Do You Remember? Romper Room
Do you remember the television program, Romper Room? It was broadcast in Winston-Salem on Channel 12 at noon weekdays. And the programs were filmed at the WSJS Television studio on Spruce Street. It was...
Category: Blast from the Past: Stories from our History
Winston-Salem Visitors: “Amos” and “Andy”
Spencer Williams and Alvin Childress came to Winston-Salem in September 1958. Better known as the television characters, Andrew (Andy) Brown and Amos Jones, in the successful television program, “Amos ‘n’ Andy,” the men came...
Do You Remember? Parkway Theatre
New shopping centers began appearing in North Carolina in 1949, when Cameron Village opened. Winston-Salem had the second shopping center in North Carolina, when Thruway Shopping Center opened in 1955. Soon, there were other shopping centers...
W. T. Brown and J. O. White: Winston Pioneers
William Thomas Brown (1866-1924) was born in Mocksville, but lived in Winston-Salem most of his life. He was the son of Dr. and Mrs. W. L. Brown. Dr. Brown was in the tobacco manufacturing...
The Thruway Movie Theatre: Celebrating 50 Years
Construction was still underway when this photo was taken for the February 5, 1969 Twin City Sentinel issue. Finishing touches were being placed on the theatre building that cost approximately $220,000. The seating capacity for...
Postcard Greetings! Memorial Hall
The home for the inspector, or headmaster, of the Girls’ Boarding School was built in 1810. Located on the corner of Academy and Church Streets, the house was later used for Salem College and...
Ice Skating at Lake Hills, 1963-Style
The front page of the Monday, December 23rd, 1963 issue of the Winston-Salem Journal featured one photograph showing a group of teenagers ice skating at Lake Hills. No identification of the teenagers was given, nor were...
Piedmont Aviation Exhibit in the North Carolina Collection
Was your first airplane flight on a Piedmont airplane? Can you remember the look of the airplane, what the stewardesses wore, the food service, and other appointments on the airplane? If your memory of...
Blast from the Past: World War I Soldier for a Day
Many stories came from events such as wars, and World War I certainly had its share of interesting stories. Most of the stories involve the soldiers and their special circumstances. One particular story involved a...
World War I: Victory Celebration in Winston-Salem
The headline in the Winston-Salem Journal on November 12th, 1918, was “Victory Celebration Continued All Day and Until Late Last Night.” Beneath the headline were these words, “At six o’clock a grand parade was staged in...