's Building, Mulberry, NC, undated. 3" x 5" color photograph. [Digital image.]

W. Kerr Scott Dam and Reservoir
Groundbreaking ceremony, September 25, 1960. 8" x 10" black and white photograph. [Digital image.]
Groundbreaking ceremony, September 25, 1960. Pictured left to right: Representative Johnston, General H. A. Morris, Senator Sam J. Ervin, Senator Jordan and North Carolina Senator Archie K. Davis.8" x 10" black and white photograph.[Digital image.]
Groundbreaking ceremony, September 25, 1960. 8" x 10" black and white photograph.[Digital image.]
Groundbreaking ceremony, September 25, 1960. 8" x 10" black and white photograph.[Digital image.]
Aerial view of construction. 8" x 10" black and white photograph.[Digital image.]
Aerial view of construction. 8" x 10" black and white photograph.[Digital image.]
Aerial view of construction. 8" x 10" black and white photograph.[Digital image.]
Aerial view of construction. 8" x 10" black and white photograph.[Digital image.]
Aerial view of construction, March 31, 1962. 8" x 10" black and white photograph.[Digital image.]
Aerial view of construction. 8" x 10" black and white photograph.[Digital image.]
Tunnel. 8" x 10" black and white photograph.[Digital image.]
Construction scene, February 1962. 8" x 10" black and white photograph.[Digital image.]
W. Kerr Scott Reservoir, completed, undated. 5" x 7" black and white photograph.[Digital image.]
Fishing at the new reservoir, undated. 8" x 10" black and white photograph.[Digital image.]

Wilkes People

Junior Johnson
Junior Johnson and Paul Cashion, late 1960s. 5" x 7" black and white photograph. [Digital image.]
Junior Johnson at race track, undated. 5" x 7" black and white photograph. [Digital image.]

James Larkin Pearson
James Larkin Pearson at his print shop, Boomer, NC, undated. 3" x 5" black and white photograph. [Digital image.]
James Larkin Pearson, 1947. 8" x 10" black and white photograph. [Digital image.]
James Larkin Pearson, 1963. 6 3/4" x 8" black and white photograph. [Digital image.]
James Larkin Pearson, undated. 7" x 11" black and white photograph. [Digital image.]
James Larkin Pearson's print shop formerly located on the property of his adopted daughter, Agnes Pearson Fox, Fairplains, NC, undated. 3 1/2" x 5" color photograph. [Digital image.]
Unveiling ceremony for Joseph King's portrait of James Larkin Pearson. Pictured left to right: Joseph King, James Larkin Pearson and Dorris Potter. 3 1/2" x 5" color photograph. [Digital image.]

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Online access to this finding aid was supported with money from funds created through the federal Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA). These funds came through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, which is administered by the State Library of North Carolina, a division of the North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources. This grant is part of the North Carolina ECHO, Exploring Cultural Heritage Online, Digitization Grant Program.