Posted in From the Stacks, History, On This Day on July 20, 2009 | 12 Comments »
This homage to the 40th anniversary of man landing on the moon is posted at the approximate time Neil Armstrong stepped foot on the lunar surface. Did you know, however, that before Armstrong made that famous footprint, he—and almost every National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) astronaut—walked the grounds of UNC-Chapel Hill? From 1959 through [...]
Posted in Postcards, Tar Heelia on July 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I recently came across the postcard of the High Point’s Chamber of Commerce offices, otherwise known as the “World’s Largest Bureau of Information.” It’s a linen postcard, which dates it to ca. 1930-1945. Benjamin Brigg’s 2008 book on The Architecture of High Point, North Carolina provides a good history and analysis of the building. The [...]
