Postcards of Downtown -- 1920 to 1940
Fairmont's history revolves around Main Street. Here are several photos that will give you an idea of how Main Street looked from 1920 to 1940.
This is not a postcard, but it should be! Looking north from Red Cross Street, about 1920. Photo credit: First Baptist Church archives, used with permission.
Main Street from Thompson Street, looking south, after 1925. Photo credit: First Baptist Church archived, used with permission.
From Red Cross Street, late 1920s. Photo credit: NC Collection Photographic Archives, Wilson Library, UNC-Chapel Hill; used with permission
From Thompson Street, looking south, late 1920s. Photo credit: NC Collection Photographic Archives, Wilson Library, UNC-Chapel Hill; used with permission
From Church Street looking north, 1930s. Photo credit:NC Collection Photographic Archives, Wilson Library, UNC-Chapel Hill; used with permission
About 1935. Photo credit: NC Collection Photographic Archives, Wilson Library, UNC-Chapel Hill; used with permission
About 1935. Photo credit: NC Collection Photographic Archives, Wilson Library, UNC-Chapel Hill; used with permission
Mid to late 1930s, looking north, from Red Cross Street. Photo credit: NC Collection Photographic Archives, Wilson Library, UNC-Chapel Hill; used with permission
Near Thompson Street intersection, looking south, 1939. Photo credit: NC Collection Photographic Archives, Wilson Library, UNC-Chapel Hill; used with permission