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  • Advertisement for Stanback Powders
  • Advertisement for Stanback Powders. The advertisement consists of yellow paper with blue, red, and yellow ink. Text on the advertisement reads "for fast/pain/relief" "Snap Back/with" "STANBACK/POWDERS/Quick Relief/HEADACHE, NEURALGIA, COLDS." A...
  • Stanback Powders are an aspirin- and caffeine-based pain reliever and fever reducer. The product was formulated in 1910 by Thomasville, North Carolina pharmacist Thomas M. Stanback. Stanback moved to nearby Spencer, home of the Southern Railway's...
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  • Advertising calendar, Wake County Cotton Seed Company
  • Advertising calendar from Wake County Cotton Seed Company. Front features a picture of a cotton field and the words "Wake County Cotton Seed Company / 'Simpkins Ideal' and 'Simpkins Big Boll Early' Cotton Seed / Raleigh, N.C." The back is a...
  • By the 1880s, over 90% of Wake County, North Carolina, farms grew cotton. William Alonzo Simpkins (1868-1941) developed and sold improved strains of cotton seeds. The most well-known variety was ""Simpkins Prolific Cotton Seed"", which enhanced...
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  • Advertising mirror promoting Biltmore House
  • Advertising mirror depicting the Biltmore house. The back of the mirror has a brown-toned photograph of the house with a sign in the foreground that reads: "Biltmore House/ Asheville, N.C." Dimensions: 88 mm diameter.
  • The Biltmore House outside of Asheville, North Carolina, with its surrounding 125,000-acre working estate was built by George Vanderbilt between 1888 and 1895 using the steamboat and railroad fortune earned by his grandfather, Cornelius...
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  • Advertising mirror with clock face, Wachovia Bank & Trust Co.
  • Advertising mirror from Wachovia Bank & Trust Company. The front of the mirror is designed to look like a clock face, with two movable hands. Text reads, "Out/ Will Return At/ Call No.1086/ Wachovia Bank & Trust Company/ W.A. Wilkinston, Mgr. Ins....
  • In 1879 the Wachovia National Bank was founded in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Through a series of mergers and purchases, it became one of the largest financial service companies in the United States. The bank headquarters was later moved to...
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  • Advertising mirror, Arctic Ice Cream Company
  • Promotional mirror for the Arctic Ice Cream Company. The back of the mirror has a brown background and features a picture of building in the center. White text reads "Arctic/ Ice Cream Co. / 'A Smile Follows the Spoon' / Manufacturers and /...
  • An advertisement for the Arctic Ice Cream Company appeared in the 1917 University of North Carolina-Greensboro yearbook. The company had numerous manufacturing plants or offices in North Carolina, including Greensboro, Wilmington, Winston-Salem,...
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  • Advertising mirror, Dixie Fire Insurance Company
  • Advertising mirror from Dixie Fire Insurance Company. The front of the mirror features an image of a cotton plant encircled by two rings of text. The inner ring reads "DIXIE FIRE INSURANCE CO./GREENSBORO, N.C." The outer ring reads "THE FLAGS OF...
  • The Dixie Fire Insurance Company was organized in Greensboro, North Carolina, in 1906, and underwrote insurance primarily in North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia. The depiction of the flags of countries allied with the United States during...
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  • Advertising mirror, Home Real Estate, Loan, & Insurance Co.
  • Advertising mirror from Home Real Estate, Loan, & Insurance Co. The non-mirror side is orange, white, and black, with a picture of a building in the center and text reading: "Home Real Estate, Loan, & Insurance Co. / Dollars for Dirt / Dollars for...
  • The Home Real Estate, Loan & Insurance Company was founded in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, in 1906. The company is still in business, with the grandson and great granddaughter of the founder, Sihon C. Ogburn, still active in the business. The...
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  • Advertising mirror, Horace Partridge Co.
  • Mirror advertising the Horace Partridge Company. An image on the reverse of the mirror has a football pattern background with a red border. Black text reads " HORACE PARTRIDGE CO. / "Everything for Sport"/ BOSTON- CLEVELAND-CHARLOTTE." Dimensions:...
  • The Horace Partridge Company was founded in Boston in 1847. The company initially sold "fancy goods" such as toys, games, and musical instruments. Later, it successfully expanded into sporting goods and became a leading wholesaler to professional...
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  • Ashtray commemorating USS North Carolina
  • Brass ashtray with an image of a ship etched in the center. Etched text encircling the ship reads "WORK STARTED AUG 1st, 1937, KEEL LAID OCT 27th 1937, LAUNCHED JUNE 13th 1940." Text etched into the rim reads "U.S.S. NORTH CAROLINA, COMMISSIONED...
  • The USS North Carolina, the third of four US Navy ships of that name, was the first of ten fast battleships built before and during World War II. The ship's keel was laid in 1937, and it was commissioned in April 1941, just months before the...
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  • Backstage pass, Avett Brothers, 2010
  • Backstage pass for Avett Brothers concerts on August 19, 20, and 21, 2010. The pass is made of thick, flexible stock with a synthetic coating. The front of the pass bears a colorful holographic image with a circular logo consisting of a drawing of...
