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Raleigh’s Union Depot

This week’s Flashback Friday postcard features Union Depot, Raleigh’s first centrally located train station.  It  opened in 1892 — and believe it or not, the building is still standing today.

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First National Bank

First National Bank, Raleigh’s modernist drive-in as it appeared in the early 1960s.

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Raleigh’s Fabled Fayetteville Street

This postcard depicts Fayetteville St.  — as I remember it — the mid 1960s. And of course, back then my trusty Kodak Instamatic was always in tow.

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