Wayback Wednesday: NC’s Home-Run Derby of 1961
If you wanted to see major league baseball players hit home runs in 1961, you didn’t have to leave Winston-Salem; you just had to travel to Ernie Shore Field. Following a exciting home run...
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Wayback Wednesday: Can You Identify These Photos?
The following are two photographs that were taken by Winston-Salem Journal photographer, Jim Keith. They are not necessarily connected, except that they were probably taken in 1961. If you can identify either the school...
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...
The Circus Comes to Town
has always been full of red-letter days: Groundhog Day, Valentine’s Day, Abraham Lincoln’s Birthday, and George Washington’s Birthday. Lately, Super Bowl Sunday has been added to the list of special occasions. The Ringling Brothers...
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...
December 31,1961: Confederate Ball at Reynolda House
Charles Babcock Jr. held a Confederate Ball at Reynolda House on this evening in 1961, to celebrate the centennial of the Civil War. According to an article in the newspaper by Roy...
December 3,1961: Handy Pantry Opens
The city’s first Handy Pantry opened on this day in 1961. The parent company, Southland Corporation, operated approximately 700 stores outside of North Carolina, under the name of 7-Eleven Food and Dairy Stores. Handy...
October 17,1958: Groundbreaking for Whitaker Park
John C. Whitaker was chairman of the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company Board of Directors from 1952 to 1959. On this day in 1958, he broke ground for the new cigarette plant that would...
April 26,1961: Winston Cigarettes are Shipped
The first shipment of Winston cigarettes left Whitaker Park on this day in 1961. Photo shows the new Whitaker Park Manufacturing Plant. Photo courtesy of Forsyth County Public Library Photograph Collection.
January 24, 1961: First Model Home Fallout Shelter is Open
On this date: January 24, 1961. Winston-Salem’s first model home fallout shelter was opened for public examination. Built with federal funds, the shelter was in the basement of the Joseph Warner house, at...