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Engineering Building, Agricultural and Mechanical Art University, Raleigh, N.C.

This week’s Flashback Friday postcard was mailed in 1911 and features the brand new ‘Engineering Building’ on the NC State campus. I’m sure our regular Goodnight Raleigh readers who are NC State fans will recognize this campus landmark.

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California Restaurant, Raleigh, N.C.

This week for Flashback Friday we feature a rare interior postcard view of a long-time (and sadly, long-lost) Raleigh establishment, the California Restaurant. Gotta love those palm trees!

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Dormitory, State College Campus

This week Flashback Friday features a “photochrome” postcard of Bragaw Residence Hall on the N.C. State University campus. It was designed by the Wilmington, N.C. architectural firm Leslie N. Boney, AIA, and built in 1958. Bragaw Dorm was the first modernist-styled dormitory erected at N.C. State.

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