52,000 people in Durham for UNC vs. Duke football?

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Channel: The News & Observer · 2018 · Sports

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In 1939 a then-record 52,000 people flocked to Duke (now Wallace Wade) Stadium in Durham, N.C. to watch No. 7 North Carolina take on the No. 13 Blue Devils. Farm Security Administration photographer Marion Post Wolcott documented the gathering.

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