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1. Business Signs in Downtown Roanoke - A black and white photograph of some of the business signs in downtown Roanoke, including the H&C Coffee neon sign, the Colonial-American National Bank sign, and the FNEB (First National Exchange Bank) sign in the background. This photograph was part of a move to create regulations on signage in the Roanoke Valley. In 1927, Harold and Clarence Woods, brothers from Greensboro, North Carolina, established Woods Brother's Coffee Company in Roanoke, Virginia. They started the company with the simple belief that "Service, Quality and Freshness" would sell. After a brief period, Harold purchased Clarence's interest in the young company and Clarence returned to North Carolina. Harold Woods grew the company by purchasing one 150-pound burlap bag of green coffee at a time. The coffee was hand-roasted, ground and packed and then sold to the local merchants of the Roanoke Valley. The coffee was branded "H&C Coffee." Inspired by a Camel cigarette sign Woods saw in New York's Times Square that featured a man who appeared to be blowing smoke rings (steam, actually), the H&C sign went up on the company's building on Campbell Avenue Southeast in the late 1940s. It was moved to the Ames Hotel in 1964, when the company's headquarters was knocked down to make way for Interstate 581.

   2008.13.61

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2. Elks Club - Picture of the three story Elks Club at Tazwell Avenue and Jefferson Street in Roanoke, Virginia just before being demolished. There was an addition to the building on the left side of the building. "BPOE" (Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks) sign on the building identifying it as the Elks Club. There is a late 1960's or early 1970's Dodge Rambler in the photo.The original stone wall was replaced by a brick wall. There is a sign posted - Demolition by D.H. Griffin, Wrecking Co., Greensboro, N.C.

   1974.20.4

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3. James P. Jackson and Bradford's Battery - June 13, 1895

   The paper is very brittle, tears easily, and page 5 is missing. James P. Jackson was born in Petersburg, Virginia the 27th of July, 1848 and was educated there. Too young to enlist when the War first started, he waited until the winter of 1864-1865, when he joined Captain W. D. Bradford's battery. After the close of the war, Jackson was a clerk in the office of his father, who was treasurer of the South Side railroad. In 1876 he and his father...

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