Becky, I agree with you especially about that building and the river. One of the most ornate buildings in Kinston at that time was Rhodes Academy and it had twin towers. The river pictures look more like it could be New Bern. Bob, never heard of a Bryan Motors. Martha >Resent-Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2004 00:08:08 -0600 >X-Original-Sender: [email protected] Tue Apr 6 00:08:07 2004 >Reply-To: "Rebecca Hill" <[email protected]> >From: "Rebecca Hill" <[email protected]> >Old-To: "Robert C West" <[email protected]>, <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: [NCLENOIR] Kinston pictures >Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2004 02:08:50 -0400 >X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2720.3000 >X-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information >X-MailScanner: Found to be clean >X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.38 >To: [email protected] >Resent-From: [email protected] >X-Mailing-List: <[email protected]> archive/latest/3071 >X-Loop: [email protected] >Resent-Sender: [email protected] >X-Junkmail-Status: score=0/50, host=mr03.mrf.mail.rcn.net > >I saw the same things in those pictures that Bob saw. I live in Lenoir >County and Kinston is my hometown, so something in those pictures should be >familiar to me if they indeed were taken in Kinston. I don't think they >were, however. What probably led to the assumption that they were of sites >in Kinston is the banner hung over the street in "D401" advertising the >County Fair in Kinston, N. C. But, in 1926, banners such as that could have >been used in all the nearby towns as the means for advertising such an >event--much like our billboards today. In the picture "D401," I also noted >a building in the right background that appeared to be several stories tall >and rather ornate in architecture. Nothing like that in Kinston that I know >of. Also, in the right foreground there were some rather blurry street >signs or directions signs which I tried to decipher. The top one appears to >say "Wilmington" with an arrow pointing in that direction and perhaps a >number of miles which I couldn't make out. Finally, the pictures that were >taken on a waterfront show too much water for that water to be the Neuse >River at Kinston. > >Becky > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Robert C West" <[email protected]> >To: <[email protected]> >Sent: Monday, April 05, 2004 12:12 PM >Subject: Re: [NCLENOIR] Kinston pictures > > > > > > I don't really know Kinston, so I wouldn't recognize these photos, but > > "D405" and "D407" show what looks like a school to me (and it appears to >be > > the same building as on the right of "D401"), and behind it is "Bryan King > > Motor Co." That's as much as I got from them. > > > > Bob West > > > > > > > > |---------+----------------------------> > > | | [email protected] | > > | | | > > | | 04/04/2004 01:46 | > > | | PM | > > | | | > > |---------+----------------------------> > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------------- >---------------------------------------------------| > > | >| > > | To: [email protected] >| > > | cc: >| > > | Subject: [NCLENOIR] Kinston pictures >| > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------------- >---------------------------------------------------| > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?MfcISAPICommand=GetResult& > > > > > >cgiurl=http%3A%2F%2Fcgi.ebay.com%2Fws%2F&ht=1&from=R7&SortProperty=MetaEndSo >rt& > > > > > query=kinston > > > > > > Lots of pictures of Kinston on e-bay, would you all check them out and > > tell > > > us if you recognize any of them. I don't neither does Martha > > > > > > sloan > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >

I wonder why any other county would be advertising a county fair for Lenoir County. Didn't most counties have their own county fairs? As I remember, Kinston had some of the larger buildings in Eastern NC, at least in the surrounding counties. I don't think they would advertise the county fair for Kinston in Raleigh or Wilmington. There is a plaque on one of the stores in one of the street pictures. is there any way to enlarge that section of the photo to be able to read it? I know an architect who is in downtown Kinston. Maybe he can help to identify some of the buildings, if they still exist (realizing that there may have been exterior changes to the store fronts and facades over the years. Will try to contact him. Has anyone contacted the Lenoir County Library to see if they have similar photos in their photo collection? Also, has anyone checked the Lenoir County Heritage book to see if any similar street scenes are shown? Trish On Tuesday, April 6, 2004, at 08:23 AM, Martha Marble wrote: > Becky, I agree with you especially about that building and the river. > One of the most ornate buildings in Kinston at that time was Rhodes > Academy and it had twin towers. The river pictures look more like it > could be New Bern. Bob, never heard of a Bryan Motors. > > Martha > > >> Resent-Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2004 00:08:08 -0600 >> X-Original-Sender: [email protected] Tue Apr 6 00:08:07 2004 >> Reply-To: "Rebecca Hill" <[email protected]> >> From: "Rebecca Hill" <[email protected]> >> Old-To: "Robert C West" <[email protected]>, >> <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [NCLENOIR] Kinston pictures >> Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2004 02:08:50 -0400 >> X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2720.3000 >> X-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information >> X-MailScanner: Found to be clean >> X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.38 >> To: [email protected] >> Resent-From: [email protected] >> X-Mailing-List: <[email protected]> archive/latest/3071 >> X-Loop: [email protected] >> Resent-Sender: [email protected] >> X-Junkmail-Status: score=0/50, host=mr03.mrf.mail.rcn.net >> >> I saw the same things in those pictures that Bob saw. I live in >> Lenoir >> County and Kinston is my hometown, so something in those pictures >> should be >> familiar to me if they indeed were taken in Kinston. I don't think >> they >> were, however. What probably led to the assumption that they were of >> sites >> in Kinston is the banner hung over the street in "D401" advertising >> the >> County Fair in Kinston, N. C. But, in 1926, banners such as that >> could have >> been used in all the nearby towns as the means for advertising such an >> event--much like our billboards today. In the picture "D401," I also >> noted >> a building in the right background that appeared to be several >> stories tall >> and rather ornate in architecture. Nothing like that in Kinston that >> I know >> of. Also, in the right foreground there were some rather blurry >> street >> signs or directions signs which I tried to decipher. The top one >> appears to >> say "Wilmington" with an arrow pointing in that direction and perhaps >> a >> number of miles which I couldn't make out. Finally, the pictures >> that were >> taken on a waterfront show too much water for that water to be the >> Neuse >> River at Kinston. >> >> Becky >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Robert C West" <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Monday, April 05, 2004 12:12 PM >> Subject: Re: [NCLENOIR] Kinston pictures >> >> >> > >> > I don't really know Kinston, so I wouldn't recognize these photos, >> but >> > "D405" and "D407" show what looks like a school to me (and it >> appears to >> be >> > the same building as on the right of "D401"), and behind it is >> "Bryan King >> > Motor Co." That's as much as I got from them. >> > >> > Bob West >> > >> > >> > >> > |---------+----------------------------> >> > | | [email protected] | >> > | | | >> > | | 04/04/2004 01:46 | >> > | | PM | >> > | | | >> > |---------+----------------------------> >> > >> >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >> ------ >> ---------------------------------------------------| >> > | >> | >> > | To: [email protected] >> | >> > | cc: >> | >> > | Subject: [NCLENOIR] Kinston pictures >> | >> > >> >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >> ------ >> ---------------------------------------------------| >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > > >> http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?MfcISAPICommand=GetResult& >> > > >> > >> cgiurl=http%3A%2F%2Fcgi.ebay.com%2Fws%2F&ht=1&from=R7&SortProperty=Met >> aEndSo >> rt& >> > >> > > query=kinston >> > > >> > > Lots of pictures of Kinston on e-bay, would you all check them >> out and >> > tell >> > > us if you recognize any of them. I don't neither does Martha >> > > >> > > sloan