VIRTUAL SPEAKER SERIES | Postcards From Durham
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Preservation Durham and Museum of Durham History
present John Schelp: A Virtual Talk on Vintage Postcards from Durham
Facebook Live web series
Thursday, April 2, 9, 16, 2020
12:00 Noon to 1:00 pm
Presenter: “Street Historian” John Schelp
Preservation Durham’s People + Place Speaker Series connects the people of Durham with the importance of our historic, architectural and cultural places.
Preservation Durham and The Museum of Durham History are partnering to continue storytelling events during social distancing due to the spread of the coronavirus. On April 2, 9, and 16, at Noon, “street historian” John Schelp will be the guest presenter for a series of Facebook Live virtual presentations.
Schelp regularly hosts events that inform residents about Durham’s story. To resume Schelp’s popular lectures and neighborhood walk
SPEAKER SERIES | Postcards From Durham
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*THIS EVENT WAS RESCHEDULED FROM MARCH 19TH TO A NEW DATE OF JUNE 11TH DUE TO CORONAVIRUS
Thursday, June 11, 2020
5:30pm to 6:30pm
Chesterfield Building, 701 W. Main St. Rm#2908, Durham, NC
Street Historian: John Schelp
Preservation Durham’s People + Place Speaker Series connects the people of Durham with the importance of our historic, architectural and cultural places.
Postcards from Durham
From the collection of street historian John Schelp
To know Durham history is to know ‘the ridge.’ Main Street and the railroad tracks follow an east-west ridge. Durham’s cotton mills, tobacco factories, colleges, hospitals, City Hall, County Courthouse and earliest shopping districts are all located up near the ridge.
SPEAKER SERIES | Postcards From Durham
PEOPLE + PLACE
PRESERVATION DURHAM PRESENTS PEOPLE + PLACE SPEAKER SERIES
THIS EVENT IS RESCHEDULED IN ACCORDANCE TO SOCIAL DISTANCING RECOMMENDATIONS DUE TO CORONAVIRUS
Thursday, June 11, 2020
5:30pm to 6:30pm
Chesterfield Building, 701 W. Main St. Rm#2908, Durham, NC
Street Historian: John Schelp
Preservation Durham’s People + Place Speaker Series connects the people of Durham with the importance of our historic, architectural and cultural places.
Postcards from Durham
From the collection of street historian John Schelp
To know Durham history is to know ‘the ridge.’ Main Street and the railroad tracks follow an east-west ridge. Durham’s cotton mills, tobacco factories, colleges, hospitals, City Hall, County Courthouse and earliest shopping districts are all located up near the ridge. This pattern repeats along
