New Hanover County Public Library Digital Archives

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    • Boating on Cape Fear River

    • Boating on Cape Fear River

    • New Hanover County, Wilmington, Guilford, Randolph, Davidson and Forsyth counties, ships, rivers, tourist attractions, WWII, boating

    • The first boat over 30 feet to be built of fiberglass, the "Knit Wit", which is actually 41 ft, moves up the Cape Fear River in front of the battleship U.S.S. North Carolina. The boat was built by Hatteras Yachts in High Point in 1960.
    • Star-News Image Archive
    • Frank Block Sign

    • Frank Block Sign

    • Wilmington, New Hanover and Pender counties, Democrat, 7th district, advertisements, signs, Naegele

    • The new image of Franklin Block peers down from a billboard off Oleander Dr., declaring his run for the N.C. senate.
    • Star-News Image Archive
    • Burgwin-Wright House

    • Burgwin-Wright House
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    • Georgian style house built on foundation of abandoned jail for John Burgwin (1731-1803), merchant and lawyer, Clerk of Court in Bladen and New Hanover counties, Clerk of NC Provincial Assembly, Secretary to Royal Governor Dobbs and Treasurer of...
    • Port City Architecture
    • Tobacco Fields.

    • Tobacco Fields.

    • Tobacco, Tobacco Farming

    • Since colonial times, tobacco has been one of the most important cash crops of the State of North Carolina. Very little of the crop was ever grown in New Hanover County, but the surrounding counties were major producers.
    • Louis T. Moore Collection
    • North Third Street, 100 block.

    • North Third Street, 100 block.

    • N. Third Street, Courthouse, City Hall, Thalian Hall, Sorosis Building, Cameron Garage

    • A goodwill motorcade preparing to leave Wilmington to visit nearby counties. From left are the Sorosis Building, the City Hall and the Courthouse. The MacMillan and Cameron Garage is at right.
    • Louis T. Moore Collection

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