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Real-photo postcard of an Armstrong Grocery Company truck decorated with flags and bunting in front of the Home Telephone Company building on Broad Street, possibly part of the September 1921 Eastern Carolina Fair parade.

Engraved map made of two joined sheets: Antigua Surveyed by Robert Baker Surveyor General of that Island by Thomas [J]efferys Geographer to the King. [title, lower right inside neat line]
Thomas Jefferys (ca. 1710-1771) was an engraver, geographer,…

Broadside detailing the participants and selections of music in the Bourdelais School of Music Annual Concert Recital for 1927.

A booklet detailing the life of an African-American businessman, Isaiah Prophet Hatch. His reminiscences discuss African-American life in Craven, Jones, Pamlico, Carteret, and Lenoir Counties from the period just after the Civil War to the era of…

Hand-colored engraved map: An Accurate Map of the West Indies. Drawn from the best Authorities, assisted by the most approved modern Maps and Charts, and Regulated by Astronomical Observations. By Eman: Bowen. [cartouche]. | No. 57 [lower left,…

Engraved map made of eight joined sheets: An Accurate Map of North and South Carolina with their Indian Frontiers, Shewing in a distinct manner all the Mountains, Rivers, Swamps, Marshes, Bays, Creeks, Harbours, Sandbanks and Soundings on the Coasts;…

Photograph of a woman kneeling beside the falls at Alum Springs, Onslow County. An automobile is in the distance.

An African American man sits in a mule-drawn cart on Broad Street in front of G.H. Waters and Son Buggy and Carriage Factory. J.W. Stewart Sale, Livery, and Feed Stables can be seen in the background. [Stewart sold his business to J.A. Jones in…

Five African American women and one African American man standing in a field. Farm buildings can be seen in the background.

Man with umbrella advertising "Drink Rienzi" Rochester Beer.