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Hotel Raleigh, Raleigh, N.C.

For Flashback Friday this week we feature three postcards from the first decade of the 20th century which depict Raleigh’s architecturally flamboyant, but, sadly, long-lost Hotel Raleigh.

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Wake County Court House, Raleigh, N.C.

This week on Flashback Friday we feature a ‘linen’ type postcard depicting the long-gone 1915 Wake County Courthouse on Fayetteville Street.

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Fayetteville Street, Raleigh, N.C.

Goodnight Raleigh presents for Flashback Friday this week — Kodachrome!  A colorful view of Fayetteville Street is revealed in this postcard mailed in 1951.

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    • Carl Smith: My first job out of high school was as night dishwasher at this restaurant. Summer of 1968. I was waiting...
    • Rw Price: My uncle, Richard Q. Price worked there when he enlisted into the army in the 2940s. He later doled as an...
    • topviewai: I like the focus on Raleigh after dark, especially how the city’s architecture and history can feel...
    • JT: NC State 1970-1975. The PR was our bar without a doubt, Daryl’s the 2nd choice. Beers were 50 cents and...
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