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New Hanover County: Wilmington: Carolina Trucking Development Company; P0083/0009_8855, in the Carolina Trucking Development Company Photographic Collection (P0083), North Carolina Collection Photographic Archives, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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| Size | 0.25 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 20 items) |
| Abstract | The Carolina Trucking Development Company was based in Wilmington, N.C., in the early part of the twentieth century. The Company appears to have been primarily devoted to agricultural development and was involved with establishing farming communities in several counties in North Carolina, some of which were populated by immigrant groups, including German, Dutch, Italian, and Polish peoples. The images in the collection appear to have been taken by or at the request of the Carolina Trucking Development Company, probably for use in promotional materials such as brochures or pamphlets advertising farmland for sale. The images depict farmland, houses, schools, individuals and groups, and farming activities in various agricultural communities in Columbus, New Hanover, and Pender counties. |
| Creator | Carolina Trucking Development Company. |
| Language | English |
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Historical Information
The Carolina Trucking Development Company was based in Wilmington, N.C., in the early part of the twentieth century. The Company appears to have been primarily devoted to agricultural development and was involved with establishing farming communities in several counties in North Carolina, some of which were populated by immigrant groups, including German, Dutch, Italian, and Polish peoples.
Hugh McRae of Wilmington, N.C., was chair of the Board and was primarily responsible for the agricultural development work of the company.
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Scope and Content
The images in the collection appear to have been taken by or at the request of the Carolina Trucking Development Company, most likely for use in promotional materials such as brochures or pamphlets advertising farmland for sale. The images depict farmland, houses, schools, and farming activities in various agricultural communities in Columbus, New Hanover, and Pender counties, as well as individuals and groups belonging to or related to these communities.
Some of the images in this collection appear in the pamphlet "Small Farms in the 'Great Winter Garden'" (NCC call number Cp971.71 C29s).
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Carolina Trucking Development Company Photographic Collection, 1913-1914.
Arrangement: Location/Subject.
Processed by: Tracy M. Jackson, February 2011
Encoded by: Tracy M. Jackson, February 2011
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