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Date: 1948
A photograph of Edward Rabil, Jr. on the football field. Rabil played for UNC-Chapel Hill in the 1940s.
Carter Rabil_EDWARDRABIL,JR-UNC,1948._wm.jpg

Date: 1942
A portrait of Edward Rabil Sr., (far left), his wife Mary Farfour Rabil (far right), Edward Rabil, Jr. (sitting, center), with three unidentified individuals.
Carter Rabil_EDWARDRABIL,SR _ JR MARY,1942-no i_wm.jpg

Date: 1945
A photograph of Edward Rabil, Jr. on the football field. Rabil played for UNC-Chapel Hill in the 1940s.
Carter Rabil_EDWARDRABIL,UNC-1945_wm.jpg

Date: Unknown
A photograph of Morgan Rabil, Carter Rabil's daughter, with John Watson.
Carter Rabil_JohnWatson_Morgan_wm.jpg

Date: 1951
Mary Rabil standing on the sidewalk in front of Ed's Cafe in Smithfield, North Carolina.
Carter Rabil_MARYFARFOURRABIL,ED'SCAFE,SMITHFIELD,NC,1951_wm.jpg

Date: Unknown
A hand-tinted portrait photograph of Mary Farfour Rabil.
Carter Rabil_MARYFARFOURRABIL_wm.jpg

Date: circa 1962
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.
Carter Rabil_MITCHELL,TRUDY,CARTER,STEVERABILST_Wm.jpg

Date: 1956
Mitchell Rabil sitting on a coup holding his toddler son Carter.
Carter Rabil_MITCHELL_CARTERRABIL,1956_wm.jpg

Date: circa 1962
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.
Carter Rabil_MITCHELL_TRUDYRABIL,DANNYTHOMAS_wm.jpg

Date: circa 1962
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.
Carter Rabil_MITCHELL_TRUDYRABIL,NEWYORK,ST_wm.jpg

Date: circa 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…
mCarter Rabil_MITCHELLRABILDANNYTHOMAS_wm.jpg

Date: Unknown
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,…
Carter Rabil_RabilFamily_wm.jpg

Date: January 1950
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.
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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.
Carter Rabil_EDWARDRABIL,JR TO CECIL,WESTERNUNION,NOV11_wm.jpg

Date: 1970s
A short article from the Smithfield Herald about Edward George Rabil, Jr., who gave away five gallons of gasoline during a local baseball game.
Carter Rabil_EDWARDRABIL,JR,SMITHFIELDHERALD,1970S_wm.jpg

Date: Unknown
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…
Carter Rabil_JOHNALLENFARFOUR,NCHALLSPORTSHALLOFFAMER_wm.jpg

A typewritten obituary for Mary Farfour Rabil, who died in September 1986 at the age of 99.
Carter Rabil_MARYFARFOURRABILOBIT,1986_wm.jpg

Date: March 1966
Mitchell Carter Rabil's confirmation certificate, received on March 23, 1966 at the Church of St. Ann in Smithfield, North Carolina.
Carter Rabil_MITCHELLCARTERRABILCONFIRMATION,1963_wm.jpg

Date: 1969
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,…
Carter Rabil_ROBERTRABILWINSCONTESTTRACKSTAR_wm.jpg

Date: July 1959
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.
Carter Rabil_STEPHENRABILBIRTHCERTIFICATE,1959_wm.jpg

Date: circa 1989
Charlie Abed and his wife Susan, ten years after his immigration.
Abed_charlie 10 years after immigration_wm.jpg

A snapshot portrait of Charlie Abed outside in an unidentified location.
Abed_Charlie 2003_wm.jpg

Date: Unknown
A picture of Charlie Abed (second from left) with a group of unidentified friends. Though undated, the photograph was likely taken in the mid-1970s, likely before Abed's 1979 immigration to the United States.
abed_charlie and friends_undated_wm.jpg

Date: Unknown
A picture of a smiling Charlie Abed.
Abed_Charlie_wm.jpg

Date: circa 1962
A picture of young Charlie Abed, about three-years-old, in Nigeria, where he was born. This picture was used in Abed's childhood passport.
Abed_Charlie in Nigeria aged 3_wm.jpg
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