The Durham Historic Photographic Archives consist of around 1500 images depicting the history of Durham from 1860 to the mid-1900s. Many of these photographs were collected by PhotoCarolina, a nonprofit organization formed in the mid-1980s for the express purpose of preserving Durham’s history in photographs. If you are interested in obtaining a photographic reprint, a scan, or permission to use any of the images on these web pages, please contact the North Carolina Collection librarian.

Photographs may be viewed in three ways.
Search Enter a word or words, a phrase, or a photo number:	Browse Browse an index of thumbnail pictures:
Jump to an index from the drop-down list below: Jump to an Index on the list below Axxx Pictures 1880s and earlier Bxxx Pictures 1890s Cxxx Pictures 1900s Dxxx Pictures 1910s Exxx Pictures 1920s Fxxx Pictures 1930s Gxxx Pictures 1940s Hxxx Pictures 1950s Ixxx Pictures 1960s Jxxx Pictures 1970s OAxxx Pictures 1880s and earlier OBxxx Pictures 1890s OCxxx Pictures 1900s ODxxx Pictures 1910s OExxx Pictures 1920s OFxxx Pictures 1930s OGxxx Pictures 1940s OHxxx Pictures 1950s PAxxx Pictures 1920s PBxxx Pictures 1930s PCxxx Pictures 1940s PDxxx Pictures 1950s PExxx Pictures 1960s PFxxx Pictures 1970s PGxxx Pictures 1980s

Acknowledgments for this collection

John Ansley, former North Carolina Collection librarian, secured the funding and directed the project to digitize the Durham Historic Photographic Archives.

Scott Reavis, student, scanned the photographs.

Allen Dew, computer consultant and North Carolina Collection volunteer, developed a database to store all the caption information, assembled all the components, and developed the web pages.

Frances Evans, North Carolina Collection volunteer, entered the captions and other data into the photographic database and added keywords to make searching the database easier.

 

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