January 22, 2025
Tag: Kannopolis
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The Birth of a Mill Town Kannapolis, NC
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Early this month Postcard History contributor, Tony Crumbley plied the history that James W. Cannon created when he built the world’s largest textile mill in a town he created: Kannapolis, North Carolina. Tony returns today with another fascinating account of the town around the mill.
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October 15, 2023 4 Comments
Airplanes and postcards are first cousins. Both came of age in the early 20th century and are still part of the international brotherhood of armchair thrill seekers. It is not easy to imagine those first white-knuckle flights, because they happened in planes like the one on this postcard.