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Title	Chestnut Street - 200 block.
Subject	Chestnut Street, N. Second Street, Dr. Thomas Fanning Wood
Description	A black vendor is in front of the Dr. Thomas Fanning Wood house on the northeast corner of Second and Chestnut Street. Dr. Wood and his son, Dr. Edward Jenner Wood (1878-1928), shared offices on the ground floor of this building. Dr. Thomas Wood was a pioneer in public health and was one of the organizers of the North Carolina Medical Society. Dr. Edward Wood was an expert in the treatment of pellagra, for which he was nominated for a Nobel Prize.
Source	Louis T. Moore Collection 228