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Fayetteville St, Raleigh, NC Christmas Decorations, 1938_web

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to you from the Goodnight Raleigh staff. We wish you all the best for a happy and wholesome New Year.

This photo dates to 1938, the first year Raleigh illuminated Fayetteville Street with electric Christmas lights. I published a similar view from my own era in one of my earliest posts on Goodnight Raleigh —  A Ghost of Christmas Past. A Merry Christmas to all!

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