[Roanoke Avenue, Roanoke Rapids, N.C.]
Rating
Title
[Roanoke Avenue , Roanoke Rapids , N.C.]
Title Note
Title supplied by repository.
Caption
Roanoke Avenue , Roanoke Rapids , N.C . Roanoke Rapids was founded at the turn of the century as an industrial center in an area that was dominated by agriculture . Since its birth , this young city has grown steadily and is now recognized as one of the most progressive communities in North Carolina . Roanoke Rapids is also the shopping center for its entire area . Anscochrome by G.L . Barkley . Pub . by Rosemary Camera Shop , Roanoke Rapids , N.C . Made by Dexter , West Nyack , New York . 41208-B .
Transcription
Postmarked 21 February 1962 .
Creator
Barkley, G. L.
Publisher
Rosemary Camera Shop, Roanoke Rapids, N.C.
Description
View of a downtown intersection showing automobiles , storefronts , and a traffic light . Visible signs read : "Esso " "Leggett's " and "Penney's. "
Creation Date
1962
Date
ca. 1962
Subject (tgm)
Business districts Traffic signs & signals
Subject Topical
Postcards--North Carolina.
Subject Geographic
Roanoke Rapids (N.C.) Halifax County (N.C.)
DCMI Type
Image
Form General
Postcards
Language
English
Physical Description of Original
87 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;9-268
Citation
"[Roanoke Avenue, Roanoke Rapids, 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
P077-9-268.tif
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