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A Lee Enterprises, Incorporated newspaper. Majority shareholder: David Hoffmann, Hoffmann Media Group.

Greensboro Historical Museum still looking good

• By Eddie Huffman Special to Go Triad
• Jul 10, 2014
• Jul 10, 2014
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A section of the Voices of a City exhibit at Greensboro Historical Museum on Tuesday, June 24, 2014, in Greensboro, N.C. The museum is kicking off its 90th birthday celebration on July 12.

• JERRY WOLFORD/News & Record

Four of the original stools from the 1960 Woolworth's lunch counter sit-in were put on exhibit on Feb. 2, 1990, at the Greensboro Historical Museum. The museum is kicking off its 90th birthday celebration on July 12.

• JERRY WOLFORD/News & Record

An early 1800s Winecoff covered wagon is on exhibit at the Greensboro Historical Museum on Tuesday, June 24, 2014, in Greensboro, N.C. The museum is kicking off its 90th birthday celebration on July 12.

• JERRY WOLFORD/News & Record

A 1886 horse-drawn fire engine at the old Greensboro Steam Fire Engine No.1 is on exhibit at Greensboro Historical Museum on Tuesday, June 24, 2014, in Greensboro, N.C. The museum is kicking off its 90th birthday celebration on July 12.

• JERRY WOLFORD/News & Record

A recreated classroom of Miss Evelina Porter, who taught as many as 40 children in a one-room schoolhouse beside her home at 430 W. Market St. in Greensboro, N.C. Her most famous student was William Sidney Porter, know by his pen name as, "O. Henry." The famous author wrote more than 300 short stories.

• JERRY WOLFORD/News & Record

A visitor walks past an ecclesiastical window that illuminates the spiral staircase at the Greensboro Historical Museum, on Tuesday, June 24, 2014, in Greensboro, N.C. The painted and kiln fired stained glass was originally in the Smith Memorial Sunday School Building of First Presbyterian Church, now part of the museum. The depicted theme is from the verse, "Let the little children come unto me, for such is the kingdom of heaven." When installed in 1903, it was sponsored by members of the Scales family in memory of their mother, Effie, and father, Junius, who was a prominent 19th-century Greensboro attorney and state legislator.

• JERRY WOLFORD/News & Record

A painting of Dolley Payne Todd Madison (May 20, 1768-July 12, 1849) on exhibit at Greensboro Historical Museum on Tuesday, June 24, 2014, in Greensboro, N.C. Dolley Madison was the wife of James Madison, U.S. President from 1809 to 1817. She was born on May 20, 1768, in Guilford County, N.C. The museum is kicking off its 90th birthday celebration on July 12.

• JERRY WOLFORD/News & Record

A British naval pistol used in the battle at Guilford Courthouse was found in Randolph County many years after Cornwallis and his troops traveled through the toward Wilmington. The pistol is just one of the exhibits at Greensboro Historical Museum on Tuesday, June 24, 2014, in Greensboro, N.C.

• JERRY WOLFORD/News & Record

Giant paintings of people relevant to the area are on exhibit at Greensboro Historical Museum on Tuesday, June 24, 2014, in Greensboro, N.C. The museum is kicking off its 90th birthday celebration on July 12.

• JERRY WOLFORD/News & Record

The Greensboro Historical Museum on on Friday, June 27, 2014, in Greensboro, N.C. The museum is kicking off its 90th birthday celebration on July 12.

• JERRY WOLFORD/News & Record

A trio of storytellers will present a program on Dec. 1 at Greensboro Historical Museum.

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By Eddie Huffman Special to Go Triad

Hot jazz will fill the air, dancers will do the Cakewalk and the Charleston, and Charlie Chaplin will work his wordless comedy magic Saturday as the Greensboro Historical Museum kicks off more than a year of celebrations for its 90th anniversary.

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Want to go?

What: Roaring 20s Flashback Saturday, featuring music from the Gate City Hot 5, period dances led by the Piedmont Swing Dance Society, comedy shorts starring Charlie Chaplin and Harold Lloyd, food, period candy, arts and crafts, storytelling by Miss Tammy from the Greensboro Public Library, graveyard ghost tours, vintage cars and a trivia game show.

