High Point Furniture Market

Book
1983.003.003
High Point North Carolina: The Manufacturing City
Book, "High Point North Carolina: The Manufacturing City" by J. J. Farriss, 1912. Contains historical and promotional information about the city of High Point and includes numerous black and white photographs of buildings (industrial, government, an... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
1998.028.113
Southern Furniture Exposition Building
Photograph. Black and white. Depicts the facade of the Southern Furniture Exposition Building. The numeral "1" is in a circle in the top right corner of the photo.... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
1998.028.719
Photograph. Black and white. Depicts a Tomlinson showroom set up in a gymnasium.... View Full Record
Negative
50-349
Negatives (2), cellulose acetate, black and white, depicting an unidentified woman, possibly Virginia Thayer Jackson, ceremonially laying the last brick on the roof of the new addition to the Southern Furniture Exposition Building. The brick is bein... View Full Record
Negative
50-488
Negatives (26), cellulose acetate, black and white, depicting the opening of an addition to the Southern Furniture Exposition Building. Miss America Yolande Betbeze and other dignitaries are shown at the ribbon cutting and parties. Miss America is... View Full Record
Negative
50-417
Negatives (27), cellulose acetate, black and white, depicting interior views of the Southern Furniture Expostion Building's newly constructed annex, including preparations for opening day of the July Furniture Market. Scenes include personnel; eleva... View Full Record
Negative
55-548
Negative. Black and white. Depicts scenes of the `informal' spring Furniture Market. Later the `informal' markets in April and October became the formal markets, and the January and July events were first simply regional markets, then finally disa... View Full Record
Negative
54-021
Negatives (14), cellulose acetate, black and white, depicting scenes from the Southern Furniture Market, January 1954. Quantity: 14 Negative 1: Three women and a man seated at a dining table. A second man stands at left and leans over to talk to... View Full Record
Negative
55-71
Negative. Black and white. Depicts the facade of the Southern Furniture Exposition Building. Quantity: 3... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
1998.028.400
Photograph. Black and white. Depicts an aerial view of the Southern Furniture Exposition Building and other surrounding buildings. Taken after 1975: new city hall shown in the background on Hamilton Street opened in 1975. The IHFC building on Co... View Full Record
Digital File, Photographic
2009.019.004
Digital image file. Color. Depicts the Market Square complex (formerly Tomlinson Furniture Company) in 2009. Taken by Ellen Denker.... View Full Record
Collection, Archival
1999.022.001
Fifteen records boxes and twenty-three document boxes of materials that belonged to Barbara "Bobbi" Corbitt Martin. The materials include newspapers, story notes, audio tapes, film, a typewriter, photos, and numerous souvenirs and memorabilia collect... View Full Record
Negative
58-524
Negative. Black and white. Depicts a banner hung over airport doors, which reads "High Point / Welcomes You In / Furnitureland USA," with people walking by. Quantity: 2... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
2014.045.042
Photograph. Black and white. Depicts an interior hallway of the Southern Furniture Exposition Building, filled with a crowd of people of both sexes. Pendant lights hang from the ceiling down the length of the hall. On the walls are signs reading... View Full Record
Book
2014.002.001
Resource Guide, High Point Market, October 19-24, 2013. Contains general market information, an exhibitor directory, maps of the market district and individual showroom buildings, and many advertisements for furniture and accessories companies.... View Full Record