Postcard showing the State Normal and Industrial College
This postcard from a student at the State Normal and Industrial College (now the University of North Carolina at Greensboro) reads: Shall write as soon as I have time. Have not heard from examinations yet -- am well and hungry -- Mary It is addressed to "Miss. Florence Osborne, Canton, North Carolina" and was postmarked September 24, 1906. The caption on the back reads: The State Normal and Industrial College was established by act of the General Assembly of 1891. Besides the main edifice there are five other college buildings and dormitories in use. In twelve years it has matriculated 2500 students. The President, Dr. Charles Duncan McIver, to whose efforts the establishment of the institution was largely due, has held office ever since its opening. Raphael Truck & Sons, "Raphotype" [Regd] Postcard No. 5174, "Greensboro, N.C." Art Publishers to their Majesties the King & Queen. Printed in Holland.
Greensboro, N.C. State Normal and Industrial College. Postcard. 1907. Durwood Barbour Collection of North Carolina Postcards, North Carolina Collection Photographic Archives, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.https://dc.lib.unc.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/nc_post/id/498/rec/7
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