Municipal Building, Wilson, N.C.
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Title
Municipal Building , 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 50c 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 .
Publisher
Pike News Agency, Wilson, N. C.
Subject (tgm)
Government facilities
Subject Topical
Postcards--North Carolina.
Subject Geographic
Wilson (N.C.) Wilson County (N.C.)
DCMI Type
Image
Form General
Postcards
Language
English
Medium of Original
Paper
Collection in Repository
North Carolina Postcard Collection (P077) ; collection guide online at http://finding-aids.lib.unc.edu/P0077/
Local Identifier
P077;7-408
Citation
"[Postcard title]" 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
Copyright Status Unknown
filename
P077-7-408.tif
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