Oxford, NC Newspaper Sept. 25th, 1975

Oxford Ledger
Oxford, NC
September 25, 1975

 

AT TURN OF CENTURY - 

Bicycles and buggies - mostly the former - were popular modes of transportation here prior to turn of the century. This group of bike riders was photographed on the city's unpaved street in 1897. The Williams-Breedlove building at the corner of Main and Court Streets had not then been erected. The Odd Fellows building in the right background has since been erected as has the smaller white front building at the left. 

There was no Confederate monument in the street. This picture was published in Oxford Ledger about 1935 through courtesy of the last Postmaster W. Peace. At that time, identities of many of the riders was established. - Copy photo by Tom Johnson.