Men standing outside the blacksmithing shop of G. W. Hines, Murfreesboro, North Carolina, circa 1888.


Medium: gelatin silver print Notes: The image is of the blacksmithing shop of G. W. Hines, who was active in Murfreesboro in Hertford County, North Carolina from circa 1880 into the 20th century. The date is an estimate based upon the fact that by 1890 the business was listed as G. W. Hines, Blacksmithing and Wheelwrights. By 1896 they were G. W. Hines & Sons who advertised themselves as builders of light buggies and makers of coffins and caskets


Size: 3525px × 2930px
Location: Murfreesboro, North Carolina
Photo credit: © Archive Farms. Inc / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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