Drinking fountain on the county courthouse lawn, Halifax, North Carolina.
About this photograph
Photo by John Vachon for the U.S. Office of War Information.
- Date created
- April 1938
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- This work is believed to be in the public domain. Users are advised to make their own copyright assessment and to understand their rights to fair use.
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- North Carolina in the early 20th century: Primary sources and readings explore North Carolina in the first decades of the twentieth century (1900–1929). Topics include changes in technology and transportation, Progressive Era reforms, World War I, women's suffrage, Jim Crow and African American life, the cultural changes of the 1920s, labor and labor unrest, and the Gastonia stirke of 1929. (Page 5.2)
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