First A.A.F. Bombardment Crew to Raid Germany
Source: Frank A. Armstrong, Jr. Papers Staff Person: Dale Sauter Description: Colonel Frank Armstrong with air crew in front of bomber. This 306th Heavy Bomber Group, Army Air Forces crew...
East Carolina Manuscript Collection Archives
Bob Hope Tours in Alaska
Frank Armstrong Papers Ralph Scott Bob Hope was known for touring American troops overseas. This photograph was taken in the 1950's when Hope was visiting Air Force Bases in the...
U. S. Army Provost Marshal’s Office Pass No. 11382 (1863)
Source: Shirley Kilpatrick Collection #10.1.d. Staff Person: Jonathan Dembo Description: U. S. Army Provost Marshal's Office Pass No. 11382 was issued in Union-occupied New Orleans on 4 February 1863. It...
Pepsi Party at Bradham Drug Store, Bradham & Friends, 1890’s
Staff Pick for June 18th Source: The Minges Collection, East Carolina Manuscript Collection #1136 Staff Person: Lynette Lundin Description: This collection documents the history of the Minges family in the...
Photograph of “Hilma,” the home of John L. Bridgers, Jr., Tarboro, N.C.
Source: John L. Bridgers Family Papers, 727.1.c.8 Staff Person: Maury York Description: This ornate house belonged to John Luther Bridgers, Jr. (1850-1932). It was located adjacent to what is now...
Imperial Tobacco Company Factory Employees
Source: Daily Reflector Negative Collection #741.11.a.7 Staff Person: Martha Elmore Description: In this August 1956 image taken for the Greenville, N.C., Daily Reflector newspaper, African American women are sorting tobacco at...
Annie Bruce Carr posing with her Dolls
Source: Elias Carr Papers, East Carolina Manuscript Collection, #160.9.e.29 Staff Person: Nanette Hardison Description: The image shown is of Annie Bruce Carr, daughter of North Carolina Governor Elias Carr. She...
“Cat’s Eye” Marble Reflector Railroad Crossing Sign
Source: The Daily Reflector Image Collection, Staff Person: Dale Sauter Description: The “cat's eye” marble reflector was invented in 1933 by Percy Shaw of Boothtown, Halifax, West Yorkshire, UK. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat%27s_eye_(road)
Johnston County, NC Teacher’s First Grade Certificate
Source: Albert R. Smith Collection #9.1.b.23 Staff Person: Jonathan Dembo Description: This Teacher's First Grade Certificate, dated 12 Oct. 1889, belonged to N. T. Ryals of Johnston County, North Carolina. ...
New Bern, North Carolina, 1908 Post Card
Source: Tabitha Marie DeVisconti Papers #480 Staff Person: Martha Elmore Description: New Bern was founded in 1710 and is North Carolina's second oldest town. This post card, bearing a 1908...