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Scene inside the first Hanes Knitting factory
Tobacco and textiles played a role in Forsyth County from the very beginning of the Wachovia settlement. But from the 1880s to the 1980s, these two industries dominated the industry and cultural environment of Winston-Salem like no others. Working with fabrics started simply... <Read more>
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Sunday, January 31, 2010 7:39 pm
According to the Fishel family tree, the owners of the house were Sandford and Louisa Fishel nee Hoffman. The farm house was located near the present intersection of Haverhill and Luther, just south of Dixon animal hospital. -
Saturday, January 30, 2010 7:16 pm
Is this the Coan who was mayor of Winston-Salem, perhaps in the 1940s? If so, my mother, Hazel Church Levin, was his secretary. -
Wednesday, January 27, 2010 10:25 am
This is a picture taken at Kimberley Park Elementary. Mrs. Lewis was a principal at the school gym. This was taken in the gynasium of the current school. -
Tuesday, January 26, 2010 10:31 am
do not know anyone in photo but have worked at station where this truck was assigned was called Big Bertha great engine -
Sunday, January 24, 2010 7:30 pm
My grandfather, George W. Coan Jr. built this home in the 1930s and my father, Jimmy Coan, his sister, Spotty and brother, Bill, grew up here. Thank you for the photos!
