In 1991, while visiting Charlotte with fiance Larry Fortensky to promote her new perfume, Elizabeth Taylor apparently went unrecognized when she stopped her limo and entered Bojangles’ to order a takeout bucket of chicken.
Posted in History, Tar Heelia, tagged bojangles', charlotte, elizabeth taylor, fried chicken, larry fortensky on March 23, 2011 | 1 Comment »
In 1991, while visiting Charlotte with fiance Larry Fortensky to promote her new perfume, Elizabeth Taylor apparently went unrecognized when she stopped her limo and entered Bojangles’ to order a takeout bucket of chicken.
Posted in History, Tar Heelia, tagged chain gangs, clyde hoey, dorothea lange, harry truman, lewis hine, mount airy nc, mount olive nc, mount toxaway nc, petersburg nc, pitt county nc, sapphire nc, shorpy.com on March 23, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
This week’s speculation over the identity of Clyde Hoey (and a camera-shy Harry Truman?) brought to mind shorpy.com, “a vintage photo blog featuring thousands of high-definition images from the 1850s to 1950s” (’60s, actually). Some are familiar (Lewis Hine, Dorothea Lange), but others may surprise. Some North Carolina examples: – Petersburg provost marshal’s office, 1864 [...]