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Wachovia Bank Building, Raleigh, N.C.

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.

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Fayetteville Street, Looking North, Raleigh, NC

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.

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State Fair Arena, Raleigh, N.C.

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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