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The Bland Hotel, Raleigh, N.C.

Our Flashback Friday postcard this week features — ta-dah! — The Bland Hotel. The name alone compels you to check right in, doesn’t it? Or maybe not. More than that, this postcard poses many more questions, as well.

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Insurance Building, Raleigh, N.C.

This week’s Flashback Friday postcard features Raleigh’s iconic art deco Durham Life Insurance Company office building, or as I always used to refer to it — “the Superman Building.”

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Johnny’s Drive In Grill — Raleigh’s First and Finest, Raleigh, North Carolina

This week on Flashback Friday we feature a dual-view ‘linen’ postcard depicting Johnny’s Drive-In Grill and the adjacent Johnny’s Supper Club. Raleigh’s first and finest.

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