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  • Poster, Charlie Daniels Band concert, 1976
  • Poster promoting a concert by the Charlie Daniels Band. The poster has black text over a sepia-tone image depicting a man wearing a cowboy hat and shouldering a load. The text reads, "TRIAD ARENA/ THE/ CHARLIE/ DANIELS/ BAND/ GREENSBORO/ 8:00 PM/...
  • Charlie Daniels is a country and Southern rock singer and songwriter who plays fiddle and guitar. He was born in Wilmington, North Carolina in 1936 and grew up in the small town of Gulf in Chatham County, North Carolina. He formed the Charlie...
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  • Poster, Jam-Up open-air concert, 1970s
  • Poster promoting an outdoor concert. The faded white poster has orange, blue, and purple text reading, "JAM-UP/ OPEN AIR CONCERT-- UNCC AMPHITHEATER/ april 30, 7:00 P.M./ Chairman of the Board/ Ace Trucking Co./ Goose Creek Symphony/ Moose/ may I,...
  • The pair of open-air rock concerts in Charlotte advertised by this undated poster most likely occurred in the 1970-1972 time frame when the Detroit-based band Chairman of the Board, the Los Angeles-based band Ace Trucking Co., the country-rock band...
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  • Poster, anti-war, 1971
  • Poster created by the Student Mobilization Committee to End War in Vietnam. The poster has a light blue background with an image depicting Uncle Sam on all fours in water, with two arms in Cambodia, one leg in Vietnam, and one leg in Laos. "pull...
  • As the Nixon administration initiated military incursions by United States forces from Vietnam into neighboring Cambodia and Laos, the National Peace Coalition organized large rallies on the East and West Coast to demand immediate withdrawal of all...
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  • Poster, James Taylor concert, 1971
  • Poster promoting James Taylor concert. The black-and-white poster has nine photos of James Taylor and text reading, "PETER ASHER, JACK OLIVER & NAT WEISS PRESENT,/ JAMES/ TAYLOR/ IN CONCERT/ HOLLYWOOD BOWL/ SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 18TH, 1971-8:30P.M./...
  • James Taylor is a singer-songwriter and guitarist known for his folk-rock style. His family moved to Chapel Hill in 1951 when he was three years old. Taylor has won five Grammy awards. His most popular songs include "Carolina in My Mind," "Fire...
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  • Poster, Wilmington Ten, 1979
  • Poster urging freedom for the Wilmington Ten. The poster has a black background with orange text reading "FREEDOM/ NOW!" and white text that reads, "FOR THE PARALOS 10 DE POUR LES 10 DE/ WILMINGTON 10 WILMINGTON WILMINGTON." Below is Arabic text...
  • This 1979 poster was designed by Cuban artist Rolando Cordoba and distributed by the Organization in Solidarity with the People of Asia, Africa, and Latin America. The subject of the political poster was the 1971 conviction and imprisonment of ten...
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  • Poster, Bill Monroe, 1986
  • Poster advertising a concert by Bill Monroe. The poster has black text and a halftone dot image of Bill Monroe playing mandolin over an orange, yellow, and green gradient background. Text on the poster reads, "CRAIG P. GATES / PRESENTS / BILL...
  • Bill Monroe (1911-1996), a Kentucky native known as "the father of blugrass music," was a mandolin player. His Blue Grass Boys band was formed in 1939, and quickly earned a regular spot on the popular Grand Ole Opry radio show. The group's heyday...
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  • Poster, Fred Kirby and His Smiling Cowboys, circa 1930s
  • Poster promoting a concert by Fred Kirby and His Smiling Cowboys. The posted, on faded brown paper, reads "Pilot Mt. High School/ Saturday Nov. 13th 8 P.M./ Radio-Screen & Recording Stars/ From WBT/ Fred Kirby & His/ Smiling Cowboys." Dimensions:...
  • Fred Kirby (1910-1996) was a Charlotte native who became a popular country-western singer and songwriter. He got his start in 1928 as a singer for Charlotte radio station WBT, where he developed his cowboy singing style. His association with the...
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  • Poster, Lincoln Park housing development
  • Cardboard poster advertising the Lincoln Park housing development in Asheville, North Carolina. The poster reads, "Lincoln Park / Offering to the Colored people for the first time, the / finest home sites in all North Carolina. / A SECLUSIVE...
  • The Shiloh community of Asheville, North Carolina was settled in the 1870s by African Americans who worked at the Biltmore estate. In the late 1880s George Vanderbilt purchased the land occupied by Shiloh and moved the community to its current...
