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N.C. State Fairgrounds, Raleigh, N.C.

Fairgrounds ca 1968_web

In recognition of the opening of the 145th North Carolina State Fair this week, Flashback Friday presents this vintage photochrome postcard of the state fairgrounds.

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Wake County Home for the Poor, Near Raleigh, N.C.

County Home_web

Flashback Friday takes a visit this week to the former Wake County Home for the Aged and Infirm, which was built on the outskirts of Raleigh in 1915. The County Home is no more, but the repurposed building itself still stands on Whitaker Mill Rd.

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Holiday Inn Downtown, Raleigh, N.C.

Holiday Inn_web

This week for Flashback Friday we revisit a downtown Raleigh landmark — the former Holiday Inn on Hillsboro St. — this time at night.

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