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State Capitol Building. Raleigh, N.C.
Antique postcard from the private collection of Valerie Mockaitis.
Published by Illustrated Post Card, circa 1910.
Grounds with many trees surround this capitol, making it hard to see the building. Here the dome seems to be in the light green stage of the aging process.
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State Capitol Building, East Front, Raleigh, N.C.
Pre-linen postcard published by C. T. American Art. Postmarked 1917.
The shallow dome is barely visible over the pediment. Other views on this page include a statue, which is not shown here, in front of the entrance. This might be a view of the opposite side.
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State Capitol, Raleigh, N. C.
Vintage linen postcard published circa 1930.
Few postcards offer a view of this capitol's dome. Here it is visible, though intensely green and with a very tall, green honeysuckle on top. Linen postcards typically had bright colors.
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Original North Carolina State House, Raleigh
Watercolor of original State House by J.S. Glennie, 1811.
This black-and-white image of a watercolor shows the original North Carolina State House. Built from 1792 to 1796 just after Raleigh became North Carolina's permanent capital, this simple, red brick State House was extensively remodeled in 1820.
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North Carolina State Capitol in Raleigh, North Carolina
Colorized drawing by William Goodacre (1803-1883).
Made available by the North Carolina State Archives.
This drawing shows the capitol, built 1792 to 1794, after major remodeling done in 1820. It stood where the current one does now until it burned in 1831. The new capitol was designed to be very similar to this one; a three-story cruciform with a central, shallow dome, and the entrance wing with a four-column portico in place of the four engaged columns.
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The North Carolina State Capitol, Raleigh, N.C.
Antique postcard published by Raphael Tuck & Sons circa 1905. Printed in England.
This view shows the dome and its crown as copper-colored. Other views from approximately the same time show it as green, which a copper dome with 75 years of patina would be. The artists painting the black-and-white photos frequently guessed what the colors should be or chose what they thought would look best.
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North Carolina State Capitol. Raleigh, N.C.
Antique, embossed postcard published circa 1905 by S. Langsdorf & Co. Publishing, New York, N. Y. Made in Germany.
Using the same image as in the Tuck above, this publisher placed it in an ornate, embossed border. Embellishments like this were popular at the time.
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Daisy, North Carolina State Flower
State Capital Raleigh, N. Carolina
Antique postcard. Copyright 1908 by Williamson-Haffner Co., Denver.
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Hardy daisy is our flower,
Symbol of our pride and power,
This by our emblem, daisy-told,
Our record's white, our hearts are gold.
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Capitol, at Raleigh.
Antique, educational series postcard.
Copyright 1906 by E. C. Kropp, Milwaukee.
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N. Carolina, Area, 62,250 Square Miles.
One of the Original Thirteen States of the
Union, Ratified the Constitution Nov. 21, 1789.
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