The U.S.S. Alamance enters the Cape Fear River for the first time during its launching on Nov. 11, 1944. The 150th ship to be completed by the NC Shipbuilding Company.
Pictured left to right are the honorable Carl T. Durham, of the 6th N.C. District; unknown person; Mrs. W.H. Ward; Miss Betsy Thompson; W.S. McMahon and Mrs. Carl T. Durham, sponsor.
Studio portrait of Helen Lovering from January 28, 1917. After the family settled in Wilmington from New York in 1922, Helen lived in the Meares family home on Market Street until her death in 1999. She retired from Lovering Office Service and...
Helen Lovering's shadow can be seen taking the photograph of this unknown woman in front of a treet at Orton Plantation. Although born in Hawthorne, New Jersey, Helen had strong family ties to Wilmington and lived there for most of her adult...