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Explore America: North Carolina

Explore America and discover people, places, art, and history that connect to North Carolina in the Smithsonian’s collections. Held in trust for the American people, the Smithsonian’s collections document the country’s history, art from across the globe, scientific discovery, and the vast wonders of the natural and cultural world. Visit Smithsonian Open Access to download, share, and reuse millions of the Smithsonian’s 2D and 3D images.


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37c Greetings from North Carolina single

Canard biplane with two pusher propellers, cream colored fabric, and wood frame, set against a black background.

1903 Wright Flyer

13c North Carolina single

Lunch counter stool from Greensboro, North Carolina sit-ins

Photo of Eunice Waymon (Nina Simone) at age 12

Andy Griffith

Autumn Landscape in North Carolina

North Carolina: High Point: Main Street

Is Blackbeard Haunting North Carolina's Ocracoke Island?

July 4 March through Chapel Hill

Wall hanging

Greensboro Lunch Counter

Mail to Cape Lookout (mural study, Beaufort, North Carolina Post Office)

Highlands, N.C.

License plate

Andrew Jackson

Samuel Ervin

Cherokee Alphabet postcard

The Wright Brothers First Flight at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina

Carte-de-visite of a Freedmen's School with students and teachers

Carolina Jessamine (Gelsemium sempervirens)

Side chair by Thomas Day

Photograph of Adela Akers in Penland, North Carolina

James Knox Polk

Libba Cotten

A member of the praise team uses flags to usher in the spirit of the Lord at Evangel Fellowship COGIC, Greensboro, North Carolina, 2005

Islands on the Edge – North Carolina’s Maritime Culture in the Time of Pandemic

Promotional pamphlet for Soul City

Mesoplodon mirus True, 1913

Creef Boatworks at Wanchese on Roanoke Island, North Carolina

Cardigan from Phi Beta Sigma fraternity

Basket with cover

Basket with cover

Photograph of Senator Henry Hall Falkener and family

Mountain Landscape, Highlands, North Carolina

Photograph of Adela Akers at the loom in Penland, North Carolina


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