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Jul 28, 2015
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Advertisement, “Pepsi-Cola Announces Skywriting in Chicago”, undated

Source: Minges Collection (Manuscript Collection #1136) Staff Person: Dale Sauter Description: Advertisement, Pepsi-Cola Announces Skywriting in Chicago, circa 1930s.

Apr 15, 2013
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Rough on Rats Advertising Card

Source: Laupus Health Sciences History Collection Staff Person: Matt Reynolds Description: This late 19th Century advertising card for E.S. Wells Rough on Rats vermin extermination powder depicts a peeved family...

Mar 20, 2012
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Tobacco Advertising in China

Source: James N. Joyner Papers (Manuscript Collection #429) Staff Person: Lynette Lundin Description: James N. Joyner (1888-1972), attended the University of North Carolina and graduated in 1910. He was employed ...

Feb 01, 2012
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William Woods Holden Election Handbill

Source: Benjamin B. Winborne Papers #691-005, East Carolina Manuscript Collection Staff Person: Dale Sauter Description: Today’s staff pick features an original handbill (circa 1868) promoting the election of William Woods...

Jan 12, 2011
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Pungent Paragraphs from the New Louisburg College

Source: Thomas A. Person Papers, Manuscript Collection #303 Staff Person: Maury York Description: This promotional brochure describes changes that were taking place at Louisburg College in Louisburg, N.C. The college...

Sep 18, 2009
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1956 GMC Work Trucks Foldout Brochure Poster

Source: Barbour Boat Works, Inc. Records, 1943-1998, East Carolina Manuscript Collection #758 Staff Person: Dale Sauter Description: General Motors Corporation (GMC) has flourished throughout much of its history as a...

Aug 08, 2008
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Barbour Boat Works, Inc.

Source: Barbour Boat Works, Inc. Records, 1943-1998, undated, East Carolina Manuscript Collection #758 Staff Person: Dale Sauter Description: One collection that has lately proven quite popular with researchers is the...

Jan 25, 2008
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Post Card of the movie “Pitch a Boogie Woogie”

Source: John W. Warner Papers, 1947-1986, East Carolina Manuscript Collection #519 Staff Person: Martha Elmore Description: "Pitch a Boogie Woogie" was the first movie made by a North Carolina-based production...

May 15, 2007
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Improved Jordan Grits Separator

Source: F. Rehm & Sons Company Records, East Carolina Manuscript Collection #469 Staff Person: Dale Sauter Description: This sales brochure dates from January 1915 and advertises "The Improved Jordan Grits...