Greensboro, N.C. Guilford Court House
Rating
Title
Greensboro , N.C . Guilford Court House
Caption
Guilford Court House . Greensboro's first court house was of logs , and in connection with it were whipping post , stocks , and pillories . The first court was held in there in 1809 ; a permanent building was erected soon after , which was moved in a 1856 to new site , and was destroyed by fire in 1872 . It was at once rebuilt in the same style of architecture at a cost of $21,000 . Raphael Tuck & Sons , "Raphotype " [Regd.] Postcard . No . 5112 , "Greensboro , N.C. " Art publishers to their majesties the King and Queen .
Transcription
Message on front of card : "Greensboro NC . Oct . 8 , 06 . Cant say what day I will be at the Fair . Some of us go every day . Come on when you can . Mame. " Addressed to "Miss Maude Efland , Efland , N.C. " Postmarked 8 October 1908 .
Publisher
Raphael Tuck & Sons
Description
View of a courthouse with a clock tower . There are several trees and a statue in front .
Creation Date
1908
Date
ca. 1908
Subject (tgm)
Courthouses Clock towers
Subject Topical
Postcards--North Carolina.
Subject Geographic
Greensboro (N.C.) Guilford County (N.C.)
DCMI Type
Image
Form General
Postcards
Language
English
Physical Description of Original
88 mm x 138 mm
Medium of Original
Paper
Collection in Repository
Durwood Barbour Collection of North Carolina Postcards (P077) ; collection guide available online at http://finding-aids.lib.unc.edu/P0077/
Local Identifier
P077;5-597
Citation
"Greensboro, N.C. Guilford Court House" in Durwood Barbour Collection of North Carolina Postcards (P077), North Carolina Collection Photographic Archives, Wilson Library, UNC-Chapel Hill
Digital Collection
North Carolina Postcards
Repository
North Carolina Collection Photographic Archives, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Host
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Copyright
Public Domain
filename
P077-5-597.tif
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