Blast from the Past: West Fourth Street in 1963
Here’s view of West Fourth Street, facing east and taken from Spring Street, dated January 1963. There have been a few changes in the look of this street over the last 55 years. How...
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July 6: Happy Birthday! William H. “Bill” Lamberti
William Howard “Bill” Lamberti was born on this day in 1915, in New York. He came to Winston-Salem about 1935 and worked as a hair stylist at the Junior League Beauty Parlor and the...
April 13: Happy Birthday! Valeria Woodward
Miss Valeria Woodward’s name is probably not familiar to most people reading this feature. But to four generations of women in Winston-Salem, they thought they didn’t have an Easter hat unless “Miss Vallie” had...
March 11, 1940: William Lamberti opens beauty salon
William Lamberti bought the Gilda Beauty Salon, and changed the name to Lamberti Beauty Salon. The Gilda Beauty Salon was located on the eighth floor of the Nissen Building. On this date in 1940,...
January 2, 1940: Fire on West Fourth Street
On this date, January 2, 1940: The Variety Fruit Store at 314 West Fourth Street had a visit from the fire department when the two-burner oil stove in the store caught fire and exploded....