While North Carolina has fortunately not seen anything this year like the terrible floods currently affecting the Mississippi River, our state is no stranger to the tragedy and disaster caused by flooding. The Images of North Carolina collection currently has 98 different photos of floods and flood damage, showing floods in Rocky Mount, Ashe County, and Davie County.
This image, from the Charles S. Killebrew collection at the Braswell Memorial Library (Rocky Mount, N.C.), shows downtown Rocky Mount in 1962.
It might be a little hard to make out from this image, but what you’re looking at here is a genuine historic North Carolina privy license. This is from the town of Advance, ca. 1893, and is part of the Digital Davie exhibit.
Materials in Digital Davie are shared by the Davie County Public Library.
The “Digital Davie” exhibit includes a neat pictorial map of the small mill town of Cana, N.C. The map depicts Cana at the turn of the 20th century. It is based on the memories of local residents and was presented to Cana native Flossie Martin on her 100th birthday.
Materials in Digital Davie are shared online by the Davie County Public Library.
The variety of materials available on DigitalNC continues to grow: we’ve just added the first license plate.
This plate, from the Digital Davie collection, was issued in Mocksville in 1930. They had a pretty straightforward way of assigning numbers in those days. The plate bears the number “126” because it was the 126th car registered in the town. I wonder how many they’re up to today.
Digital Davie materials are shared online by the Davie County Public Library.
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.
This photograph, from the Davie County Public Library, might be the most literal depiction of the phrase ‘beef on the hoof’ that I’ve ever seen. While these women were probably getting tips on what to ask for from the local butcher, I guess the cow had no idea what its future held in store. More images depicting the history and culture of Davie County can be found in the Digital Davie collection on DigitalNC.
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