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 1.10)
Photograph from a magazine article, 1915, shows a car parked in front of a suburban home. Caption reads “Suburban life is enhanced by the use of small cars which easily connect the home and country club.”