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    • Rankin & Martin Warehouse

    • Rankin & Martin Warehouse
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    • Vernacular style warehouse built for Rankin & Martin, naval stores merchants. Purchased in 1889 by Burr & Bailey Ironworks. Acquired in 1902 by Wilmington Towing & Construction Company and occupied by W.B. Thorpe & Company, dealers in coal, wood...
    • Port City Architecture
    • Arab Shrine Club Fish Fry

    • Arab Shrine Club Fish Fry

    • fraternal organizations, children's burn center, charities

    • Shriner's fish fry, 4 men in line to get take -out boxes, all in work clothes with 3 wearing hardhats, first man in line has 5 to-go boxes, 2 Shriner's wearing fezzes, one looking toward camera and one leaning on counter with his back to camera, on...
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    • Atlantic Coast Line train wreck

    • Atlantic Coast Line train wreck

    • passenger cars, derailment, antique

    • Photograph is a view of an ACL train wreck showing a passenger car with wreckage on top and a disabled locomotive. Foreground shows show old cars and trucks including a pumper fire truck and an American Red Cross van (Regional Blood Center,...
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    • Belk Beery Department Store (2)

    • Belk Beery Department Store (2)

    • Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina, department stores, malls, Independence Mall, Westfield Mall, clothing stores, Oleander Dr, merchants

    • Exterior shot of Belk Beery from Independence Blvd. Shows the 3 arches with mosaic tiled pictures of Baldhead Island lighthouse, sailboats and an ocean scene. A few cars and trucks dot the parking lot, both the state and American flags fly towards...
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    • Bellamy Mansion Tours (3)

    • Bellamy Mansion Tours (3)

    • Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina, Historic district, historical houses, John D. Bellamy, slave quarters, museum, tourist attraction, antebellum architecture, tours

    • Photograph of the front of the Bellamy Mansion taken from across Market St. near the corner of 5th and Market St. House needs painting and repair work. A sign that says "Bellamy Mansion 1859 open" is attached to one of the large white colums near...
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    • Bellamy Mansion, Inc.

    • Bellamy Mansion, Inc.

    • Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina, fund raisers, 5th and Market St., historical district, antebellum architecture

    • Mrs. Emma Bellamy Williamson Hendren, ( in winter doublebreasted coat and purse) of the Bellamy Mansion, Inc. stands in front of the ornate wrought iron gates and fencing as the historic house looms in the background.
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    • Bellevue Cemetery (2)

    • Bellevue Cemetery (2)

    • Wilmington, New Hanovery County, North Caroilna, cemeteries, tombstones, 17th St. and Princess Place Dr.

    • The terrible state of the cemetery is evident by the tall weeds which hide many of the graves and keeps them from being tended to. Shows a variety of styles of markers. Only 2 names are legible: Westbrook and Castine.
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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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