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...
Monthly Archive: March 2020
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...