Homecoming queens with banners at North Carolina State's game against Clemson

Finley Fieldhouse, NC State University (Raleigh, N.C.)
Carter-Finley Stadium, NC State University (Raleigh, N.C.)
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Title:
Homecoming queens with banners at North Carolina State's game against Clemson
Description:
View of banners hanging from A. E. Finley Fieldhouse at Carter-Finley Stadium and North Carolina State University homecoming queen contestants standing in convertibles before football game against Clemson University. North Carolina State's game against Clemson was televised on ABC.
Topics:
Student Life
Subjects:
Banners
Original Format:
Black and white print (photograph)
Extent:
8 x 10 inches
Item identifier:
0005107
Photographer:
Mills, Ralph more info on Mills, Ralph 
Contributor:
North Carolina State University. Visual Aids Department more info on North Carolina State University. Visual Aids Department 
Created Date:
Names:
North Carolina State University more info on North Carolina State University 
Location:
Raleigh (N.C.)
Digital Project:
University Archives Photographs

Building: North Carolina State University, A. E. Finley Fieldhouse (Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina)

Building: North Carolina State University, Carter-Finley Stadium (Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina)

Built:
Street:
State Route 3036
Community:
NC State University
State:
NC
Zip:
27607
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