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- Hydroplane on Banks Channel, 1920s
- hydroplanes, Banks Channel, seaplanes
- Hydroplane on Banks Channel, near Wrightsville Beach, prior to take off, 1920s
- Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection
- Second Street between Market and Princess Streets in the 1920s
- N. Second Street, Market Street, Princess Street
- Second Street looking North and South between Market and Princess Streets, 1920s (same block, both photos)
- Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection
- A Greased Pole Contest, Lumina 1920s
- contests, Lumina, Wrightsville Beach
- A greased pole contest at Lumina in the 1920s.
- Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection
- Scene in front of U.S. Custom House Destroying Whiskey, Early 1920s
- Prohibition, Custom Houses, alcoholic beverages
- Scene in front of U.S. Custom House destroying whiskey, early 1920s
- Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection
- Graduating Class of Nurses, James Walker Memorial Hospital-School of Nursing, 1920s
- Nurses, nursing schools, education, graduations, hospitals, James Walker Memorial Hospital
- Graduating Class of Nurses, James Walker Memorial Hospital-School of Nursing, 1920s
- Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection
- Gene Pickard, Age 16, Motor-Boat Racer, 1920s
- motor-boats, Pickard family, Gene Pickard, boat racing
- Gene Pickard, age 16, motor-boat racer, 1920s
- Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection
- Woolvin House
- Italianate style house built for Joel W. Woolvin (1830-1889), cabinet maker and undertaker, Confederate veteran; and wife, Mary Ann Pridgen (1827-1909), native of Duplin County. Purchased in 1919 by Clifton B. Vann (1881-1927), native of Columbus...
- Port City Architecture
- Hanby House & Store
- Italianate style house and grocery store built for Joseph H. Hanby (1843-1905), grocer, native of Virginia; and wife, Adrienne K. Wilson (1848-1913). One of the citys few remaining ""corner grocery store"" buildings, it served the neighborhood from...
- Port City Architecture
- J.O. Hinton House
- Neo-Classical Revival style house built as investment property for James Oscar Hinton (1873-1952), manager of City Laundry; and wife, Estelle Shepherd (1875-1960). The second story was added in the late 1920s during the ownership of the Rev....
- Port City Architecture
- Boat Scene at Greenfield Lake
- lakes, boats, parks, Greenfield Lake
- View of a small boat at Greenfield Lake, 1920s
- Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection
- River Scene, "John Knox Ferry," Coast Guard Cutter, Modok and U.S. Custom House, 1920's.
- Cape Fear River, ferries, ships, Coast Guard
- River Scene, "John Knox Ferry," Coast Guard Cutter, Modok and U.S. Custom House, 1920s
- Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection
- 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
- Lumina 3
- Wrightsville Beach, pavilions, dancing, ballrooms
- Dancers on the 2nd floor of Lumina ballroom. Strings of lights hanging from the ceiling, wooden dance floors, a large arched area holds the band and is decorated with potted palms. Men are in suits or sportscoats and women are in long dresses,...
- Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection
- Princess St., Looking West, Carolina Heights
- Carolina Heights, Princess St.
- Princess St., looking West, Carolina Heights, early 1920s?
- Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection
- Feast of Pirates Celebration
- Feast of Pirates, U.S. Custom House, Water St.
- Large crowd gathered on Water Street, in the front of the U.S. Custom House, during the Feast of Pirates celebration, late 1920s
- Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection
- Feast of Pirates YWCA Float
- Feast of Pirates, Young Women's Christian Associtation, parades, floats
- The YWCA float during the Feast of Pirates at Front and Orange streets, late 1920s
- Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection
- Front Street, Looking North, Mid 1920s
- Front St., Market St., Atlantic Trust and Banking
- Front Street looking North toward Market Street in downtown Wilmington, mid 1920's; The Atlantic Trust and Banking Building can be seen in the background
- Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection
- Naval Training Station, "Hammocks," 1917
- Navy, Training Stations, Hammocks, Harbor Island
- Originally called, "The Hammocks, " Harbor Island was an uninhabited low lying island of sand dunes, surrounded by marsh and Wrightsville Sound on the North and southwest, and Banks Channel on the East. There was a dense growth of knotted live...
- Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection
- Naval Training Station, "Hammocks," 1917
- Navy, training station, Hammocks, Harbor Island
- Naval Training Station at Hammocks (or Harbor Island), 1917 Originally called, "The Hammocks." Harbor Island was an uninhabited low lying island of sand dunes, surrounded by marsh and Wrightsville Sound on the North and southwest, and Banks Channel...
- Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection
- Naval Training Station, "Hammocks," 1917
- Navy, Training Stations, Hammocks, Harbor Island
- Originally called, "The Hammocks, " Harbor Island was an uninhabited low lying island of sand dunes, surrounded by marsh and Wrightsville Sound on the North and southwest, and Banks Channel on the East. There was a dense growth of knotted live...
- Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection

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