Perhaps you are familiar with the pop-culture shorthand “peeps†for people.
Category: A Thousand Words
Mr. Joke goes to China
Who says this newspaper doesn’t get around?
Doc and Merle, 1983
How do you honor the guitar player who singlehandedly changed the face of American folk and roots music?
Wolfe’s Angel
Remember the first time you read Look Homeward Angel?
Troop 39 to Canada, 1961
There will be a lot of old scouters in town this weekend to help Chapel Hill Boy Scout Troop 39 celebrate its 100th anniversary.
Coaches’ Choice, 1960s
At the mountain cabin in Rutherford County we used to have an old bed so soft and concave that we called it “the Canoe.â€
UNC Student Body, 1921
On an overcast winter’s day in 1921, the entire UNC student body gathered for a group portrait in McCorkle Place.
Pressed flower, 1943
I knew this day would come. Sooner or later Ken Moore’s column, “Flora,†was bound to intersect with mine.
Friends, 1969-70
If ever a photo evoked an era, here’s one that fairly hollers, “1969-1970!â€
Bus Hubbard, Keeper of the Noble Grove
When old Tar Heels return to visit campus, they walk among “the noble grove†and wonder at the unchanging nature of McCorkle and Polk Place.
Helen Peacock, CHHS librarian
Ask any Chapel Hillian of a certain age if they remember the school’s longtime librarian and you’ll get an emphatic response.
Skyping China
My students are still buzzing about last week’s Skype to China.
Safe Port, Kerr Lake
David Hughes, a retired distinguished professor at the UNC School of Business, sent in this image he shot last fall at Kerr Lake.
Jim Chris, 1940-2012
Just an image of three happy guys and a breakfast grill, with the big man in the middle with one arm draped affectionately around the shoulder of a younger man.
Other people’s pictures, 1930s
Some people collect old stamps; others collect old coins. I collect old photographs.