Digital Greensboro

08/28/2026

Good news! Today we changed the copyright status notices on over 450 items published in 1930 or earlier that have entered the public domain since they were added to Digital Greensboro. They can now be freely reused however you like. We hope you will find this almost as enjoyable as a set of Mary Dunbar's Heat Flow Ovenware from 1930!

08/27/2026

A woman sitting on the side of the steps adjusts her hosiery in 1918.

https://www.digitalgreensboro.org/record/65174?ln=en&v=uv #?xywh=-1310%2C-170%2C4313%2C2448

08/26/2026

May 13, 1947. 3 p.m. Photograph of a boy in leg casts seated in a wheelchair at Sternberger Hospital for Women and Children at 715 Summit Avenue. A puppy, possibly a cocker spaniel, is sitting in his lap. The order card notes, "Rusty and Kid."

IN COPYRIGHT. Copyright Carol W. Martin/Greensboro History Museum Collection. Greensboro History Museum has permission to use in exhibits and publications. Commercial use restricted.

https://www.digitalgreensboro.org/record/30812?v=uv #?xywh=-357%2C-37%2C2213%2C1256

08/25/2026

Five Students cram into a phone booth while a sixth student lays on top of the booth holding a "Keep Out" sign and an electrical cord.

https://www.digitalgreensboro.org/record/65182?v=uv #?xywh=-3201%2C-191%2C11406%2C6476

08/24/2026

Aerial view of campus in August 1995 showing Foust Building, Alumni House, Jackson Library, Spencer and the Dining Halls, and College Avenue.

https://www.digitalgreensboro.org/record/67478?ln=en&p=august+24&v=uv #?xywh=-1519%2C-151%2C9031%2C5128

08/21/2026

Photograph of the 710th Women's Army Auxiliary Corps Post H.G. Co. at Bolling Field in Washington D.C. on August, 23 1943.

Photograph part of the Military Women Across the Nation Collection. Military Women across the Nation (MWAN) is a non-profit organization whose mission is to keep military women, past and present, informed of benefits associated with their military service; keep female veterans connected while preserving their common history; provide opportunities for women in tomorrow's armed forces through networking, socializing, and serving with and for other female veterans. WAVES National, (established in 1979) was a Sea Service Women’s organization for women who have honorably served, are currently serving, or have retired from one of the sea services, reserve components, or supporting nurse corps: U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Coast Guard, or U.S. Maritime Service. It was reorganized in 2015 to expand to all women from all US Military Services.

https://www.digitalgreensboro.org/record/84427

08/18/2026

08/05/2026

Part 2 of a series (link to Part 1 at the bottom of the page).

What happens after the mills go silent?

Part 2 of the Cone Mills Legacy series explores how Revolution Mill, Printworks Mill, and the surrounding Mill District found new life through historic preservation, housing, business development, public investment, and community partnerships.

Read how former textile mills became places to live, work, gather, and create.

https://ayrs.io/Qk9VsH

08/05/2026

We have to admit that the Wyndham Championship, which starts today, had a much (ahem) groovier logo back when it was still the Greater Greensboro Open (GGO). This photo is from the 1976 Pro-Am and is from one of the scrapbooks of Jim Melvin, Greensboro's longest serving mayor, which we're currently digitizing in a project with the Greensboro History Museum.

08/05/2026

Lennie Ge**er with Alice in 1943.

Ellen Lennie Ge**er is a North Carolina attorney and activist who with Pearl Berlin, her partner of 52 years, was a plaintiff in the landmark 2014 marriage equality case Ge**er et al. v. Cooper.

https://www.digitalgreensboro.org/record/52043