We are excited to announce that a new batch of photographs from Lee County Libraries’ The Sanford Herald Photographic Print Collection, along with four pre-1925 issues of newspapers, are now available on DigitalNC.
In November 2023, The Sanford Herald (1930-present) donated thousands of images, spanning from the 1930s to the 2000s, to our partner Lee County Libraries. This latest batch of 346 images joins a growing collection of photographs taken by The Sanford Herald (Sanford, N.C.) that are now accessible online through DigitalNC. The new photographs span from January 1950 to December 1952 and provide a visual history of Lee County during the early 1950s. The entire collection of new photographs can be found here, while select images can be previewed below!
The four newspaper issues from this batch are: The Advertiser (Raleigh, N.C.) – July 15, 1893; The Democrat (Rutherfordton, N.C.) – March 6, 1896; The Sanford Express (Sanford, N.C.) – June 23, 1898; The Carolina Banner (Sanford, N.C.) – August 22, 1922.
Visitors can browse even more photographs documenting Lee County’s history, here.
More information about our partner, Lee County Libraries, can be found on their website here.
Information about Lee County Libraries Local History and Genealogy Room can be found here.
More materials, including yearbooks, directories, maps, and a newspaper title, can be found on Lee County Libraries’ contributor page, which is linked here.
