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"Grizzly bear" is quite the thing in Plymouth, N.C. and "lordy how you can hug"

Date: 1918 | Identifier: 480.6.e.221
Postcard depicting a couple dancing the "grizzly bear" dance. Addressed on verso to Miss Tabitha DeVisconti, Farmville, N.C., from C.W.B. Date from postmark. more...
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Description
Postcard depicting a couple dancing the "grizzly bear" dance. Addressed on verso to Miss Tabitha DeVisconti, Farmville, N.C., from C.W.B. Date from postmark.
Date
1918
Call Number
480.6.e.221
Additional Resources
Collection(s)
Eastern North Carolina Postcard Collection
Social and Family Life

Subject(s)
Dance--North Carolina--Plymouth

Finding Aid
DeVisconti, Tabitha Marie, Papers

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Location (spatial)
United States--North Carolina--Washington County (N.C.)--Plymouth (N.C.)
Type
still image
Medium
postcards
Physical Description
14cm x 9cm
Rights
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2
 Mon Dec 30 2013 04:51 PM  by Dee

I have a similar postcard accept mine says Canarsie rather than Plymouth. I purchased it at an online auction. Mine was mailed in 1913.
1
 Wed Dec 2 2009 12:48 AM  by Barefoot

I have to say I thought my encounter with a 12 foot grizzly was scary but this postcard is much more frightening! :O -Barefoot2k Avoid a Grizzly Attack
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