New photographs from the Tufts Archives (Pinehurst, N.C.) featuring professional and amateur golfers are now available on DigitalNC. These photographs bear witness to Pinehurst’s prominence as a mecca for golf enthusiasts during the early part of the twentieth century, and depict legendary figures such as Sam Snead, Bobby Jones, Glenna Collett Vare, Jack Nicklaus, and Peggy Kirk Bell.

But while Pinehurst may be best known for golf, other photographs show a lot of other activity happening there as well, including horse racing, boxing matches, dog shows, archery, costume balls, and more. There’s even a picture of ventriloquist Edgar Bergen and his wooden companion, Charlie McCarthy.

Several photographs from the William H. Sumner Collection at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte are now available on DigitalNC. This is a great selection of photos from Charlotte and other parts of North Carolina in the 1940s. My favorite, shown here, is this shot of a family admiring a decorated window at the Belk store in Charlotte in 1946.

Learn more about the Special Collections in the J. Murrey Atkins Library at UNC-Charlotte by visiting their website, or by keeping up with their excellent blog, “Living Charlotte.”

This great photo, taken around 1940, is from the Digital Davie collection. It’s the expression on the kid’s face that really caught my eye in this one. Given that his hog had just won the top prize, wouldn’t you think he’d look a little happier?

Digital Davie presents materials from our partner, Davie County Public Library.