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    • Dr. S.E. Warshauer

    • Dr. S.E. Warshauer

    • Warshauer family, physicians, Miller family

    • Dr. Samuel Edward Warshauer (1914-), son of Max and Clara Warshauer, was born Januray 24th, 1914 in Wilmington, North Carolina. His brother Albert D. Warshauer, Jr., was also an M.D. He married Miss Miriam Miller, attended UNC-Chapel Hill and the...
    • Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection
    • Dr. James Malcom Hall, 1906-1975

    • Dr. James Malcom Hall, 1906-1975

    • Hall family, pharmacies, Pharmacists, Oakdale Cemetery

    • Dr. James Malcom Hall, also known as "The Mayor of Dry Pond," for his civic duties and "Doc Hall," at his pharmacy on 5th and Castle Sts. that he owned and operated for over a century. He also was the first to keep track of the vital records at...
    • Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection
    • Dr. Conway H. Ficklen

    • Dr. Conway H. Ficklen

    • Ficklen family, physicians

    • Dr. Conway Ficklen (1926-), son of V.C. Ficklen, was born in Lexington, Kentucky, September 7th, 1926. He was educated at the University of Virginia (1950) where he also received his M.D. in 1954. He married Rose G. Ficklen. He was President of the...
    • Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection
    • Dr. James Dickie and Dr. Robert M. Fales

    • Dr. James Dickie and Dr. Robert M. Fales

    • Dickie family, McDonough family, Fales family, Taylor family, physicians, medical profession

    • Dr. James William Dickie, son of Herbert Gratsby, Sr. and Kate DuRant Dickie, was born September 20th, 1916 in Wilmington, North Carolina. He married Miss Gladys McDonough, and his father and brother also received their medical degrees. He was...
    • Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection
    • Cape Fear River - Steamer, Wilmington.

    • Cape Fear River - Steamer, Wilmington.

    • Cape Fear River, Steamer, Wilmington

    • The legendary steamer, Wilmington, was owned by John W. Harper (1856-1917), who was also her captain. Capt. Harper began taking passengers down the Cape Fear River from Wilmington to Southport about 1887. He owned two boats - the Passport and the...
    • Louis T. Moore Collection
    • NCRPC0848

    • NCRPC0848

    • North Carolina Shipbuilding Company

    • Miss Charlene Register, sponsor of the S.S. Game Cock, prepares to christen the vessel on May 26, 1944. Also included in the photo are representatives of New Hanover High School. Also pictured are Barbara Marshall (second from left); Betty Evans...
    • North Carolina Shipbuilding Company, 1941-1946
    • Blockade Runner Hotel Lobby

    • Blockade Runner Hotel Lobby

    • Wrightsville Beach, New Hanover County, North Carolina, hotels, lobbies, Civil war, war ships, Atlanitc Ocean, Banks Channel, furniture

    • Shows the lobby of the Blockade Runner Hotel. There is a simple map carved out of wood attached to one wall. It shows the coastline, islands and rivers of the Cape Fear Region. A Confederate blockade runner ship, seagulls and 2 Confederate flags...
    • Star-News Image Archive
    • Girls and Boys on a Fence

    • Girls and Boys on a Fence

    • children, clubs, Wilmington, NC

    • (L to R): Christy Leonard, Meri Martin, Jason Cannady and Michael Naylor on the old fence near the pool at the Brigade Boys Club which is fixing to be changed to include girls also.
    • Star-News Image Archive
    • Azalea Festival and Queens\03073

    • Azalea Festival and Queens\03073

    • Azalea Festival

    • Photograph of Esther Williams from the 1958 Azalea Festival. Williams was Azalea Queen XI for the festival that ran from March 27-30. Notable celebrities also made appearances during the festival that year including Andy Griffith, Arnold Palmer,...
    • Azalea Festival Collection
    • AF-A_1953_Crowning_02

    • AF-A_1953_Crowning_02

    • Azalea Festival

    • Newspaper clipping of Queen Azalea V Cathy Downs at the March 1952 festival. Also pictured is the Master of Ceremonies, Harry Wismer, who was a sports commentator. Miss Downs was a famous movie actress.
    • Azalea Festival Collection
    • Azalea Festival and Queens\03082

    • Azalea Festival and Queens\03082

    • Azalea Festival

    • A marching band participates in the Azalea Festival Parade. Date not listed, but appears to be around 1960. Also pictured are businesses on North Front Street including: Brunswick Hotel, Roxy Cafe, Sears, Firestone, Sutton Council Furniture, and...
    • Azalea Festival Collection
    • Azalea Festival and Queens\03083

    • Azalea Festival and Queens\03083

    • Azalea Festival

    • A marching band participates in the Azalea Festival Parade. Date not listed on black and white photograph, but appears to be from 1960. Also pictured is a large group of people lined up to watch parade on North Front Street in front of the...
    • Azalea Festival Collection
    • Horace P. Munson House

    • Horace P. Munson House
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    • Colonial Revival style house built for Horace Percy Munson (1866-1958), of Munson & Company, retail clothing merchants. Residence also, of siblings, Katherine Clark (1860-1928) and Edward H. Munson (1871-1946), First Presbyterian Church organist....
    • Port City Architecture

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