If you want an example of how the college and town were united–and tied to the wider world–this is one to remember. It begins with B & […]
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A History of Shorty’s Famous Hotdogs in Ads
Flip through this history of Shorty’s from 1919 through 1950 by clicking on each photo in the gallery. These advertisements ran in the Wake Forest College newspaper, some […]
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The 1940 Fire at Shorty’s Theater
Shorty’s Famous Hot Dogs is legendary, but did you know Shorty Joyner also owned the Collegiate Theatre? It was on South White Street–right where the restaurant is […]
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“Main Street, Wake Forest” Has a Personality
In March 1944, an article about our historic downtown appeared in the Wake Forest College newspaper, the Old Gold & Black. Essentially a love letter to South White […]
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In 1872 Wake Forest College convinced the Railroad to move the station from Forestville to a location just east of the campus. Shortly afterwards, the College […]
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Wake Forest in 1939
In 1939, itinerant filmmaker H. Lee Waters arrived in Wake Forest to shoot film of local residents, edit the footage into a feature length movie, and […]
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