New Hanover County Public Library Digital Archives

“Stamp Defiance, 1766" float in Feast of Pirates parade in front of a reviewing stand at City Hall in 1928.
Feast of Pirates, Parade, N. Third Street, City Hall, Thalian Hall
“Stamp Defiance, 1766" float in Feast of Pirates parade in front of a reviewing stand at City Hall in 1928. Thirteen young Wilmington girls were waiting to ride the float, each representing an American Colony.
Louis T. Moore Collection

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.
Star-News Image Archive

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Azalea Festival
People gather at City Hall for the first Azalea Festival that took place from April 9-11, 1948.
Azalea Festival Collection

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Azalea Festival
Miss Sara Shane, Queen Azalea VIII, and Clara Faye Arnold, Miss North Carolina of 1955, participate in the Azalea Festival parade. The pair are pictured on 3rd Street as they pass Thalian Hall during the 1955 Azalea Festival.
Azalea Festival Collection

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Azalea Festival
The Riegel Carolina Corporation float passes by Thalian Hall on 3rd Street during the 1955 Azalea Festival. The float depicts its message to "Keep North Carolina Green."
Azalea Festival Collection

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Azalea Festival
The Wilmington College float passes Thalian Hall during the 1955 Azalea Festival Parade. The school became UNC Wilmington in 1969.
Azalea Festival Collection

Alexander Hall House
Queen Anne style house built c. 1897 for Alexander Hall (1874-1933), president of the Wilmington Grocery Company; and wife, Margaret Hargrave (1875-1961). According to family tradition, house was a wedding present from the grooms parents. Remained...
Port City Architecture

All-Girl Massage Parlor
pornography, adult, entertainment, business
Exterior shot of the New International Massage Parlors, All Girl Staff on Court Street in Jacksonville, North Carolina.
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Azalea Festival
Representatives, including a beauty queen, from White Lake, North Carolina, make their way down North 3rd Street on a float that passes by Thalian Hall and the N.C. Sorosis building.
Azalea Festival Collection

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Azalea Festival
The Washington High School Band, of Washington, North Carolina, marches in the Azalea Festival parade along North Third Street. Two members of the band carry the North Carolina flag, and a Confederate flag. Buildings pictured on the left include...
Azalea Festival Collection

Bellamy Mansion Fire (2)
Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina, historical district, historic buildings, 5th & Market St, mansions, fires, antique furniture, antebellum architecture
The terrible destruction caused by a fire in the Bellamy Mansion is shown by the debris littered floor, peeling wallpaper, scorched furniture [sideboards, table holding condiment containers, silver water pitcher and silver covered dish] in what...
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Big Dawg Productions
Wilmington, Carolina Beach, New Hanover County, North Carolina, theater, film, television, stages, actors, actresses, plays, Thalian Hall
The cast from the play You Can't take it With You- top row-left to right- Alex Wharff (Tony Kirby), Scott Simpson (Boris Kolenkhov), bottom row- left to right- Katherine Vernon (Alice Sycamore), Pat Higle (Martin "Grandpa" Vanderhof, Suellen Yate...
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Bill Head From Hall and Pearsall
Hall family, Pearsall family, grocers, wholesalers, fertilizer
The Hall and Pearsall Warehouse was located at 711 Nutt St. Oscar Pearsall worked for Edwards and Hall, Wholesale Grocers until 1875 when he became partner and changed the name to Hall & Pearsall. The firm specialized in staples such as rice,...
Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection

Blue Laws (2)
Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina, laws, shopping, stores, Sundays
Reverend J.C. Wllace speaks out in favor of the Blue Law in front of a large group of citizens at Thalian hall located at 3rd and Chestnut St.
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Bonitz Building
Neoclassical Revival style building designed by Henry E. Bonitz (1872-1921), native of Goldsboro, NC, to house his architectural firm, and the Royal Arcanum Hall lodge. Purchased in 1944 by Richard A. Shew (1905-1991), owner of Shew Realty Company;...
Port City Architecture

Books for Servicemen and Servicewomen
Reading, military, packages, New Hanover County, North Carolina
Caroleen Hall packs paperback books into cardboard boxes to be weighed before they are shipped to service men and servicewomen overseas. She is an employee of Cape Fear Bonded Warehouse, where the books are being packed.
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Cape Fear Academy Students With Professor Washington Cattlett
schools, Cape Fear Academy, students, City Hall, Cattlett family, Academics, Professor Washington Catlett
Cape Fear Academy students with Professor Washington Catlett at City Hall Steps, 1910-1915.
Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection

Car speaker system
North Carolina, automobile, sound systems
A monster audio deck in the rear of Geoff Hall's car blasts out 250 watts of power. 12 speakers rock the 1986 Dodge Omni GLH Turbo. Mr. Hall plans to expand his system in the near future.
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