New Hanover County Public Library Digital Archives

CFCC Employees Collect Tuition
CFTI, students, Wilmington, NC
Sheila Risley, front left, and Janice Reade, back left, work at terminals as they collect tuition fees on registration day at Cape Fear Tech.
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4th and Market Streets, 1911
monuments, brownstones, churches, synogogues, Claude Howell, libraries
Intersection of Fourth and Market Streets looking East down Market St. In the center of Street is the Cornelius Harnett obelisk, the Temple of Israel (at right) is the oldest Jewish house of worship in N.C. At the end of the block (5th & Market)...
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

North Front Street - 200 block.
N. Front Street, Murchison, Chestnut Street
Chestnut Street - 100 block - north side The main buildings are (from left) the first floor of the Murchison Building, (built 1913/1914); the Murchison National Bank-Acme Building (1902) and the tall building to the left, the Cape Fear Hotel...
Louis T. Moore Collection

Wrightsville Sound.
Wrightsville Beach, Wrightsville Sound, Babies Hospital, Hospitals
View is from the top of Babies Hospital (note tile roof on left) on Wrightsville Sound, showing causeway and beach car line from mainland across to the beach. The tower in the center background is that of the Wrightsville Sound beach car station....
Louis T. Moore Collection

Kenan Memorial Fountain, intersection Fifth and Market streets.
Kenan, Fountain, Kenan Memorial Fountain, Fifth Street, Market Street
In 1921, Wilmington native, William Rand Kenan, Jr. (1872-1965), gave the city of Wilmington the impressive fountain in memory of his parents, William R. Kenan and Mary Hargrave Kenan. The fountain was designed by Carrere and Hastings of New York...
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 Second street, looking north.
Post Office, Post Office Park, American Legion, Cape Fear Hotel, Murchison Building
View from left: U. S. Post Office, American Legion Hut in Post Office Park and the Cape Fear Hotel are the prominent buildings. The top of the Murchison Building and the Acme Building are on the left of the Hotel. The front facade of the Cape Fear...
Louis T. Moore Collection

American Legion Hut in Post Office Park, Chestnut Street, 100 block. Front of the Cape Fear Hotel is at left.
Post Office Park, American Legion, Cape Fear Hotel, Chestnut Street
American Legion Hut in Post Office Park, Chestnut Street, 100 block. Front of the Cape Fear Hotel is at left.
Louis T. Moore Collection

New Hanover County Airport - Bluethenthal Field.
Airport, Bluethenthal Field, Plane
Pilot, Lt. Ward Robinson (on left), his mechanic (2nd from left) and James E. L. Wade (in white suit), Commissioner of Public Works of the City of Wilmington, pose in front of a U. S. Army bi-plane.
Louis T. Moore Collection

Cape Fear Club - North Second Street and Chestnut Street.
Cape Fear Club, N. Second Street, Chestnut Street
View is from Post Office Park. The Dr. Thomas F. Wood House on corner of Second and Chestnut is seen at left. A corner of the American Legion Hut is at left. The Cape Fear Club is on the southeast corner of second and Chestnut streets and is the...
Louis T. Moore Collection

Post Office Park - Corner, North Second and Chestnut streets.
Post Office Park, N. Second Street, Chestnut Street, Murchison Building, Cape Fear Hotel, Cape Fear Club, Post Office
At left is the old stone post office, with the Murchison Building towering in the background. The tops of the Murchison Bank/Acme Buildings, the Morning Star Building and the Friendly Cafeteria are from left to right on Chestnut Street. The Cape...
Louis T. Moore Collection

Post Office Park
Post Office Park, Post Office, Murchison Building, Cape Fear Hotel
At left, buildings line Post Office Alley. The stone post office, with the Murchison Building is at center. The side of the Murchison/Acme Building and a portion of the Cape Fear Hotel is at left.
Louis T. Moore Collection

View of the Wilmington harbor, looking east at the foot of Chestnut Street.
Cape Fear River, Waterfront, Chestnut Street, Thelma
At the center on the river is the fire boat station. At right is The Thelma, one of the paddlewheel steamers which plied the river as far as Fayetteville. In the distance (from left) are the Murchison Building, the side of the Cape Fear Hotel and a...
Louis T. Moore Collection

Kidder House, southeast corner, Third and Dock streets.
Kidder, Moore, S. Third Street, Dock Street
Edward Kidder (1805-1885) was born in Massachusetts and came to Wilmington ca. 1826. He became a prosperous lumber merchant and later owned the Clarendon Water Works. He married Ann Potter (1811-1872) of Connecticut and in the early 1840s, they...
Louis T. Moore Collection

NCRPC01874
North Carolina Shipbuilding Company
Launching of the SS William D. Moseley on March 5, 1943, at the North Carolina Shipbuilding Company located in Wilmington, NC. Pictured are: Mrs. O.O. Cooper, mother of sponsor (second from left); Mr. Sherwood Dudley (third from left); Mr. O.O....
North Carolina Shipbuilding Company, 1941-1946

NCRPC01896
North Carolina Shipbuilding Company
Launching of the SS Thomas W. Owen on July 24, 1943, at the North Carolina Shipbuilding Company located in Wilmington, NC. Pictured are Miss Lynne Drexler, sponsor; Mrs. Drexler (to the left); Mr. Drexler, (second man from left); and an unknown...
North Carolina Shipbuilding Company, 1941-1946

NCRPC0862
North Carolina Shipbuilding Company
Gathering for the launching of the U.S.S. Southampton on the second anniversary of the establishment of the United States Navy's Women's Reserve. Pictured standing from left to right are Mary Blackwell, of Hartsville, SC; Josephine Eubanks, of...
North Carolina Shipbuilding Company, 1941-1946

Ad Hoc Theater in City Hall
plays, drama, New Hanover County
Ad Hoc Theater group in City Hall in Wilmington, N.C. From left to right on bottom row are Emily Young, Tom McGovern, and Chuck Tedder. On the top row are Wes Singletary, Lynette Ashby, and Chip Tayloe.
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