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Category: A Thousand Words

Uncle Jerry, the last photograph

Posted on October 4, 2012 by Staff

Perhaps last’s week’s death of 98-year-old Gerald Angier Vernon of Darien, Conn., should not have surprised anyone, given his age.

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Roberson’s Sawmill, 1930s?

Posted on September 27, 2012September 27, 2012 by Staff

This week’s photograph captures an early Carrboro sawmill tableau of stern-faced working men and a barefoot boy posing stiffly in front of stacks of neatly sawn lumber.

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Aerial view, Chapel Hill 1939

Posted on September 20, 2012 by Staff

Chapel Hill’s pioneering woman photographer, Bayard Wootten, took to the air to make this stunning bird’s-eye view of the campus in 1939.

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Twin Towers

Posted on September 13, 2012 by Staff

Down in singing Silver Creek I have spent many a happy hour building little rock dams in the clear water that runs through our mountain cabin’s holler.

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Pendergraft’s Service Station, 1955

Posted on September 6, 2012September 13, 2012 by Staff

Citizen reader Don Pendergraft sends in this delightful image from 1955, titled “Welcome to Elmer’s.”

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“Mother May” Marshbanks, 1962

Posted on August 30, 2012 by Staff

Old Chapel Hill High School grads, who, like me, remember “Mother May” for the strong, yet accessible and caring principal that she was.

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The kids are back in town

Posted on August 23, 2012 by Staff

As longtime residents of Carrboro-Chapel Hill know, there are only two seasons in our communities.

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Granny Ginn, 1910

Posted on August 16, 2012August 16, 2012 by Staff

The power of old family photographs cannot be overstated.

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Cat Baby at Time Out

Posted on August 9, 2012August 9, 2012 by Staff

It wouldn’t be football season at Chapel Hill High School unless George “Cat Baby” Cannada led the team onto the field at Carrboro’s Lions Park.

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Flying Moxy

Posted on August 2, 2012 by Staff

Who says man can’t fly? Well, maybe not man, but certainly man-child!

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Photo-Puzzler from the Mountains

Posted on July 26, 2012 by Staff

Come summer I have the best gig in the world.

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Pave Paradise, 1968, Part Two

Posted on July 19, 2012 by Staff

Last summer we featured a variation of this photo I shot in 1968, describing the scene as old Rosemary Street.

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Val Lauder and Ike, 1947

Posted on July 12, 2012 by Staff

Getting to meet and interview the luminaries of our times is one of the perks of being a journalist.

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Thank you, Mrs. Gill

Posted on July 5, 2012 by Staff

When I was in China last month I received an email from my old high school journalism teacher.

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Jubilee 1967

Posted on June 28, 2012June 28, 2012 by Staff

For old Tar Heels of a certain vintage, this time of year is sure to conjure up memories of JUBILEE.

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