New Hanover County Public Library Digital Archives

Isaac Bear School - Market Street, 1200 block.
Isaac Bear School, Schools, Market Street, Wilmington College
Built in 1912, the structure was an elementary school until the mid-1940s. The building was erected with funds donated by Samuel Bear (ca. 1854-1916) in memory of his brother, Isaac Bear (1852-1911). It became the first home of Wilmington College...
Louis T. Moore Collection

North Front Street - View from the Atlantic Trust Building, Northeast corner, Front and Market streets, looking north.
Front Street, Market Street, Atlantic Trust Building, Murchison Building, Masonic Building
General view of North Front Street. Prominent buildings from left are: top of Masonic Building, Atlantic National Bank Building (later People's Bank), Side of Orton Hotel (see sign), Murchison Building, Tower and top of Post Office and the Cape...
Louis T. Moore Collection

Brunswick Technical College
Community Colleges, Brunswick County, NC
"Fleging Brunswick technical College now has a temporary home and a sign at Supply. The temporary home, the school's first, is the former county extension office building. Joseph Bailey Carter, newly named "charter" president of the college,...
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Dr. John Hoggard and Dr. William Randall at the Ground Breaking of Wilmington College
Hoggard Family, Randall Family, Colleges and Universities, Wilmington
Dr. John Thomas Hoggard (1879-1965), son of William Davis and Cornelia Frances White Hoggard, was born in Aulander, North Carolina December 27th, 1879. He married Virginia Elizabeth Hawes December 23, 1908. He was educated at Wake Forest (1906) and...
Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection

Bystanders Watch Volunteer Firefighters
CFCC, students, Wilmington, NC
Bystanders pulled up a handful of chairs as volunteer firefighters trained inside a condemned house. Following a day inside the structure fighting fires, the Cape FEar Community College fire training instructors allowed the house to burn. This...
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CFCC Nursing Students
Students, Cape Fear Community College, New Hanover Memorial Hospital
Cape Fear Ccommunity College Nursing Students talk about their first day of hands on experience at New Hanover Memorial Hospital Thursday.
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View of Waterfront Looking South
Cape Fear River, Waterfront, Cape Fear Community College, Boats
This photograph captures a view of the waterfront in front of the building that houses Cape Fear Community College's boat building program.
Wilmington Harbor Collection

Cape Fear Community College
Cape Fear River, Waterfront, Wharves, Boatbuilding
Cape Fear Community College's boatbuilding program is located in the one-story brick building located on the Wilmington waterfront.
Wilmington Harbor Collection

Beverly Davis
Davis family, Beverly Davis, Meredith College, Batteries, Fort Fisher
Beverly Davis, during her 3rd year at Meredith College, standing on top of a battery lamb at Fort Fisher.
Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection

Dr. Hooper, Sr., Dr. Koonce and Dr. McEachern
Hooper family, Koonce family, McEachern family, physicians
Dr. Joseph Ward Hooper, Sr. (1887-1952), was born in Baltimore, Maryland February 17, 1887. He married Louise Smallbones and they had a son, Joseph Ward Hooper, Jr., who was also a Physician. He received his M.D. from the University of Maryland in...
Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection

Dr. W. C. Mebane
Mebane family, physicians
Dr. William Carter Mebane, Sr.? was born November 1st, 1882 to parents Benjamin Watkins and Bettie Galloway Carter Mebane. He married Miss Susan Mott and they had a son, William Carter Mebane, Jr. who also received his M.D., (General Practicioner...
Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection

College of Physicians and Surgeons
physicians, Surgeons
The cornerstone of the College of Physicians and Surgeons that operated in Wilmington from 1871 to 1874. The building was located in the 100 block of N. Third Street near the Northwest corner of Third and Princess.
Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection

Dr. D. R. McEachern
McEachern family, Shepherd family, physicians
Dr. Duncan Roland McEachern (1905-1970), son of Drusilla and Neil Morris McEachern, was born in Wilmington, North Carolina, July 19th, 1905. He married Eloise Melville Sheperd, attended Davidson College (1928) and the Medical College of Virginia...
Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection

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

Dr. Andrew Harriss
Harriss family, physicians, Obstetricians, Oakdale Cemetery
Dr. Andrew Howell Harriss, son of George Harriss and Julia Ophelia Sanders Harriss, was born March 7th, 1872 in Wilmington, North Carolina. He married Miss Mary Montgomery Wilcox Bolles October 14th, 1896. His grandfather, William James Harris was...
Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection

Dr. Auley Crouch, Sr. and Dr. J. Buren Sidbury (Sr.?)
physicians, Crouch family, Sidbury family
Dr. Auley McRae Crouch, Sr., received his M.D. from Jefferson College in 1916. He married Miss Muriel Lee Fales and together they had two sons, Auley McRae Crouch, Jr. and Walter Lee Crouch, who also became Physicians. Notable achievements:...
Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection

Aerial view of Corning Plant
New Hanover County, industry, business
Photograph is an aerial shot of the Corning Glass plant and highway 132 (College Road) in Wilmington, N.C.
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Bennigan's Restaurant Birthday
Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina, restaurants, eateries, S. College Rd,
After his meal, Bill Freeman of Wilmington has a cake brought to his table for his birthday party at Bennigan's restaurant. Several women are seated with Bill as 1 waitress and 2 waiters clap and sing happy birthday. Other customers are seen in the...
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