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Nov 12, 2012
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Sadie Hawkins Day Race

Source:  University Archives Visual Materials Collection Staff Person:  Arthur Carlson Description: This photo from the University Archives shows East Carolina students participating in a 1953 Sadie Hawkins Day Race (UA55-01-4841). By tradition,...

Jul 12, 2012
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Presidential Candidate John Kennedy

My first thought when viewing this picture was about how the times have changed. This is Presidential Candidate John Kennedy riding in a motorcade on his way to an ECU...

May 19, 2010
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U.S.S. South Dakota

USS South Dakota   Special Collections Reference: VA 63 .S72 1972 The USS South Dakota was the first of a group of fast battleships built under 1939 fiscal year appropriations...

Jun 06, 2008
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Queen City Coach Company Letter, October 16, 1944

Source: Herbert Floyd Seawell, Jr. Papers, East Carolina Manscript Collection #496 Staff Person: Dale Sauter Description: In general, modern letterheads are not as ornate or colorful as they used to...

Feb 01, 2008
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Prohibition Propaganda Broadside, Circa 1908

Source: Getsinger Family Papers, East Carolina Manuscript Collection, #172 Staff Person: Dale Sauter Description: February 20th, 2008, will mark the 75th anniversary of the proposal by Congress of the Twenty-first...

Nov 02, 2007
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Henry Corbin Diary

Source: Guide to the Henry Corbin Papers, 1863-1864, East Carolina Manuscript Collection #161 Staff Person: Lynette Lundin Description: Henry Corbin was a Fourth Sergeant in Company B of the 23rd...

May 24, 2007
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Victoria Street, Barbados

Source: George Leland Dyer Papers, East Carolina Manuscript Collection #340 Staff Person: Maury York Description: This view of Victoria Street on the island of Barbados was taken in 1875, probably...