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| Title | Greasing the pig for the "Greasy Pig Race," at Siler City, N.C., Fourth of July celebration, 1907 |
| Transcription | Message on back of card: "Dear Sir: Your letter received today and will give it my attention. Thanks. Best wishes from yrs truly, R.H. Elkins." Addressed to "Mr. Solomon Womble, Apopka, Fla." Postmarked 25 January 1908. |
| Publisher | Siler City Grit
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| Description | View of several men holding down a pig. A large crowd is gathered to watch. "Compliments of The Siler City Grit" is noted on the front of the card. |
| Date | 1907 |
| Subject (tgm) | Swine
Festivals
Crowds
Fourth of July celebrations
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| Subject - Topical | Postcards -- North Carolina
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| Subject - Geographic | Siler City (N.C.)
Chatham County (N.C.)
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| Original Form | Postcard
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| Language | English
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| Physical Description of Original | 83 mm x 139 mm |
| Medium of Original | Paper
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| Collection in Repository | Durwood Barbour Collection of North Carolina Postcards (P077); collection guide available online at http://www.lib.unc.edu/ncc/pcoll/77barbour/77barbour.html |
| Local Identifier | P077; 4-1 |
| Citation | "Greasing the pig for the "Greasy Pig Race" at Siler City, N.C., Fourth of July celebration, 1907" in Durwood Barbour Collection of North Carolina Postcards (P077), North Carolina Collection Photographic Archives, Wilson Library, UNC-Chapel Hill |
| Digital Collection | North Carolina Postcards
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| Repository | North Carolina Collection Photographic Archives, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| Host | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| Copyright | Public domain. |
| filename | P077-4-1.tif |
