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Saint Mary’s School and Junior College, Raleigh, North Carolina

Saint Mary's Portico_web

Our Flashback Friday postcard this week features what is no doubt the grandest Neo-Classical portico in Raleigh. It adorns the façade of Smedes Hall, the principal building on the Saint Mary’s School campus.

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A New Year’s Greeting from Goodnight Raleigh for 2014

YMCA-NC-State_web1

We previously published this postcard on Flashback Friday in 2011, but this week the interest is the message written on the back more than the card itself. So, we welcome the New Year with a sweet greeting from long ago.

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Merry Christmas! Happy Holidays! And all the best for 2014!

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.

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