June 29: Happy Birthday! Charles Rudolph Isgett
Charles Rudolph Isgett was born on this day in 1909, in South Carolina. He came to Winston-Salem in 1920, and graduated from R. J. Reynolds High School and Scranton Business School. In the 1930s...
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June 29,1990: RJR Factory #12 Closes
On this day in 1990, R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company factory #12 closed after its final shift ending at midnight. The photo above was taken on Chestnut Street, looking north toward Third Street, in...