North Carolina State University's Carter Stadium photographic postcard

Carter Stadium, NC State University (Raleigh, N.C.)
Carter-Finley Stadium, NC State University (Raleigh, N.C.)

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Title:: North Carolina State University's Carter Stadium photographic postcard
Description:: Transcribed from Postcard: "41,000 seat home of the Wolfpack, was dedicated Oct. 8, 1966. The A.E. Finley Field House is at the upper center. There is parking for 1,200 automobiles.| Derived from postcard: the 1968, 69, 70 football schedules are printed on the back of the postcard with games played at Carter Stadium in capital letters.
Topics:: Sports
Subjects:: Football
Stadiums
Original Format:: Postcard, color
Extent:: 4 x 6 inches
Item identifier:: 0019316
Photographer:: Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company more info on Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company
Created Date:: 1968
Created Date:: circa 1968
Names:: North Carolina State University more info on North Carolina State University
North Carolina State University -- Buildings more info on North Carolina State University -- Buildings
Location:: Raleigh (N.C.)
Digital Project:: University Archives Photographs

Repository:: Special Collections Research Center at NC State University Libraries
Collection:: University Archives Photograph Collection. Postcards, 1900-1996 (UA023.035) held by Special Collections Research Center at NC State University Libraries
Note field:: Not all materials from the physical collection may have been scanned. Images may have been enhanced for web access.
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Architect:: Small, G. Milton (George Milton), Jr., 1916-1992 more info on Small, G. Milton (George Milton), Jr., 1916-1992
Architect:: Kahn, Charles H. more info on Kahn, Charles H. (Charles Howard), 1926-
Engineer:: L.E. Wooten and Company more info on L.E. Wooten and Company

General note:: Named Carter Stadium, in honor of alumni Harry C. & Wilbert J. "Nick" Carter.
Location:: Raleigh (N.C.)
Subjects:: College buildings
Sports facilities
Stadiums

Historical note:: The stadium honors Wilbert James (Nick) Carter (1902-1972) , Harry Clifton Carter (1908-1990), and Albert Earle Finley (1895-1985). The two Carter brothers graduated from NC State from the school of Textiles and became top executives in the J. P. Stevens Company. They contributed several hundred thousand dollars to fundraising for completion of the stadium. In 1937, the Carter brothers formed their own company, Carter Fabrics of Greensboro, and merged with the J.P. Stevens Corporation. The family was particularly involved with support of the NC State school of textiles. NC State awarded an honorary Doctor of Textile Science degree to Nick Carter in 1943. Finley was also a strong supporter of the athletics program at NC State. After two years of business school in Virginia, he became a stenographer for the Baltimore, Chesapeake, and Atlantic Railroad Company, rapidly working his way to a position of secretary to the general manager. Finley, a former US Army 2nd Lieutenant, soon became involved in the sale of heavy construction equipment and eventually started his own business, the Raleigh Tractor and Equipment Company. Finley kept an active interest in supporting the college, and even donated a motel on Western Boulevard to the Wolfpack Club as an athletics dormitory.
Location:: Raleigh (N.C.)
Subjects:: Sports facilities
Stadiums
Latitude, Longitude:: 35.800804, -78.719482