From Floyd A. Rabil, Jr: "This is a picture of my father, Floyd A. Rabil, Sr. with the 1927 New York Yankees. My father is in the top left hand corner with the number 4 above him. No.1 is Babe Ruth, No. 2 is Lou Gehrig and No. 4 is Tony Lazzari. The…
A portrait of Edward Rabil Sr., (far left), his wife Mary Farfour Rabil (far right), Edward Rabil, Jr. (sitting, center), with three unidentified individuals.
An article, published in the Smithfield Herald, profiling Robert Rabil. Rabil, a former track star for Smithfield High School, won the 1969 Football Forecast Contest put on by the newspaper, and with it tickets to the Orange Bowl game in Miami,…
The Rabil family--Mitchell, Trudy, Steve, and Carter (clockwise from top)--taken outdoors at St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital, whose founding they donated to.
A photograph of Mitchell G. and Trudy Rabil with Lebanese-American entertainer and philanthropist Danny Thomas. The photograph was taken at the fundraiser for St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital in New York City.
A photograph of Trudy and Mitchell Rabil at a New York fundraiser for St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital, which was founded by Lebanese-American entertainer Danny Thomas in 1962.
A portrait photograph of Danny Thomas signed with the inscription: "To Mitchell Rabil: With Affection, Danny Thomas." Danny Thomas was a Lebanese-American actor, comedian, radio entertainer, and musician. Though undated, the photograph likely…
A telegram sent by Ed Rabil to Cecil Mae Bradley, who he eventually married. The telegraph, sent via Western Union from Chapel Hill to Smithfield, apologizes for Ed's absence due to class.
A typewritten letter from the Smithfield Chamber of Commerce requesting feedback with responding handwritten notes from Ed Rabil, Jr. The original letter was sent on January 7, 1950; Ed Rabil's reply is undated.
A scan of Stephen Carter Rabil's birth certificate from July 14th, 1959, issued by Johnston Memorial Hospital in Smithfield, North Carolina, and signed by the attending physicians. The back of the certificate has Stephen's footprints in blue ink.
A sepia snapshot of the Rabil family. Though unidentified, the photograph likely depicts the Smithfield and Rocky Mount branches of the Rabil family and depicts, among others, Edward George Rabil, Mary Farfour Rabil, Eva Nassif Rabil, and A.G. Rabil,…
An article from Raleigh, North Carolina's newspaper, the News and Observer, profiling the sports career of John Allen Farfour of Goldsboro, North Carolina. Farfour was a gifted basketball player who transitioned to tennis in 1940 and founded the…
