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Worth Bagley and State House, Raleigh, N.C.

Worth Bagley Monument_web

In recognition of Memorial Day, our postcard feature for Flashback Friday this week depicts the Worth Bagley monument, located on Capitol Square. Most folks these days probably have never heard of him, but at the turn of the 20th century Ensign Worth Bagley, USN, was a highly regarded hero of the Spanish-American War.

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Greetings from Raleigh, North Carolina

 

Raleigh Big Letter_3_web

This week for Flashback Friday we feature another example in our series of ‘Big Letter’ postcards of the 1940s. On New Years Eve, 70 years ago, an anxious Josephine is looking for her missing fruit.
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Hall of Justice Building, Raleigh, N.C.

Justice Bldg 1960_web

This week we’re introducing a new feature on Flashback Friday — a miniseries depicting the seven state government buildings encircling Capitol Square. We will publish postcards of these landmarks intermittently over the next few months. This photochrome of the Justice Building is the first.

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