  • The Avett Brothers band, led by Concord, North Carolina natives Scott and brother Seth Avett, is an acoustic band whose music is a blend of bluegrass, country, rock and roll, and other musical influences. The popular band played a three-night...
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  • Backstage pass, Grateful Dead concert, 1991
  • Backstage pass sticker for 1991 Grateful Dead Concert in Greensboro, North Carolina. The sticker has a white background and colorful picture of legs and skeleton. Black text reads: "April 1, 1991/ Greensboro Coliseum/ Greensboro, NC/ Not Good For/...
  • The Grateful Dead was a 1960s rock band that helped define psychedelic rock-and-roll music. They are known for their extended live performance improvisations and their genre-blending style. This backstage pass for a concert held in Greensboro,...
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  • Backstage pass, James Taylor, 1998
  • Backstage pass for James Taylor concert on June 24, 1998. The pass is made of synthetic fabric with an adhesive back. It has a white background with red text. Front of the pass reads "JAMES TAYLOR/TOUR/'98/CREW" in red and white text above a red...
  • This backstage crew pass was used on June 24, 1998, the second of two consecutive nights on which a North Carolina native and singer-songwriter, James Taylor, played during his 1998 tour. The concert took place in the outdoor amphitheater on Mud...
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  • Bottle label, Mullen's Liniment
  • Bottle label from a bottle of Mullen's Liniment. The label has a white background and black text that reads: "MULLEN'S/TRADE MARK/LINIMENT/66% absolute ALCOHOL (volume)/Each fl. oz. contains: -CHLOROFORM/6 Min., TINCT. OPII 6 Min./To be used...
  • Mullen's Liniment, advertised as being suitable for both internal and external use to treat everything from digestive upsets, colds, and heart palpitations to sprains and frostbite, was produced in Charlotte. The hornet's nest is a symbol of the...
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  • Bronze North Carolina bear souvenir figurine
  • Bronze bear souvenir figurine with fluorescent accents. The bear figure stands on a rectangular platform. A painted orange crest at the front center of the platform reads "No. CAROLINA" with an image of sun and mountains in the background.
  • The American black bear is the only species of bear naturally inhabiting the state of North Carolina and the east coast of the United States. These omnivorous medium-size bears (males weighing around 550 pounds and females about one-third less)...
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  • Bronze-tone pot metal bank advertising Pilot Life Insurance Company
  • Bronze-tone pot metal bank advertising Pilot Life. The bank is in the shape of a ship's pilot wearing a coat and hat with his hands on a steering wheel. The wheel has a relief image of a landscape depicting a mountain and sea. The back of the...
  • The Pilot Life Insurance Company, initially named the Southern Life & Trust Company, was founded in Greensboro, North Carolina in 1903. Following the financial weakening of Pilot during the Great Depression, the Jefferson Standard Life Insurance...
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  • Button and ribbon, 1970 Soul Bowl
  • Button and ribbon promoting the 1970 Soul Bowl. The button has an orange background and black text reading: "Soul Bowl/ Southern U./ vs/ N. Carolina A&T/ Yankee Stadium Sept. 11, 1970." Attached to the button is a brown ribbon and gold-tone...
  • On September 11, 1970, two historically black colleges, Southern University of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University of Greensboro, North Carolina, played a football game in Yankee Stadium in New...
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  • Button and ribbon, Mecklenburg Fair Association, 1905
  • Button and ribbon from the 1905 Mecklenburg Fair in Charlotte, North Carolina. The pale green ribbon has silver text reading, "MECKLENBURG / FAIR / ASSOCIATION / CHARLOTTE, N.C. 1905." A circular medallion on the pinback button has a black and...
  • The first Mecklenburg County Fair was held in October 1902. A leading force behind the establishment of the Mecklenburg Fair Association and the fair was Edward Dilworth Latta (1851-1925), who developed Dilworth, Charlotte's first suburb, and...
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  • Button and ribbon, U.S.S. North Carolina Annual Ball
  • Button commemorating the Second Annual Ball held on the U.S.S. North Carolina. The button has an off-white background and features an image of the ship. Red and white ribbons are attached to pin. The red ribbon has gold-colored text reading:...
  • Four ships named the U.S.S. North Carolina have served in the U.S. Navy. The four-stacked armored cruiser depicted on this pin, the second ship of this name, was commissioned in 1908. During World War I the cruiser served primarily as an escort...
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  • Button and ribbon, UNC football
  • Blue and white button with a white ribbon and football charm attached. The button features an image of football players and text that reads, "North/ Carolina/ Tar Heels."
  • This promotional pin, in the traditional Carolina blue and white colors of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, celebrates the Tar Heel football team, which played its first game in 1888.
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  • Button and ribbon, UNC marching band
  • White and blue button with a white ribbon and marching band pin attached. Text on the button reads, "University/ North/ Carolina."
  • This bin in the traditional Carolina blue and white colors of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill includes a marching band major figurine in recognition of the University of North Carolina "Marching Tar Heels" athletic pep band. The...
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