New Hanover County Public Library Digital Archives

Dr. J. B. Sidbury, Jr. and Dr. George M. Koseruba
Koseruba family, Sidbury family, physicians, medicine, Rayle family
Dr. James Buren Sidbury, Jr., son of James Buren, Sr. and Willie Daniel Sidbury, was born January 13th, 1922, in Wilmington, North Carolina. His father James and sister, Rowena S. Hall Lenart, were also Physicians (Pediatrics). He married Ms....
Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection

Portrait of James Walker
Walker family, Architects, builders, philanthropists, University of North Carolina at Wilmington, portraits
Portrait of James Walker now hanging on wall at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington. James Walker, (1826-1901) was born in Scotland and came to the U.S. (New York), with his brother, at the age of 12. He started out as a stone mason,...
Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection

Portrait of James Walker, Architect
Walker family, Architects, Builders, Philanthropists, University of North Carolina at Wilmington, portraiture
This portrait of James Walker can be found hanging on a wall at UNC-Wilmington. James Walker, (1826-1901) was born in Scotland and came to the U.S. (New York), with his brother at the age of 12. He started out as a stone mason, then later moved to...
Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection

Bingo at the Moose Lodge
WIlmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina, games, meeting halls, clubs, fraternal organizations,
Alva Corbett (left) and Gertrude Corbet (beside Alva) play multiple bingo cards at senior day at the Moose Lodge at 4610 Carolina Beach Rd. There are several other players at the table but they aren't identified.
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Dr. George Koseruba
Koseruba family, physicians, Pediatricians
Dr. George M. Koseruba was the son of a Russian couple who immigrated to Canada. He attended Southern California's Loma Linda University where he earned his M.D. He came to Wilmington in 1939 and served his internship and first year residency at...
Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection

South Third Street - 100 block; intersection of Third and Orange streets.
Latimer House, First Presbyterian Church, S. Third Street, Orange Street
At left on the northwest corner is the Zebulon Latimer House; and, at right is the First Presbyterian Church, rebuilt after a fire destroyed the sanctuary in 1926. The First Presbyterian Church has been plagued by at least three fires in its...
Louis T. Moore Collection

Confederate Memorial Monument - Unveiling ceremony - 1924.
Confederacy, Monument, Memorial, Dock Street, S. Third Street, Bacon, Boney
Designed by Henry Bacon, the monument, located on the plaza at intersection of South Third and Dock streets was donated to the City of Wilmington in 1924, by Gabriel Boney. The sculptor of the two bronze figures, representing courage and...
Louis T. Moore Collection

Market Street, 500 block, looking west at Fifth and Market streets intersection
Fifth Avenue, Market Street, Bellamy Mansion, First Baptist Church, Carolina Apartments
Bellamy Mansion, First Baptist Church are on the left. The side of the Carolina Apartments is at right. In 1859, the impressive Bellamy Mansion was built by Dr. John Dillard Bellamy (1817-1896). Rufus Bunnell of Vermont was the architect, with...
Louis T. Moore Collection

North Carolina Sorosis Clubhouse - North Third Street - 100 block.
Sorosis, N. Third Street
According to the 1860 Wilmington City Directory, Shaddrack M. West (ca. 1810-1871) was living in the house on North Third Street, between Princess and Chestnut streets. The large three-story Italinate dwelling was built ca. 1858. On July 10, 1914,...
Louis T. Moore Collection

Atlantic Coast Physique Championship
women's, body, building
Joni Cox, Denise Squires, and Renee Casella (left to right) line up in front of the judges at the Atlantic Physique Championship at Kenan Auditorium at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington.
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Beach Music Festival at Carolina Beach (1)
Carolina Beach, New Hanover County, Festivals
Festival goers begin to surge around the stage at the Third Annual Beach Music Festival, Saturday at Carolina Beach..attendance is estimated at 40,000 plus.
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Nineteenth Century Cistern Found at Third and Chestnut Streets
Wilmington, New Hanover county, North Carolina, downtown, historical finds, archaeologists, 19th century, 1800's, rain water, containers,
Rita Elliott, sitting on upturned bucket at right, takes down information from Ed Glazier, center, who is inside a 19th century cistern while an unidentified worker at top of photo digs outside the cistern. It was found under the parking area at...
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Lumina, Best Dancing Pavilion on South Atlantic Coast, Wrightsville Beach, near Wilmington, N.C.
Lumina Pavilion
This divided back postcard features a handcolored photograph which features beachgoers surf bathing at Lumina Pavilion at Wrightsville Beach.
Postcard Collections

A Captured Porpoise, at Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina.
Lumina Pavilion
This divided back postcard features a handcolored photograph which captures a group of people posing around a captured porpoise in front of Lumina Pavilion at Wrightsville Beach.
Postcard Collections

Bathing in Bank's Channel, Lumina, Wrightsville Beach, N.C.
Lumina Pavilion
This divided back postcard features a handcolored photograph which captures beachgoers surf bathing and relazing along a pier at the Lumina Pavilion at Wrightsville Beach.
Postcard Collections

Watching a rough Surf from Steel Pier, Seashore Hotel, Wrightsville Beach, near Wilmington, N.C.
Seashore Hotel
This divided back postcard features an illustration which depicts people walking along the Steel Pier at the Seashore Hotel, at Wrightsville Beach.
Postcard Collections

Flood After Rainfall, Trinity Methodist Church, New Hanover High School, Early 1920s
floods, New Hanover High School, churches, Trinity Methodist Church
Wilmington High School, located in the Tileston School building at Fifth and Ann streets, was formerly replaced by New Hanover High School when the first classs graduated in 1922. With an enrollment of 840 students it was the largest high school in...
Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection

Two student nurses at James Walker Memorial Hospital at back of horse drawn ambulance.
nursing students, hospitals, ambulances
Two student nurses at James Walker Memorial Hospital at back of horse-drawn ambulance
Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection

Graveside Marker, James Walker, Oakdale Cemetery
Walker Family, Cemeteries, Wilmington, Architects, Builders, Gravestones
James Walker, (1826-1901) was born in Scotland and came to the U.S. (New York), with his brother, at the age of 12. He started out as a stone mason, then later moved to Washington D.C. to help work on the Capitol and the Smithsonian Institute,...
Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection

Launching Concrete Ship at Liberty Shipyard During World War I at the Foot of Greenfield Street
ships, shipyards, World War I, Greenfield Street
Launching Concrete Ship at Liberty Shipyard During World War I, at the foot of Greenfield Street
Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection

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