Thanks to our partner, Lee County Libraries, an overwhelming 364 photographs from The Sanford Herald (Sanford, N.C.) are now digitized and available to view online at DigitalNC.
Since 1930, The Sanford Herald has been a leading news and information source for central North Carolina counties including Lee, Harnett, Chatham, and Moore. Still publishing today, their website states their mission being to “inform, challenge and celebrate the communities we touch.”
Taken by newspaper staff in some of the paper’s earliest years, this batch of photographs provides a wonderful look into life in and around the Sanford area. Agriculture in particular is heavily featured throughout with images showing tobacco in various stages, farmers, fields, and farm animals. Along with these are photographs showcasing local groups, individual residents, and events. While we unfortunately do not have any of the corresponding issues of The Sanford Herald available to be able to read the articles that accompany these photographs, nearly all photographs had the issue date and page written on the back.
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To view more photographs from around North Carolina, view our Images of North Carolina Collection linked here.
Information about The Sanford Herald (Sanford, N.C.) was found on the paper’s website [linked here] and the paper’s Library of Congress page [linked here].
