Wayback Wednesday: Spruce Street – Then and Now
If you have driven downtown lately, you might have noticed demolition work going on in the 500 block of West Fourth Street, between Spruce Street and Poplar Street. Part of the GMAC Building (the...
Winston-Salem Time Traveler
Wayback Wednesday: The Snowy March 1960 Wednesdays
If you grew up in Forsyth County, you may remember the recurrence of snow on three Wednesdays in March 1960. The snows fell on March 2nd, March 9th, and March 16th. The local newspapers...
Celebrating St. Patrick’s Day
Betty Key, a student nurse at Baptist Hospital, posed for Winston-Salem Journal photographer, Jim Keith, for this St. Patrick’s Day photo. The photo appeared in the Winston-Salem Journal on March 17, 1962, page 10....
Wayback Wednesday: Thruway Shopping Center in 1961
Here’s a wide view of Thruway Shopping Center in November 1961, when it was less than 10 years old. This photo is unique because we have so few color images of local sites in...
Twin City Profile: Cecil William “Bill” Simmons
Cecil William “Bill” Simmons joined the Royal Canadian Air Force in October 1940 and is considered to be the first North Carolinian to get his wings with the Royal Canadian Air Force. Bill was...
Wayback Wednesday: Is this South Park School?
Looking for someone who might recognize South Park School. The photo shown above was identified as South Park School, but it doesn’t look like an older view of the school (1920s version). Of course,...
Happy Valentine’s Day!
Postcard greetings on Valentine’s Day! This postcard was mailed in February 1908 from Farmington, Washington to a woman in Winston-Salem. The postcard is embossed and it was printed in Germany, as were many of...
Wayback Wednesday: SNOW, 1960-Style
The winter of 1960 is recalled by seasoned Winston-Salem residents as the winter that it snowed…and snowed…and snowed! If you were living in Winston-Salem on February 13th, 60 years ago, you would have awaken...
R. J. Reynolds High School Cheerleaders Identified
Thanks to the many people who shared this image and who contacted classmates in order to verify the identifications of the women in the above photo. The women are (left to right): Loretta Snyder...
Wayback Wednesday: Can you identify these people?
Three photographs, taken by Winston-Salem Journal photographer, Bill Ray, are shown below. If you can identify any of the individuals in the photos, please send a message, giving the number of the photo and...