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A photograph of the original pawnshop, Asheville, North Carolina.

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A clipping from the Asheville Citizen Times showing Julie Nixon standing in front of the Finkelstein loan office.

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A conglomeration of papers Leo Finkelstein collected over his lifetime, from newspaper clippings about a bookmobile and his father's death to letters from the Buncombe County library. It includes pictures from the Asheville Lion's Club and Leo's years serving the military as well as Western Union telegrams, airline and travel ephemera, "Song of the Lions" sheet music, an obituary for Lambkin (pet dog), and various membership and identification cards.

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Papers kept by the Asheville Lion's Club that give an account of Leo Finkelstein in his old age. Item also includes Community Care Partners 1998 report.

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This items contains photographs, pages from The Southern Israelite, and newspaper clippings about the history of the Jewish congregation Beth Ha-Tephila, and its anniversaries, including its Centennial Anniversary in 1991, as well as a family tree from 1790. The item also contains photographs and newspaper clippings, incluing the 1939 Asheville Citizen-Times article, "Pawnshops Here Could Furnish Good Museum" and a 1923 article "End of the Freight Thieves Gang" from The World Magazine.

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Various photographs, telegrams, and newspaper clippings, including many about the Asheville Lions Club and its success as a civic club.

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This letter from R.L. Kirby to his uncle, Joseph Eller, discusses how R.L. Kirby has taken over the local newspaper, and mentions a scheme to boost subscriptions by giving some of the profits to people who bring in customers.

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