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Fayetteville Street, looking North, Raleigh, N.C.

by Raleigh Boy in Flashback Friday on 06/17/2011
2 Comments

This week for Flashback Friday — yet another astonishing postcardÂ find. Our lovelorn ‘Cullen’ continues to pine for his distant sweetheart Emmie.

Sept 18th 1913
118 Polk St
Raleigh NC
Am in Raleigh today. Had a fine time at home. work is dull here now. all of us are getting a lot of time to loaf in. I am enjoying it fine if there is no pay in it. would like to have you with me. Cullen

Thanks to the diligent research of our Goodnight Raleigh readers, we ï»¿now know that the ‘Emmie’ addressed in these postcard missives was probably the very same Emmie Curry who eventually married US naval officer Horace Gould — and, sadly, not our lovesick Â ‘Cullen’.

This postcard depicts one of my favorite views of early 20th century Fayetteville St. And although the scene has dramatically changed since then, the Capitol and four additional structures seen here are still standing today. I wonder if our Goodnight Raleigh readers can identify them?

â€œFlashback Fridayâ€ is a weekly feature of Goodnight, Raleigh! in which we showcase vintage postcards depicting our historic capital city. We hope you enjoy this week end treat!

2 Comments:

Gene
06/25/2011

Wish Raleigh still had that rail service downtown like in that postcard.

Raleigh Boy
09/03/2011

Yes Gene, I do too! The tracks shown in the postcard are at the intersection of Martin and Fayetteville Sts., THE major transfer point for streetcars heading N W E S back then.