Drummond's pictorial atlas of North Carolina
Contributors: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Documenting the American South (Project); University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library
Edition: Electronic ed.
Publisher: Academic Affairs Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Chapel Hill, N.C.]
Language: eng
Subjects: Cities and towns; City promotion; Industries; Industrial promotion; Agriculture; Description and travel; Pictorial works
Other titles: Pictorial atlas of North Carolina; The North Carolina experience, beginnings to 1940.
Description: Designed to provide North Carolinians and others information about various areas of the state, as well as to convince people "to become a part of the life of her people, whether he be a manufacturer, an agriculturalist, a business or professional man, a laborer or whatever be his vocation--he must be brought to North Carolina." Provides statistics and descriptions about North Carolina resources, including colleges and schools, highways, farming and manufacturing, and natural beauty. Each of the regions and most populated cities in the state are briefly described, and several pictures of buildings, roads, or natural scenes are included. A paragraph about the history, population, and financial status of each of North Carolina's counties is followed by more facts about North Carolina's strengths and benefits.
Notes: Title from electronic title page (viewed May 14, 2003)

This electronic edition is part of the UNC-CH digitization project's database, Documenting the American South.  It is a part of the collection The North Carolina experience, beginnings to 1940.

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Transcribed from: Drummond's pictorial atlas of North Carolina. Charlotte, N.C. : [Arthur Y. Drummond], c1924. (Winston Salem, N.C. : Printed in the United States by Scoggins Printing Company, Inc.) 148 p. : ill. ; 35 cm. "Edited and published by Albert Y. Drummond."

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