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Title	Nash Street at Night, Wilson, N.C.
Caption	The rich, well drained land of Wilson County early brought an influx of farming folk behind their oxen and farm wagons but the town itself only had its beginning in 1849. They chose a site well as no major rivers threatened flood hazards and tall timber was readily available for constructing their dwellings and businesses. Wilson's tobacco auction market was established on September 3, 1890, when the first basket was sold for 50 cents per pound. Prior to this time, most of the crop had been purchased by traveling buyers who contacted the growers on the farm. Tobacco and Wilson are synonymous - the town developed into a city, the city developed into the world's largest bright leaf tobacco market, always the leader year after year. Pub. by Pike News Agency, Wilson, N.C. "Tichnor Quality Views" Reg. U.S. Pat. Off. Made only by Tichnor Bros., Inc., Boston, Mass.
Transcription	Written on back of card: "8/25/71 City News Store Wilson, N.C."
Publisher	Pike News Agency, Wilson, N. C.
Description	Nighttime view of a downtown street showing storefronts, automobiles, and pedestrians. The Wilson movie theater is visible at the left, with a marquee reading, "Kirk Douglas - Katy Jurado in "The Racers" [with] Gilbert Roland." The card is numbered 13.
Date	ca. 1955
Subject (tgm)	Business districts Night Marquees Moon
Subject Topical	Postcards--North Carolina.
Subject Geographic	Wilson (N.C.) Wilson County (N.C.)
Form General	Postcards
Language	English
Physical Description of Original	86 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://www.lib.unc.edu/ncc/pcoll/77barbour/77barbour.html
Local Identifier	P077;7-418
Citation	"Nash Street at Night, Wilson, N.C." 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	P077-7-418.tif

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