Goodnight Raleigh - a look at the art, architecture, history, and people of the city at night
This week for Flashback Friday we feature a photochrome postcard depicting the former Wachovia Bank building on Fayetteville St. First introduced in the the late 1930s, ‘chromes’ have dominated American postcard production since the mid-1950s.
We have published several “Fayetteville Street looking north” postcards on Flashback Friday, but this one is a little different — in 1917 the writer tagged a specific office building, new on the street scene at the time. ‘X’ marks the spot.
In recognition of the opening of the 145th North Carolina State Fair this week, we present on Flashback Friday a 1950s photochrome postcard depicting a long-time State Fair landmark and North Carolina’s most recognized modernist structure — the J.S. Dorton Arena.
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