Will Grant Grocery Store Photograph, circa 1935
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Item information
- Title:
- Will Grant Grocery Store Photograph, circa 1935
- Description:
- The Will Grant Grocery Store was located at 519 Oberlin Road in Historic Oberlin Village. Oberlin Village was founded by free Black residents and was a thriving African American community with over 1200 inhabitants. The growth of the community was curtailed by white neighborhoods moving into the surrounding area after Oberlin Village was annexed by the city of Raleigh in 1920. The widening of Wade Avenue in 1955 as well as the encroachment of the Village District (formerly Cameron Village) further displaced longtime residents, many of whom moved north.
- Topics:
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North Carolina History
- Subjects:
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African Americans -- History -- North Carolina
Grocery stores
- Original Format:
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Black and white print (photograph)
- Extent:
- 3 x 4.5 inches
- Item identifier:
- mss00448_5116461_20220715_37529
- Photofinisher:
- Siddell Studio more info on Siddell Studio
- Created Date:
- circa
- Location:
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Raleigh (N.C.)
- Digital Project:
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Manuscript Collections
Source information
- Repository:
- Special Collections Research Center at NC State University Libraries
- Collection:
- Will Grant Grocery Store Photograph (MSS00448) held by Special Collections Research Center at NC State University Libraries
- Note field:
- Not all materials from the physical collection may have been scanned. Images may have been enhanced for web access.
- Rights:
- For questions regarding copyright or permissions, please refer to our Reproduction, Use, Citation, and Copyright page (http://d.lib.ncsu.edu/collections/about).