When: 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday

Where: Greensboro Historical Museum, 130 Summit Ave., Greensboro

Admission: Free

Information: Call (336) 373-2043 or visit http://greensborohistory.org

Greensboro in the 1920s

Greensboro was finding its footing. Here are a few things that happened in that decade:

1920: New county courthouse on West Market dedicated.

1921: City’s first radio station, WQAZ, hits the airwaves.

1921: N.C. College for Women (later UNCG) accredited.

1923: City limits expand to 17.84 square miles.

1923: Jefferson Standard Building (now Lincoln Financial Group) completed.

1923: Greensboro Park and Playground Association formed.

1923: Pomona High School’s baseball team wins state championship.

1924: Pilot Life Insurance Co. established.

1924: Greensboro Historical Museum founded.

1926: Central Fire Station designed by Charles Hartmann; it’s the city’s first paid fire department.

1926: Bennett College reorganized as a four-year college for women.

1926: Greensboro College accredited.

1926: Guilford College accredited.

1926: Greensboro library creates first bookmobile in the South.

1927: King Cotton Hotel opens.

1927: Carolina Theatre opens.

1927: War Memorial Stadium completed.

1927: Lindley Field selected as regional airport site; Charles Lindbergh flies in on Oct. 14.

1927: Southern Railway Depot opens.

1928: N.C. A&T admits first female students.

1929: Dudley and Greensboro Senior high schools open.

Source: Greensboro Historical Museum

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A section of the Voices of a City exhibit at Greensboro Historical Museum on Tuesday, June 24, 2014, in Greensboro, N.C. The museum is kicking off its 90th birthday celebration on July 12.

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A 1886 horse-drawn fire engine at the old Greensboro Steam Fire Engine No.1 is on exhibit at Greensboro Historical Museum on Tuesday, June 24, 2014, in Greensboro, N.C. The museum is kicking off its 90th birthday celebration on July 12.

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A recreated classroom of Miss Evelina Porter, who taught as many as 40 children in a one-room schoolhouse beside her home at 430 W. Market St. in Greensboro, N.C. Her most famous student was William Sidney Porter, know by his pen name as, "O. Henry." The famous author wrote more than 300 short stories.

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A visitor walks past an ecclesiastical window that illuminates the spiral staircase at the Greensboro Historical Museum, on Tuesday, June 24, 2014, in Greensboro, N.C. The painted and kiln fired stained glass was originally in the Smith Memorial Sunday School Building of First Presbyterian Church, now part of the museum. The depicted theme is from the verse, "Let the little children come unto me, for such is the kingdom of heaven." When installed in 1903, it was sponsored by members of the Scales family in memory of their mother, Effie, and father, Junius, who was a prominent 19th-century Greensboro attorney and state legislator.

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A painting of Dolley Payne Todd Madison (May 20, 1768-July 12, 1849) on exhibit at Greensboro Historical Museum on Tuesday, June 24, 2014, in Greensboro, N.C. Dolley Madison was the wife of James Madison, U.S. President from 1809 to 1817. She was born on May 20, 1768, in Guilford County, N.C. The museum is kicking off its 90th birthday celebration on July 12.

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A British naval pistol used in the battle at Guilford Courthouse was found in Randolph County many years after Cornwallis and his troops traveled through the toward Wilmington. The pistol is just one of the exhibits at Greensboro Historical Museum on Tuesday, June 24, 2014, in Greensboro, N.C.

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Giant paintings of people relevant to the area are on exhibit at Greensboro Historical Museum on Tuesday, June 24, 2014, in Greensboro, N.C. The museum is kicking off its 90th birthday celebration on July 12.

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The Greensboro Historical Museum on on Friday, June 27, 2014, in Greensboro, N.C. The museum is kicking off its 90th birthday celebration on July 12.

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A trio of storytellers will present a program on Dec. 1 at Greensboro Historical Museum.

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