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  • Poster, Doc Watson, 2004
  • Poster promoting a 2004 Doc Watson concerts. The black-and-white poster reads "Cactus Cafe Presents/ the Hills Of/ Home/ DOC/ WATSON/ with/ David Holt &/ Richard Watson/[image of Doc on guitar] Saturday 8.30/ September 11, 2004/ Texas Union/...
  • Arthel Lane (Doc) Watson (1923-2012), a native of Deep Gap, North Carolina, was an acoustic guitarist known for his flat-picking style, which enhanced the role of the guitar in the traditional strings-only bluegrass band arrangement. Doc Watson won...
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  • Poster, Governor Bickett World War I speech, 1918
  • Poster with excerpts from a speech by North Carolina Governor Thomas Bickett about German militarism during WWI. Black text reads: "WHAT WILL THE KAISER SAY? / (Extracts from Speech of Governor Bickett) / Germany will watch the result of the...
  • Thomas W. Bickett, Democratic governor of North Carolina from 1917 to 1921 was a strong public speaker and a supporter of President Woodrow Wilson's decision to declare war against Germany. Bickett was governor at the time of the entry of the...
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  • Poster, Charlotte Southern States Fair Auto Races
  • Poster promoting Charlotte Southern States Fair Auto Races. The poster has a yellow background and is printed with red, black, and green ink. Text reads, "CHARLOTTE / SOUTHERN STATES FAIR / AUTO / RACES / SAT. OCT. 9 / TIME TRIALS 1:00P.M. RACES...
  • A one-half mile oval dirt race track was built at the junction of North Tryon Street and Sugar Creek Road in Charlotte in 1926. The adjacent Southern States Fairgrounds were opened in 1939 under the management of Dr. J.S. Dorton of the North...
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  • Poster, street protest against Bank of America, 2012
  • Poster promoting a 2012 protest in Charlotte. The poster has a tan background and is printed with red, black, and blue ink. Text on the poster reads "THE 99% PRESENTS / THE SHOWDOWN IN CHARLOTTE / BANK vs./ AMERICA." The poster has images of Bank...
  • During a scheduled shareholder meeting of the Bank of America on May 9, 2012, in Charlotte, a group of citizens calling themselves "The 99%" held a street protest outside. This disparate group of protesters from different organizations were united...
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  • Poster, Randy Ray and "Nashville"
  • Poster from the Nashville Palace nightclub. The black-and-white poster advertises a breakfast buffet, a dinner menu, and a performance by "RANDY RAY & 'NASHVILLE'." Dimensions: 406 x 470 mm
  • The Nashville Palace, a nightclub in Nashville, Tennessee, offers performances by up-and-coming and established country music stars. The Palace, once located across the street from the Opryland USA music and theme park complex, opened in 1974. It...
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  • Poster, Herbert Hoover presidential campaign, 1928
  • Poster promoting Herbert Hoover's 1928 presidential campaign on behalf of disenfranchised people in North Carolina. The poster has an off-white background and a central photograph of men standing and women sitting, with black text below....
  • In 1900 the North Carolina legislature passed laws restricting the nearly universal male suffrage established by the North Carolina constitution of 1868. The 1900 laws established literacy tests, requiring voters to be able to read and write any...
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  • Poster, M.S. Stockholm, 1953
  • Poster advertising a cruise from Morehead City. The poster has a white background and dark blue text, reading, "FIRST TIME EVER!/ A LUXURY TRANSATLANTIC LINER/ SAILS FROM/ MOOREHEAD CITY, NORTH CAROLINA/ THE NEW M.S. STOCKHOLM/4 DELUXE CRUISES/...
  • The motor ship M.S. Stockholm was a Swedish ocean liner built by the Swedish America Line that went into service on the North Atlantic route between Scandinavia and New York in 1948. As advertised in this flyer, the ship was also scheduled for a...
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  • Flyer, Committee to Avenge the Greensboro Communist Workers' Party Five, 1980
  • Black-and-white poster protesting the Ku Klux Klan. Text reads "REMEMBER GREENSBORO / DEATH TO THE KLAN!" and "Feb 8, 7.30, SF / Feb 9, 7 pm / Oakland" The poster has an image of five people on the left.
  • These rallies in San Francisco and Oakland, California in February 1980 were held to raise funds for legal expenses for families of five Communist Workers Party members who were killed and ten who were wounded by Ku Klux Klan and American Nazi...
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