Postcard Greetings: Independence Day
The postcard shown above was sent to Winston-Salem from Farmington, Washington in 1907. The postcard is embossed and is in full color, still bright after all these years. It was mailed to “Mrs. Minnie...
Category: Red Letter Dates
Happy New Year! 2018 WSTT Preview
Happy 2018 greetings! After all of the holiday activities, including a festive New Year’s Eve, we’re ready to start off 2018 with a preview of what’s to come in 2018 on the Winston-Salem Time...
Happy Thanksgiving! Count Your Blessings.
Count Your Blessings The popular hymn was written by Johnson Oatman Jr. and published in 1897. It is based on scripture from Psalm 40:5, 1 Thessalonians 5:18, and Ephesians 1:3. When upon life’s billows...
Happy July 4th, America!
Here’s a look at how Winston-Salem celebrated July 4th in earlier years: James Clarence Sebastian and Karlynn Morgan in 1957. Fireworks at Reynolds Park in 1961. Commemorating the first July the 4th celebration in...
Easter Sunday 2016
Christ the Lord is risen today. Hallelujah! In the words of Charles Wesley’s beautiful hymn, dated 1739, from Matthew 28:5-6: Christ the Lord is ris’n today, Alleluia! Sons of men and angels say, Alleluia!...
Happy New Year!
Postmarked December 31, 1911, this postcard was mailed from Buchanan, Virginia to Winston-Salem. The sender of the postcard, identified as Mrs. T. L. Vaughn Sr., sent the card to Mrs. H. D. Poindexter, with...
Merry Christmas!
The image above is a postcard, and a reproduction of the first known Christmas card. According to the notes on the postcard, “In 1843, John Callcott Horsley, R. A., was asked by Sir Henry...
Happy Thanksgiving!
“A turkey I bring you for Thanksgiving Day, With wishes that plenty may e’er with you stay.” Happy Thanksgiving greetings from Winston-Salem Time Traveler! Stay tuned for the next historical post on December 1st:...