Posted in History, Postcards, Tar Heelia on August 11, 2011 | 2 Comments »
On Monday we added more than 300 postcards of Asheville to our North Carolina Postcards online collection. You’ll find some intriguing images of the Biltmore Estate and the Grove Park Inn. But the postcard that caught my attention is the one above. Mind you, I wasn’t drawn to it because of the photo. Rather it [...]
Posted in DigitalNC, History, Just A Bite, Postcards, Tar Heelia on July 19, 2011 | 3 Comments »
It’s lunch time as I write, so I’m thinking with my stomach. And my stomach is wishing that it and the rest of my body was in Wilson. Today’s Raleigh News and Observer features a mouth-watering article about one of Wilson’s culinary treasures. Sadly, work keeps me here in Chapel Hill today. But the next [...]
Posted in From the Stacks, Postcards on July 5, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Greetings from the North Carolina Collection Photographic Archives Technical Services! We are pleased to announce that two new collections containing images from vast areas of N.C. now have finding aids containing enhanced arrangement and description. Both of these collections were originally part of the North Carolina County Photographic Collection (P0001), but each is now an [...]
Posted in From the Stacks, History, Memorabilia Moment, On This Day, Postcards, Tar Heelia on June 27, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Today marks the 154th anniversary of the date on which Elisha Mitchell is believed to have died. Mitchell, a professor at UNC, fell about 40 feet to his death after apparently slipping on a precipice by a waterfall that now bears his name. The UNC professor was in Yancey County to measure the altitude of [...]
Posted in From the Stacks, History, On This Day, Postcards on November 11, 2010 | 2 Comments »
In honor of Veterans Day, let’s take a look back at North Carolina’s involvement in World War I: “North Carolinians and the Great War” “‘North Carolinians and the Great War’ examines how World War I shaped the lives of different North Carolinians on the battlefield and on the home front as well how the state [...]
Posted in Postcards, Tar Heelia on July 20, 2010 | 2 Comments »
I just got back from a vacation, but I’m ready to head back to the beach and take part in this: Climbing the Cape Lookout Lighthouse I’ve been to this lighthouse several times before, but never inside of it. If you go (or have already been), please let us know about it.
Posted in Postcards, Tar Heelia on May 28, 2010 | 1 Comment »
During the month of May, we uploaded quite a few new towns to the North Carolina Postcards digital collection. Be sure to check them out below: Dixonville, Wayne County Fremont, Wayne County LaGrange, Lenoir County Lake Phelps (aka Lake Scuppernong), in Washington and Tyrrell Counties Salvo, Dare County Sharpsburg, in Edgecombe, Nash, and Wilson Counties [...]
Posted in Postcards, Tar Heelia on May 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The postcard above is a real photo view of Josephus Daniels, Governor Locke Craig, Edward Kidder Graham, and others standing in front of Alumni Hall at UNC.
Posted in Postcards, Tar Heelia on May 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
We’ve recently uploaded several panoramic postcard views of Raleigh to the NC Postcards website. The cards all date to ca. 1900-1915. The photo above highlights the format of the card itself, and the photo below gives a sense of how the two postcard-sized halves are attached together. To see the cards online, click the links [...]
Posted in Postcards, Tar Heelia on May 5, 2010 | 1 Comment »
We recently uploaded several interesting postcards of the Home Eckers Trade School, located in the Lightner Arcade Building at 122 E. Hargett Street in Raleigh. The postcard above shows the entrance to the building, showing a sign that reads, “Home Eckers Trade School Hotel Cafeteria.” I’m not entirely certain what the Home Eckers Trade School [...]
