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The Tale of Big Boy

Thursday, August 30, 2018 by packnc

In mid-June of 1939 a yellow-trimmed, red trailer home equipped with air conditioning, 2 sound systems, and electric lights rolled into downtown Asheville. Emblazoned on the sides of the trailer were the words “Big Boy“. The following advertisement appeared in the local newspaper. Big Boy was born in Black Mountain in 1934 as the only

Published in Local History, Post Card Collection

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Grassy Balds of the Southern Highlands: Program

Wednesday, August 22, 2018 by packnc

The Southern Appalachian Grassy Balds Amy Duernberger Author and hiker and researcher Wednesday August 29, 2018 from 6:00 to 7:00 Pack Memorial Library, Lord Auditorium, lower level All events are free and open to the public. This program is sponsored by the Friends of the North Carolina Room With Support from Mountain Express Refreshments will

Asheville Service Industry Jeniffer Mesk Jonathon Flaum

Published in Local History, Manuscript Collection, Photograph Collection

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Grassy Balds of the Southern Highlands: Program

Wednesday, August 22, 2018 by packnc

The Southern Appalachian Grassy Balds Amy Duernberger Author and hiker and researcher Wednesday August 29, 2018 from 6:00 to 7:00 Pack Memorial Library, Lord Auditorium, lower level All events are free and open to the public. This program is sponsored by the Friends of the North Carolina Room With Support from Mountain Express Refreshments will

Asheville Service Industry Jeniffer Mesk Jonathon Flaum

Published in Local History, Manuscript Collection, Photograph Collection

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Why I give items to Pack Library’s NC Room

Monday, August 13, 2018 by packnc

Last week we received this email that Catherine O’Shea wrote to her Westall cousins and copied to the North Carolina Room. “We are indebted to one of our Wiley cousins in Charlotte for noting this great post on Pack’s “HeardTell” blog. https://specialcollections.buncombenc.gov/2015/11/06/camp-dellwood-2/ As you all may recall, almost all the girls in the Westall-Wiley clan

Annie Westall Asheville Library Board of Trustees Camp Dellwood Catherine O'Shea Friends of the Library Westall Family History

Published in Asheville History, Local History, Manuscript Collection

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The Tale of Goode’s Drugstore

Tuesday, August 07, 2018 by packnc

This image of Goode’s Drug store grabbed my attention on eBay one morning. I pride myself on my visual memory for postcard images, but I always double check the online collection before I place a bid. Check out the elegantly-bordered, tile floor, the array of cigar boxes in the glass case, and the sparkling-white

Drug Stores Goode's Drug Store Goode's Dutch Kitchen J.A. Goode.

Published in Asheville History, Buncombe County History, Photograph Collection, Postcard Collection

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The Metropolitan Tabernacle Mystery

Thursday, July 26, 2018 by packnc

On a recent morning I was sorting postcards to sell from my collection. I came upon a card that mystified me. Truth be told, many a postcard makes me wonder why I chose to buy that particular card. Was it for the winsome portraits of children or the phrase “Metropolitan Tabernacle” that made me purchase

A. C. Dixon Asheville First Baptist First Baptist Church Metropolitan Tabernacle

Published in Asheville History, Buildings, Buncombe County History, Photograph Collection, Post Card Collection

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HeardTell Blog

The Tale of Big Boy

Grassy Balds of the Southern Highlands: Program

Grassy Balds of the Southern Highlands: Program

Why I give items to Pack Library’s NC Room

The Tale of Goode’s Drugstore

The Metropolitan Tabernacle Mystery

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