Construction for the new Forsyth County Courthouse was scheduled to begin February 1st, 2021. The new courthouse will be located on North Chestnut Street, between First and Second Streets, backing up to Patterson Avenue....
This is one of the unidentified photographs in the library’s photograph collection. It was made about 1962. If you can identify this young man, please leave a comment. Thank you! Photograph courtesy of Forsyth...
While cleaning out the basement… This line could lead to many stories if your basement looks like mine. This is my latest discovery…a grocery bag from Mount Tabor Food Market. This bag lists two...
An article in a June 1924 issue of the Winston-Salem Journal touted Winston-Salem as the thirty-sixth greatest industrial city in the United States. The source of this statistic was the 1919 U. S. Industrial...
Are you having Candle Tea withdrawal this year? Some people make the Candle Tea in Old Salem an annual outing for their families. They experience the Christmas carols being sung in the Brothers House....
The Hudson family came to Winston-Salem in April 1960, to perform at a dance given at the Moose Club. Nancy and Dean Hudson Sr., (Mom and Dad), kept a close eye on their 4-month-old...
In honor of our veterans on Veterans Day, here are a few unidentified photos in the photograph collection that relate to veterans. If you can identify any of the men in the photographs, please...
Do you remember driving down Reynolda Road, near the Reynolda Estate, and enjoying the change of color in the trees lining Reynolda Road? We rarely have color images in the library’s photograph collection. The...
Jim Keith captured these swimmers at a swimming pool in 1960. The girl seated at the far left is Carolyn Bertie. Can you identify any of the other swimmers? Also, can you identify the...
Did you dance “The Twist” in the 1960s, along with so many teenagers and young adults? Did anyone tell you that you would hurt yourself doing the dance? Well, we can’t say that we...
