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General View A&M College, Raleigh, N.C.

NC State campus_1918_web

For Flashback Friday this week we take the trolley out Hillsboro St. to the campus of NC A&M (NC State University today). Although the buildings are still standing, the ‘general view’ of 100 years ago depicted here is vastly different from what we would find today.

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Raleigh TraveLodge, Raleigh, NC

Travel Lodge_web

Our vintage postcard for Flashback Friday this week depicts a classic 1960s era downtown motel — the Raleigh TraveLodge. The building still stands and functions as a motel, but you’d never recognize it today.

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Shaw Building, Shaw University, Raleigh, N.C.

Shaw Hall_web

This week Flashback Friday takes a look at a long-lost Raleigh collegiate landmark, Shaw Hall, once the center of the Shaw University campus.

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