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Image Archive
Sir Walter Raleigh
Statue of Sir Walter Raleigh at the Borden Building Courtesy RCM Statue of Sir Walter Raleigh at the Briggs Building Courtesy RCM Sir Walter Raleigh detail Courtesy RCM Sir Walter Raleigh more detail Courtesy RCM
Raleigh Flag
1899 Flag (color) Courtesy RCM
Historic Photographs
Fayetteville Street 1924 Courtesy Office of Archives and History, Raleigh Fayetteville Street 1941 Courtesy Office of Archives and History, Raleigh Hargett Street 1943 Courtesy Office of Archives and History, Raleigh State Fair 1952 Courtesy Office of Archives and History, Raleigh State Fair Courtesy Office of Archives and History, Raleigh NCSU 1962 Courtesy Office of Archives and History, Raleigh 1949 Firetruck Courtesy Office of Archives and History, Raleigh 1952 Family Courtesy Office of Archives and History, Raleigh Boy & Camera 1952 Courtesy Office of Archives and History, Raleigh Yates Mill Courtesy Historic Yates Mill County Park 200 block Fayetteville Street Courtesy Office of Archives and History, Raleigh Capitol Theater 1945 Courtesy Office of Archives and History, Raleigh Christmas decorations on Fayetteville Street Courtesy Office of Archives and History, Raleigh Harris Barber College Courtesy RCM and Geraldine Harris Burroughs Lightner Arcade Courtesy Office of Archives and History, Raleigh The Mecca Cafe Courtesy John Dombalis/Mecca Restaurant Peden Steel Courtesy Office of Archives and History, Raleigh Workers walking to Pilot Mill Courtesy Office of Archives and History, Raleigh Baptist Women's University Courtesy Office of Archives and History, Raleigh City Auditorium Courtesy Office of Archives and History, Raleigh Commercial National Bank Courtesy Office of Archives and History, Raleigh Met Hall Courtesy Office of Archives and History, Raleigh Destruction of the State Prison Courtesy Office of Archives and History, Raleigh Legislative Building Courtesy Office of Archives and History, Raleigh
Historic Drawings
Original city map Courtesy Office of Archives and History, Raleigh Marling State House Painting Courtesy Office of Archives and History, Raleigh Joel Lane House Courtesy Office of Archives and History, Raleigh Old State Capitol building Courtesy Office of Archives and History, Raleigh
Civil Rights
Elwyna, Joseph, and Joe Holt Courtesy RCM/Joseph H. Holt Jr. Taylor & Mitchell law firm Courtesy Office of Archives and History, Raleigh Attorney George R. Greene and Student protestors Courtesy Office of Archives and History, Raleigh The KKK marches in 1965 Courtesy Office of Archives and History, Raleigh Civil rights supporters outside the courthouse Courtesy Office of Archives and History, Raleigh Protestors march Courtesy Office of Archives and History, Raleigh Protestors march Courtesy Office of Archives and History, Raleigh NAACP march Courtesy Office of Archives and History, Raleigh Sit-in at Woolworth's lunch counter on Fayetteville Street Courtesy Office of Archives and History, Raleigh Woolworth's closes its lunch counter Courtesy Office of Archives and History, Raleigh Demonstrators arrested Courtesy Office of Archives and History, Raleigh
Exhibits
Autographed Hurricanes jersey Courtesy RCM Pullen Park advertisement Courtesy RCM Timeline exhibit Courtesy RCM
Raleigh City Museum
Restored Briggs Hardware building Courtesy RCM Raleigh City Museum logo (transparent) Courtesy RCM
