Goodnight Raleigh - a look at the art, architecture, history, and people of the city at night

Andrew Johnson Birthplace, Raleigh, N.C.

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This week Flashback Friday takes a postcard tour featuring the modest dwelling that is the birthplace of our country’s 17th President — Andrew Johnson. The Goodnight Raleigh postcard collection reveals that President Johnson’s Birthplace is the third most popular view card depiction of a Raleigh landmark, behind only the State Capitol and Fayetteville St.

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Y.M.C.A. Building, Raleigh, N.C.

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This week Flashback Friday takes “a corner room at the Y.” Raleigh’s first permanent YMCA facility, seen here on our featured postcard, is long gone, but the ‘Y’ itself today still maintains an important presence in the capital city.

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St. Augustine School (Main Entrance, Lyman Building, Smith Building), Raleigh, N.C.

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For Flashback Friday this week we feature an early ‘multi-view’ postcard depicting scenes on the St. Augustine’s College campus. Only one of the buildings seen here is still standing today.

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