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[Photograph of unidentified individuals on East Market Street, ca. 1960]

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Title	[Photograph of unidentified individuals on East Market Street, ca. 1960]
Date	1960
Date approximate?	yes
Time period (decade)	1960-1969
Subject headings	Greensboro (N.C.) -- History -- 20th century
Topics	East Market Street
Place	Greensboro (N.C.)
Description	This group of well dressed people were standing near the Davis-Mark's Shoe Shop and Shine Parlor, at 822 East Market Street, Greensboro.
Type	Image
Original format	photographs
Original publisher	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified]
Contributing institution	Personal collection
Contact Information	On loan from contributor. UNCG does not hold a physical copy of this item.
Source collection	Alexander Phillip Parker, Sr. Collection [Personal Collection]
Collection description	The few items in this collection document Alexander Philip Parker, Sr. (1933- ). He was a professional barber and owned several shops in Greensboro, including one locataed in the basement of Cooper Hall at N.C. A&T State University. He was involved in many community activies, and organizations. In 1969 he left the city's Human Relations Committee to become the first African-American to be appointed to the Alcohol Control Board. Of particular interest are the two photographs taken on East Market street, looking west toward downtown Greensboro. This section of East Market Street was razed during the Urban Renewal "improvements" of the 1960s.
Collection home page	http://libcdm1.uncg.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/Community
Preferred citation	[Identification of item], [Identification of collection], Greensboro Community Collections, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
Rights statement	http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Additional rights information	IN COPYRIGHT. This item is subject to copyright. Contact the contributing institution for permission to reuse.
Object ID	Parker01_001
Digital access format	Image/jpeg
Digital publisher	The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, University Libraries, PO Box 26170, Greensboro NC 27402-6170, 336.334.5305 -- http://library.uncg.edu/
Sponsor	Institute of Museum and Library Services Sparks! Ignition Grants For Libraries: http://www.imls.gov/applicants/detail.aspx?GrantId=19
OCLC number	925376374

[Photograph of unidentified individuals on East Market Street, ca. 1960]

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