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- A church in the Old Wilson Historic District of Wilson, NC

- This is a church in the Old Wilson Historic District of Wilson, North Carolina. Wilson is host to a variety of interesting historic architecture.
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- A house in the Old Wilson Historic District in Wilson, NC

- This is a house in the Old Wilson Historic District in Wilson, North Carolina.
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- A flower shop on a street corner in Wilson, NC

- This is a flower shop on a street corner in Wilson, North Carolina. It is part of the Old Wilson Historic District. Wilson is host to a great deal of historic architecture.
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- Sturgeon City
- What was once a wastewater treatment plant now offers educational opportunities to students and a home to the native sturgeon species which once spawned in the waters of Wilson Bay.
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- Mrs. C. S. Wilson gives a demonstration

- Mrs. C. S. Wilson, an African American home agent from Alamance County, gives a demonstration to Guilford County women in care of milk utensils in March of 1941. The black and white photograph shows Mrs. Wilson in an auditorium and standing behind a table...
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- Wilson County winners feeding pigs

- On July 30, 1940, Levi Simmons, Minshew Club member in Wilson County was granted a second A and T College Club Scholarship for achievement in club work. His second project was raising 2 pigs. This black and white photograph shows Levi Simmons feeding his pigs...
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- Wilson county 4-H Scholarship winner with an acre of corn

- In July of 1940, Levi Simmons, an African American student of the Menchew 4-H Club of Wilson County, was awarded the 4-H Club scholarship to A and T College. He is shown in this black and white photograph standing in front of an acre of ripe corn which was...
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- Imagination Station
- Slither and slide, hop and bop, run and jump, explore and discover Imagination Station where Science rocks and kids rule!
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- Automobile up a tree

- Automobile up tree as warning to drivers in Wilson, North Carolina.
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- Young people working in garden

- This black and white image, taken in 1941, shows 9 boys and girls working in garden in Wilson County, North Carolina. The children, who are tending vegetables, range in age from youngsters to teenagers. The older children are wearing wide brimmed hats are...
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- Map of Wilson County, North Carolina, showing rural delivery service

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- Whirligigs at Windmill Farm in Lucama, NC

- A band practices in front of huge whirligigs at Windmill Farm in Lucama, North Carolina. The whirligigs are made by artist Vollis Simpson and incorporate complex movement and sound as a integral part of the sculptures.
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- Whirligigs at Windmill Farm in Lucama, NC

- These are huge whirligigs at Windmill Farm in Lucama, North Carolina. The whirligigs are made by artist Vollis Simpson and incorporate complex movement and sound as a integral part of the sculptures.
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- North Carolina Collection Gallery
- Early exploration of North Carolina, the Algonquin culture, the Roanoke Island settlement - these are just some of the exhibits that can be seen at the North Carolina Collection Gallery in Wilson Library on the UNC-Chapel Hill campus.
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- Mrs. W. H. Bryant
- In Tobacco bag stringing: Life and labor in the Depression, page 2.6
- MRS. W. H. BRYANT, Wilkes County, N.C., has 9 children, one of whom is married and also has 1 child and lives with her. INCOME: Husband works fairly steadily at the furniture factory for $10 to $15 a week. Only other income is $2.50 a week for stringing bags...
- Tobacco Farm Life Museum
- This history museum provides "an informative insight into early 20th century farm family life."
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- Mrs. Emma Cleary
- In Tobacco bag stringing: Life and labor in the Depression, page 2.12
- CLEARY, MRS. EMMA, married; two children; aged 30; husband aged 60; resides in Wilkes County, N.C. Children: William, aged 12 in school. Vassie, aged 8 in school. INCOME: None. HOME CONDITIONS: Own two-room log cabin and forty acres of land. Only five acres...
- Mrs. Cornelia Neal
- In Tobacco bag stringing: Life and labor in the Depression, page 2.11
- NEAL, MRS. CORNELIA, (colored), age 66, husband 70; two children and four grandchildren living with her. INCOME: They raise some of their food and a little tobacco. HOME CONDITIONS: The house has eight rooms and there are 62 acres of land. they own 2 mules,...
- Charges of abuse
- In North Carolina in the Civil War and Reconstruction, page 8.9
- Report of Freedmen's Bureau officials on charges of abuse of former slaves by their former owners in Wilson County, North Carolina, 1865. Includes historical commentary. Note: This source contains explicit language or content that requires mature discussion.
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- Mrs. Leacey Royal
- In Tobacco bag stringing: Life and labor in the Depression, page 2.4
- MRS. LEACEY ROYAL, aged 27, married and has 4 children. Husband is 29. They reside in Reddies River, N.C. INCOME: Husband works on P.W.A. sixteen days a month and gets $24. They have no other income. EXPENSES: They use everything they make for food. Taxes...