How would you like to see your historic photos of Kinston and Lenoir County in a hardcover coffee table book? Here’s your opportunity.
At three separate sessions, The Free Press, the Lenoir County Historical Association and Pediment Publishing are asking readers of the newspaper to bring their old photos to be scanned to potentially be used in a book that chronicles the pictorial history of the county from the 1860s through 1939.
The book is tentatively scheduled to go on sale to the public later this year, probably in November, said Free Press Advertising Director Matt Holbrook.
Pediment Publishing’s Brian Lupton and John Shields, a customer service distribution coordinator with the company, are in Kinston this week to scan photos from readers. They’ll be at Harmony Hall, 109 E. King St., today from 1-4 p.m.; at the Kinston/Lenoir County Visitor and Information Center, 101 E. New Bern Rd., Friday from 2-5 p.m.; and at the Neuse Regional Library, 510 N. Queen St., Saturday from 10 a.m.-1 p.m., to greet readers and those who are interested in seeing their photos in the historic book.
“We’ll scan the photographs and they’ll be real high resolution,” said Lupton, a consultant with Pediment.
Shields said, “We have artists that go through every photo and clean them up. They make sure they’ll look really nice for the book.”
Lupton and Shields are looking for actual photographs or postcards, not newspaper clippings or photocopies. They’re asking the photos be taken from the 1860-1939 period and that they be taken of street scenes, businesses and industry, not necessarily people posing in front of the camera — although those are certainly acceptable, too.
Also, if you plan to come to the scanning sessions, Lupton and Shields asked that donators visit lenoirco.pictorialbook.com to download and print caption forms.
There is a limit of 10 photos per family to be scanned; Shields said if a family brings in at least five photos, at least one will make the book.
For more information, call 360-687-6731 or visit lenoirco.pictorialbook.com.
Want to share your old photos of Lenoir County? There are three opportunities:
Today, 1-4 p.m.; Harmony Hall, 109 E. King St., Kinston
Friday, 2-5 p.m.; Kinston/Lenoir County Visitor and Information Center, 101 E. New Bern Rd., Kinston
Saturday, 10 a.m.-1 p.m.; Neuse Regional Library, 510 N. Queen St., Kinston
For more information, call 541-731-9707 or visit lenoirco.pictorialbook.com