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Aggregator	EMBall ABE automobiles railroads PackSquare
Title	Pack Square. During World War I.
Description	Pack Square during World War I. Save Food sign on square. Pershing's Crusaders playing at The Magestic-sign on trolly. For years the Pack Square area was a resting place for hog drivers on the Buncombe Turnpike. In 1880 the mayor named the meeting place Court Square. Not until 1900 was the square given its currnet name after George Willis Pack, a local philanthopist.
Building Title	Pack Square
Address	Pack Square and Biltmore Avenue Asheville, NC Buncombe County
Contributors Photographer	Ewart M. Ball
Identifier Current	ball2076
Identifier Original	P2076
Source	E.M. Ball Collection ; http://toto.lib.unca.edu/findingaids/photo/ball/ball.htm
Subject Keyword	Pack Square, World War 1914-1918, Trolly Cars
Type	Image
Format	1 photoprint; 7.5 x 9.5 inches; 80-922
Date Constructed	1880
Date Building Modified/Destroyed	1880 named Court Square, renamed Pack Square after George W. Pack ca. 1906.
Date of Photograph	1918
Date Digital	2005-05-02
Relation to Collection	Ewart Ball III Oral History ; http://toto.lib.unca.edu/findingaids/photo/ball/ball.htm ; http://toto.lib.unca.edu/findingaids/photo/ball/ball.htm ; http://toto.lib.unca.edu/findingaids/photo/ball/ball.htm
Relation to Publications	Is referenced By: American Film … v. FI, pt. 1, p. 712.; Pictures of the Times from the Asheville Citizen-Times at Asheville Art Museum. 1/13-3/24/2000.
Publisher	D.H. Ramsey Library Special Collections. University of North Carolina Asheville.
Language	English
Rights	UNCA Any display, publication, or public use must credit the D.H. Ramsey Library, Special Collections, University of North Carolina Asheville. Copyright retained by the creators of certain items in the collection, or their descendents, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Date Modified	2005-04-28
CONTENTdm file name	498.jp2