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Carnivore Preservation Trust: Features videos, photos, and general information about the endangered carnivores living on this preserve.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

Ocracoke Preservation Society Museum: The history and artifacts of Ocracoke Island and its people can be found in this historic home on the grounds of the National Park Service.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

Stanly County Historic Preservation Commission Museum: Stanly County created this museum to preserve the heritage resources of the area for generations to come. The exhibits cover the history of Stanly County from ancient times to the present.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

Food preservation display: This is a black and white photograph of a food preservation display, possibly at State Fair or Farm and Home Week. An older woman in a plaid dress is looking at jar of canned fruit or vegetables. Behind her is a wall of shelves full of canned jars of food....; Format: image/article

A tiger yawning at the Carnivore Preservation Trust in Chatham County: A tiger yawns at the Carnivore Preservation Trust in Pittsboro, Chatham County, North Carolina. The Trust protects and houses 16 different species of endangered carnivores.; Format: image/photograph

Kings and gods: In East from India: Cambodia and Southern Vietnam, page 5; Khmer kings promoted the idea, known as devaraja, that there was an intersection of the ruling king and a validating god, usually the Hindu god Siva. Banteay Srei, shown here, is a Hindu temple dedicated to the god Siva that was built during the...; By Lorraine Aragon.

Food Preservation Demonstration: Posing behind a table of canned fruits and vegetables, a 4-H club girl is ready to perform a food preservation demonstration. This black and white photograph was taken outside near some buildings. The young girl is wearing a plain, white short-sleeved dress...; Format: image/photograph

4-H club girl and leader examining jars: This black and white photographs shows a 4-H club girl and her leader examining jars used for canning as part of a 4-H food preservation program. They are standing in a room in front of a fireplace. A hurricane lamp and clock can be seen on the mantle. The...; Format: image/article

The face of a king: In East from India: Cambodia and Southern Vietnam, page 14; Four faces, looking toward the cardinal directions, are carved on the sides of fifty-four standing towers at Bayon Temple. The preservation of many of the towers, however, is poor so it is difficult to know exactly how all the towers were carved. Over 200...; By Lorraine Aragon.

“Sacred sword”: In East from India: Cambodia and Southern Vietnam, page 17; The building complex functioned as temple, monastery, and university. The original carved images in the complex were both Hindu and Buddhist although most of the Buddhas were effaced by subsequent Hindu rulers, probably including the Hindu Jayavarman VIII....; By Lorraine Aragon.

Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum: This museum is dedicated to the preservation of maritime history and shipwrecks of North Carolina's Outer Banks.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

Ration canning application: Format: image/ephemera

Canning for country and community: In this lesson plan, students will use primary source documents to evaluate the technological challenges of food preservation in the 30s and 40s, compare food preservation in the first half of the twentieth century with today, and consider the political role of food in the community.; Format: lesson plan (grade 8 and 10–12 Social Studies); By Melissa Thibault.

Huge splayed tree root in wall of Preah Khan Temple at Angkor: A huge, splayed tree root grows in a wall of the Preah Khan Temple at Angkor. Preah Khan means "Sacred Sword" in Khmer, and the temple was built at the site of Jayavarman VII's victory over Cham invaders in 1181 A.D. The building complex functioned as temple,...; Format: image/photograph

Huge tree roots covering buried doorway of Preah Khan Temple at Angkor: Huge tree roots cover a buried doorway of the Preah Khan Temple at Angkor. Preah Khan means "Sacred Sword" in Khmer, and the temple was built at the site of Jayavarman VII's victory over Cham invaders in 1181 A.D. The building complex functioned as temple,...; Format: image/photograph

Stone courtyard crumbling under weight of trees in Preah Khan Temple at Angkor: A stone courtyard in Preah Khan Temple at Angkor is crumbling under the weight of trees and other erosion factors. Preah Khan means "Sacred Sword" in Khmer, and the temple was built at the site of Jayavarman VII's victory over Cham invaders in 1181 A.D. The...; Format: image/photograph

Huge gnarled tree root covers a roof of Preah Khan Temple at Angkor: A huge gnarled tree root covers a roof of Preah Khan Temple at Angkor. Preah Khan means "Sacred Sword" in Khmer, and the temple was built at the site of Jayavarman VII's victory over Cham invaders in 1181 A.D. The building complex functioned as temple, monastery,...; Format: image/photograph

The rag man: The "rag man" in a Jonkonnu reenactment at Bellamy Mansion in Wilmington, North Carolina. The rag man is an important part of Jonkonnu. He symbolizes the ancestors. Each fluttering rag is an ancestor he commemorates as he dances and sends the colorful strips...; Format: image/photograph

4-H club girl examining canned foods as part of a 4-H food preservation program: In this black and white photograph a young woman in a dress with a 4-H patch over the breast is admiring a jar of preserved pears. Behind her is an entire cupboard filled with canning jar of other preserved foods.; Format: image/photograph

Blandwood Mansion: Built in 1846, Blandwood gives visitors a look into the past and is a wonderful example of the Tuscan architecture which was so popular in the mid nineteenth century.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

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