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- Bull Durham Tobacco Factory
- Tobacco; Tobacco industry; Buildings; Factories;
- Bull Durham Tobacco factory, Blackwell Durham Tobacco Company. circa 1910. Part of the American Tobacco campus today, which is largest historic preservation project ever to be undertaken in North Carolina.
- Historic Postcards of Durham
- Tobaccoland
- Tobacco plantations; Tobacco products; Tobacco;
- Greetings from Tobaccoland, depicting a tobacco field and tobacco auction.
- Historic Postcards of Durham
- Imperial Tobacco Co.
- Tobacco industry; Warehouses;
- Not to be outdone by young American upstarts, T. H. Lawrence built the Imperial Tobacco of Great Britain and Ireland warehouse at 215 Morris Street. Postcard circa 1920.
- Historic Postcards of Durham
- Imperial Tobacco of Great Britain and Ireland Warehouse
- Buildings; Warehouses; Tobacco industry;
- T. H. Lawrence built the Imperial Tobacco of Great Britain and Ireland warehouse at 215 Morris Street. Postcard circa 1920.
- Historic Postcards of Durham
- Blackwell's Durham Tobacco factories and warehouses
- Tobacco industry; Trees; Buildings; Water towers;
- Bird's-eye view looking north at Blackwell's Durham Tobacco factories and warehouses (the American Tobacco campus today)
- Historic Postcards of Durham
- Main Street Durham (West), N.C.,
- Buildings; City & town life; People; Cityscape drawings; Tobacco industry; Universities & colleges;
- Main Street looking west from the corner of Corcoran Street, with the Trust Building on the right. W. Duke & Sons Tobacco Company, Trinity College, and West Durham lie beyond.
- Historic Postcards of Durham
- The American Tobacco Company cigarette plant
- Buildings; Factories; Tobacco package labels; Houses
- The American Tobacco Company cigarette plant. Note the "Pray For Peace" postmark of 1961. Durham Bulls Athletic Park now stands on the far left (where houses can be seen in the postcard).
- Historic Postcards of Durham
- Home of Chesterfield Cigarettes, a plant of Liggett & Myers Tobacco Company
- Buildings; Agriculture
- One of the plants of Liggett & Myers Tobacco Company. Home of Chesterfield cigarettes--"They Satisfy."
- Historic Postcards of Durham
- offices and plant
- Warehouses; Chimneys; Automobiles;
- The American Tobacco Company offices and plant at Blackwell and West Pettigrew streets (originally Blackwell's Durham Tobacco Company, built in 1874). The Lucky Strike smokestack still stands. The image shows where Blackwell Street crosses the...
- Historic Postcards of Durham
- airplane view of American tobacco co's plant
- Airplane view of American Tobacco Company plant.
- Historic Postcards of Durham
- Liggett & Myers tobacco company factory
- Tobacco industry
- Liggett & Myers Tobacco Company factory, home of L&M, Chesterfield, and Lark cigarettes. Circa 1964.
- Historic Postcards of Durham
- Fatima Cigarette Factory
- Tobacco Industry; Buildings; Railroad tracks; smokestacks
- Fatima cigarette factory, owned by W. Duke and Sons, located near Main and Duke streets. Built in 1884, the old factory is now two floors. Circa 1910.
- Historic Postcards of Durham
- A Liggett & Myers Tobacco Company factory
- Buildings; Flagpoles; Billboards; Automobiles;
- Liggett & Myers Tobacco Company factory, home of L&M, Chesterfield, and Oasis cigarettes.
- Historic Postcards of Durham
- Stanford L. Warren Library, face
- Stanford L. Warren Library, Fayetteville Street. Built in 1940 on land donated by Dr. Warren. A state historical marker now stands out front honoring Blind Boy Fuller, Rev. Gary Davis, and other blues musicians who played guitar, harmonica, and...
- Historic Postcards of Durham
- Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church
- Church & state; Methodist churches; Episcopal churches;
- Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church (now Duke Memorial Methodist). Former site of William T. Blackwell's home at the corner of West Chapel Hill and Duke streets. The church first started as Sunday school classes inside the Duke tobacco factories.
- Historic Postcards of Durham
- Durham Textile Mills
- The five most successful textile mills in Durham: Erwin Mills (on Ninth Street), Durham Cotton Manufacturing Company (on East Pettigrew Street), Pearl Mill (on Trinity Avenue, later called Erwin Mills No. 6), Golden Belt Manufacturing Company (East...
- Historic Postcards of Durham
- Golden Belt Manufacturing Co.
- Buildings
- Golden Belt Manufacturing Company, established by Julian Shakespeare Carr in 1887 to make bags for Blackwell Tobacco Company.
- Historic Postcards of Durham
- Air View of the Central Business District
- Aerial photographs; Post offices; Hotels;
- Air view of the central business district. The Hill Building (SunTrust) and the old Washington Duke Hotel (now an empty lot) stand in the middle. You can also see American Tobacco (left), Five Points (top), and the post office (lower right). Circa...
- Historic Postcards of Durham
- Aerial view of Duke University's East Campus
- Aerial view of Duke University's East Campus. North of campus are the Trinity Heights and Walltown neighborhoods. Walltown is a historically African-American community where many workers in Durham's tobacco industry once lived. In the extreme right...
- Historic Postcards of Durham
- Main Street looking west, with the Kress store on the left.
- Buildings; People associated with commercial activities; Flagpoles; Automobiles; Carriages & coaches; Jefferson Airplane (Musical group)
- Main Street looking west, with the Kress store on the left. Across the street, Walgreen's drugstore holds a spot in country music history. West Durham native and songwriter John D. Loudermilk stopped at Walgreen's every Saturday to get a Baby Ruth...
- Historic Postcards of Durham