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Category: A Thousand Words

The Barefoot Brothers, 1968

Posted on August 11, 2011August 11, 2011 by Staff

Long before A Southern Season was a gleam in their eyes, my college chums Michael and Stephen Barefoot were just two handsome and talented Carolina kids.

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Mike Mulligan Rides Again?

Posted on August 4, 2011August 4, 2011 by Staff

So Carrboro is about to embark on the long-awaited 300 East Main construction project, forever changing our beloved community’s face and its sense of place.

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Physics 45

Posted on July 28, 2011July 28, 2011 by Staff

“Physics 45, Photography: A course that has been retired, and the instructors who taught it … are all retired as well, into the darkroom in their basement or into that ‘Darkroom in the Sky.’”

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Farewell to the King of Carrboro, Part 2

Posted on July 21, 2011July 21, 2011 by Susan Dickson

It’s not a particularly great photograph – but it captures a moment in time never to be seen again.

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The Boys of Summer, 1954

Posted on July 14, 2011July 14, 2011 by Susan Dickson

From the 1954 bound volume of Roland Giduz’ Chapel Hill News Leader comes this image of the Boys of Summer 57 years ago.

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The Ricky Jackson Batman Cake Massacre, 1990

Posted on July 7, 2011 by Susan Dickson

If I asked you to go back into your childhood photo album and select a single picture that captured an unforgettable moment, what would it be?

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Val Lauder Interviews Old Blue Eyes, 1948

Posted on June 30, 2011June 30, 2011 by Susan Dickson

Val Lauder, who retired this spring at 85 after teaching feature writing at the School of Journalism & Mass Communication for 31 years, had an illustrious career as a reporter and columnist for the Chicago Daily News.

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Hang up and drive, 2011

Posted on June 23, 2011 by Susan Dickson

So with Chapel Hill mulling a ban on DWC (Driving While Cell-phoning), we hereby present “Exhibit A” as evidence in favor of such an ordinance.

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Glenwood Elementary graduation, 2011

Posted on June 16, 2011 by Fernlane

Here of late, the papers have been full of photographs from college and high school commencement exercises – and quite rightly so.

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Singin’ in the Rain, 2011

Posted on June 9, 2011September 8, 2011 by Staff

Well, we don’t know if our rain dancer is actually singing, but she sure is striking a Gene Kelly pose.

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Pave Paradise, 1968

Posted on June 2, 2011 by Staff

Back before there was a Bank of America building, the James Wallace Parking Deck, the BB&T branch and Bub O’Malley’s, old Rosemary Street was a quiet residential backstreet.

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Mrs. Lillie turns 83

Posted on May 26, 2011 by Staff

So what do you give the last of the Franklin Street Flower Ladies on her 83rd birthday?

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One Photograph’s Story

Posted on May 19, 2011 by Fernlane

Every picture tells a story.

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And Baby Makes Three

Posted on May 12, 2011 by Fernlane

Sunday’s Mother’s Day/Commencement Exercises at UNC took on a special meaning for Carrboro residents Anne and Nicholas Johnson.

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Ralph Byrns’ Last Class

Posted on May 5, 2011May 5, 2011 by Fernlane

May – a time of great comings and goings.

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