Endangered Durham: Mystery Photo - 06.30.09

Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Mystery Photo - 06.30.09

(Courtesy Durham County Library / North Carolina Collection)

8 comments:

Paul said...: I can't guess the "where," but the "when" would be circa 1965, based on the 1962 Pontiac.

Paul Magee; June 30, 2009 at 10:10 AM
Anonymous said...: is that the school of Math & science at the end of the street?

TSQ75; June 30, 2009 at 10:18 AM
Steve said...: I have no idea what it is, but that's definitely not NCSSM at the end.; June 30, 2009 at 1:27 PM
Gary said...: My original scan is higher resolution, and I can't tell what is at the end of the street in it either.

GK; June 30, 2009 at 1:32 PM
Deloris Grayson said...: The picture you are looking at is
the Williams Produce mkt on South
St down the hill from the Pepsi
Cola Plant and beside Scott and
Roberts Cleaners,Good owners and
good merchandise (candy); June 30, 2009 at 3:05 PM
Gary said...: Nicely done Deloris! That must be about 302 South Street, at the corner of Proctor and South. I wondered if that was the Silk Hosiery Mill at the end of the street... Now that you've pointed the way, I can see the buildings in the Bird's Eye view here.

GK; June 30, 2009 at 3:27 PM
G Wolf said...: Wait, so the building all the way in the background in this page is the same as the one that's partially cutoff at the top of the second photo on this page?; June 30, 2009 at 3:48 PM
Gary said...: G Wolf

Yes - this one. Proctor and South would have been pretty high ground prior to the freeway. Think of how high the sidewalk around the parking garage behind the DPAC is; this would have been 1 block south of there. You can get a sense of how high this was by looking at the way Morehead cuts into the north end of the Forest Hills Heights public housing. That's about where this would have been.

GK

GK; June 30, 2009 at 4:05 PM

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