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New in the collection: Randleman, Zebulon license plates

Posted in Memorabilia Moment, tagged , , on March 26, 2018 | Leave a Comment »

  During the greater part of the 20th century, municipalities in North Carolina were empowered to collect their own vehicle taxes — and to issue license plates.  Local officials often saw this as an opportunity to add a unique self-promotional slogan. If you’re advertising Apex, nobody’s likely to beat you to the title of “Peak […]

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New in the collection: Oxford tobacco license plate

Posted in Memorabilia Moment, tagged , , , , , on February 5, 2018 | Leave a Comment »

. As early as 1913, North Carolina municipalities were empowered to collect local taxes by issuing license plates. The most recent I’ve seen: Blowing Rock 2010. Most only named the town, but some took the opportunity to self-promote. Take that, Wilson and Tarboro and Rocky Mount!  

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Governor exempts link dump from hiring freeze

Posted in Tar Heelia, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on March 31, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

— “Ruth’s hit carried at least 600 feet…  certainly a record that will stand for all time in Winston-Salem.” — Amnesia? A faked death? Or what? — “A preservationist by nature” from Durham blows his Maine chance. — Scavenged from Monitor repair job — and turned into a doll cradle! — So what comes after […]

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