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    • Arm Wrestling (1)

    • Arm Wrestling (1)

    • Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina, bars, games, competitions, sports

    • Keith Sheppard cheers on Sam Watkins, in ball cap, and Bubba Strickland in an arm wrestling match @ 6:00 on Sunday 9/20 at Bulldog's Lounge on Market St.
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    • Azalea Coast Chowder Contest (1)

    • Azalea Coast Chowder Contest (1)

    • New Hanover County, North Carolina, seafood, parks

    • Scott Barnette, Anita Riddy, and Kenny Hicks of the Pilot House Restaurant stir their clam chowder between servings at the seventh annual Azalea Coast Chowder Contest at Greenfield Lake Amphitheater in Wilmington.
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    • Bellamy Mansion Fire (1)

    • Bellamy Mansion Fire (1)

    • Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina, historic places, slave quarters, Market St and 5th St., mansions, fires, antebellum architecture

    • A burned area around one of the marbalized slate fireplaces on the ground floor in the Bellamy Mansion. 2 small glass containers and a framed needlepoint (God bless our home) rests on the mantle.
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    • Bellevue Cemetery (1)

    • Bellevue Cemetery (1)

    • Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina, cemeteries, graves, family plots, 17th Street and Princess Place Dr., gravesites,

    • Bellevue Cemetery in a state of disrepair, many of the tombstones have fallen over, all need cleaning , weeds and vines taking over area.
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    • Belville, NC (1)

    • Belville, NC (1)

    • Brunswick County, North Carolina, stores, trailers, hotels, motels, signs

    • A street scene showing businesses and billboards in Belville; Towel City, Crisp Mobile Home Park, Crisp Sales and Manufacturing Co., Horne's , Days Inn, Holiday Lodge, Holiday Lodge restaurant, 3 unidentified men at the Holiday Lodge.
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    • Block Shirt Factory (1)

    • Block Shirt Factory (1)

    • Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina, factories, Industries, sewing, clothing

    • Rives industries, which leased space and equipment at the site of Block Industries on S. 3rd St., plans to close in March 1994 after 14 months in business.
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    • Blockade Runner Hotel (1)

    • Blockade Runner Hotel (1)

    • New Hanover County, Atlantic Ocean, Intracoastal Waterway, sound

    • The Blockade Runner Hotel was the first modern high-rise hotel on Wrightsville Beach, designed by Oliver & Smith, architects, of Norfolk, Virginia. The seven story brick building contained 120 rooms, each with a view of the ocean or Banks Channel....
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    • Blue Laws (1)

    • Blue Laws (1)

    • Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina, Shopping, clothing stores, Sundays, laws

    • Sunday shoppers wait in line to check out at Wilmington's National Outlet on Kerr Ave.
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    • Bradley Creek Marina (1)

    • Bradley Creek Marina (1)

    • Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina, marinas, waterways, boating, cemeteries, boat storage, Oleander Dr., businesses

    • An aerial veiw of the Bradley Creek Marina showing boat slips, a barge and the dry storage facility as construction continues. Oleander Memorial Gardens is seen at the top of the photo.
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    • Bus Accident

    • Bus Accident

    • New Hanover, North Carolina

    • Wilmington police officers, J.D. Wright, and B.L. Daniels, prepare their report following a school bus/car collision at the intersection of 13th Street and Wooster Street early Wednesday morning. The bus driver, Larry Lloyd, had just dropped off a...
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    • Lock and Dam (1)

    • Lock and Dam (1)

    • locks and dams, Cape Fear River

    • Lockmaster Robin Hall explains how the lock and dam works at the US Army Corps of Engineers, lock and dam no. 1, on the Cape Fear River in Bladen County Thursday afternoon.
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    • U.S. Army Reserve Training Center, Wilmington, NC (2)

    • U.S. Army Reserve Training Center, Wilmington, NC (2)

    • Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina, reservists, Naval Reserves, Greenfield Lake,

    • A group of Army soldiers look on as a group of civilians are seated waiting for a program to begin in the parking lot beside the building. Flag is flying at full mast. Two military cars are in the foreground, one has "U.S. Army 1 E 9785 for...
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    • Wilmington Boxing Center (1)

    • Wilmington Boxing Center (1)

    • Wilmington, North Carolina, youth, sports

    • Matt Ward waits for the second round to start during a boxing demonstration by the Wilmington Boxing Center at the Cape Fear Museum. The club was exhibiting their skills in connection with a photographic display at the museum - "Athletes:...
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    • Loughlin Cottage

    • Loughlin Cottage
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    • Craftsman style bungalow built for Joseph J. Loughlin (1881-1918); and wife, Eleanor King (1885-1941), native of Philadelphia. He was secretary-treasurer and general manager of the New Hanover Transit Company, a primary developer of Carolina Beach....
    • Port City Architecture
    • Temple of Israel

    • Temple of Israel
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    • Moorish Revival style synagogue built for German Jewish Reform congregation that was organized in 1872. it is the oldest synagogue in North Carolina and one of the few in the United States still housed in its original nineteenth century building.
    • Port City Architecture
    • Cassidey-Harper House

    • Cassidey-Harper House
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    • Built as family residence by James Cassidey (1792-1866), native of Salisbury, MA, who with his sons operated an extensive shipyard and marine railway at river below house. Confederate ironclad RALEIGH was constructed there. His daughter, Anne E....
    • Port City Architecture

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