New Hanover County Public Library Digital Archives

New Hanover County Extension Service (3)
Agriculture Business Association
(from left to right): Debbie Tinga, David Barkley, Jenny Jones, all members of the Agriculture Business Association who will be the sponsor of the Old South Barbeque to be held on April 11 at the Agricultural Extension office on Oleander, the price...
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New Hanover High School
New Hanover High School, Schools, Market Street
1300 block, Market Street, built 1920-1922, W. J. Wilkins, Architect. 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...
Louis T. Moore Collection

Students pose in front of New Hanover High School, with Trinity Methodist Church in the background.
New Hanover High School, Schools, Market Street, Trinity Methodist Church, Churches
1300 block, Market Street, built 1920-1922, W. J. Wilkins, Architect. 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...
Louis T. Moore Collection

Students pose in front of New Hanover High School, with Trinity Methodist Church in the background.
New Hanover High School, Schools, Market Street, Trinity Methodist Church, Churches
1300 block, Market Street, built 1920-1922, W. J. Wilkins, Architect. 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...
Louis T. Moore Collection

"State Champions" in a truck in front of the Wilmington Morning Star's offices in the 100 block of Chestnut Street, with the Cape Fear Hotel in the background.
Chesnut Street, Cape Fear Hotel, Wilmington Morning Star
"State Champions" in a truck in front of the Wilmington Morning Star's offices in the 100 block of Chestnut Street, with the Cape Fear Hotel in the background. This could possibly be one of the championship teams of New Hanover High School, which...
Louis T. Moore Collection

Drag racing
North Carolina, New Hanover County, auto racing
"This is part of my farm," says Harrells' native, Dan Carr, who runs Carr Trucking Co. on Carolina Beach Road in Wilmington. Carr is a former drag racer. He built this track in 1989.
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Charter Boats at Carolina Beach
fishing boats, beaches, New Hanover County
A booth for charter fishing booths to sell tickets out of at the Carolina Beach boat basin on Carl Winner Dr.
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Bellamy Mansion Fire (1)
Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina, historic places, slave quarters, Market St and 5th St., mansions, fires, antebellum architecture
A burned area around one of the marbalized slate fireplaces on the ground floor in the Bellamy Mansion. 2 small glass containers and a framed needlepoint (God bless our home) rests on the mantle.
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Roof view from Trust Building # 3
New Hanover County, Businesses, churches, Temple of Israel, Cornwallis House, Revolutionary War, Spires, Market St., St. James Church, Episcopalian, banks
A combined view of downtown Wilmington taken from the roof of the Trust Building, looking East, 1912-1915.
Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection

James Walker Memorial Hospital - Front view.
James Walker Memorial Hospital, Hospitals
A contractor, James Walker was a native of Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland, who came to Wilmington in 1857, after helping to construct one of the wings of the U. S. Capitol Building and the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, DC. He built the...
Louis T. Moore Collection

James Walker Memorial Hospital - Slightly different view.
James Walker Memorial Hospital, Hospitals
A contractor, James Walker was a native of Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland, who came to Wilmington in 1857, after helping to construct one of the wings of the U. S. Capitol Building and the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, DC. He built the...
Louis T. Moore Collection

James Walker Memorial Hospital - Slightly different view.
James Walker Memorial Hospital, Hospitals
A contractor, James Walker was a native of Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland, who came to Wilmington in 1857, after helping to construct one of the wings of the U. S. Capitol Building and the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, DC. He built the...
Louis T. Moore Collection

Third Street, north and Princess Street intersection.
N. Third Street, Princess Street, Odd Fellows Building, City Hall, Thalian Hall, Courthouse
A corner of the Odd Fellows Building and City Hall is at left. The side of the New Hanover County Courthouse is at right.
Louis T. Moore Collection

Air Show Air Crash at New Hanover County Airport (3)
Air shows, New Hanvover County
A crashed U.S. Airforce plane that was in an airshow at the New Hanover County Airport.
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Brush Cutter
Railroads, New Hanover County, NC
A CSX Transportation Inc. bush cutter makes its way up the tracks that parallel Blue Clay Road Tuesday afternoon. The spider-like contraption uses blades on long metal arms to trim foliage off the right-of-way on and near the tracks.
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City Hall and Court Houses, Wilmington, N.C.
E. C. Moore, City Hall, Thalian Hall, New Hanover County Courthouse, Courthouse, N. Third Street
A divided-back linen postcard by E. C. Moore & Co. captures City Hall and the New Hanover County Courthouse on N. Third Street.
Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection

Billboard Supporting Billboards
Wilmington, North Carolina, advertising, signs, employment,
A Dodge truck and an unidentified make of car drive past a Naegele billboard which states "billboards support up to 200 jobs in New Hanover county source: New Hanover planning dept."in an undeveloped area on Carolina Beach Rd. near the Echo Farms...
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Cape Fear Blvd., Carolina Beach
beaches, tourist attractions, New Hanover County
A gazebo at the end of Cape Fear Blvd. in Carolina Beach is a central attraction. Town officials hope to build a park there.
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Boat Show
Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina, shopping centers, outdoor activities, camping
A gentleman strolls the parking lot at Long Leaf Mall (S. College Rd.) boat and camper show eyeing some large Grady White boats with Evinrude motors.
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