Wrightsville Beach, Beaches, Tarrymore, Oceanic, Hotels
View of the Atlantic Ocean at Station One. Large building on left is the back of the Oceanic Hotel.
Wrightsville Beach was named for Joshua Grainger Wright (1758-1811) who owned a vast amount of acreage along the sounds and the coast. The beach is...
Coast Guardsmen participate in an aquatic contest on the ocean side of the Oceanic Hotel.
Wrightsville Beach was named for Joshua Grainger Wright (1758-1811) who owned a vast amount of acreage along the sounds and the coast. The beach is a part of...
Wrightsville Beach, Beaches, Oceanic, Tarrymore, Hotels, Babies, Parade
A baby parade held on the boardwalk, just south of the Oceanic Hotel at Station One.
First known as the Tarrymore Hotel, the building was opened in June 1905. The name was changed to the Oceanic Hotel around 1911/12. The landmark at Station One...
Banks Channel, showing the beach car trestle from Harbor Island to the beach. The Oceanic Hotel and the Green Lantern Tea Room (built over Banks Channel) are in the background. The 1935 fishing fleet captains included Walter Stokely, Willie Moore,...
Wrightsville Beach, Beaches, Oceanic, Tarrymore, Hotels
First known as the Tarrymore Hotel, the building was opened in June 1905. The name was changed to the Oceanic Hotel around 1911/12. The landmark at Station One burned in the tragic fire of February 28, 1934, which destroyed every structure on the...
Wrightsville Beach, Banks Channel, Oceanic, Hotels, Frying Pan Boat Club
Boats tied up at the Frying Pan Boat Club dock on Banks Channel, north of the bridge. The Oceanic Hotel is in the background. The hotel's pavilion is at right, where boats were kept to carry guests out into the ocean via Moore's Inlet, which was...
Oceanic, Station Once, Wrightsville Beach, Beaches, Orchestra, Weidemeyer
Robert John "Bob" Weidemeyer (1887-1956) of Coal Grove, Ohio, reportedly owned the first saxophone in the Ohio Valley. He and two others were first known as Weidemeyer's Saxophone Orchestra. Organized in 1913, the expanded orchestra came to...
First known as the Tarrymore Hotel, the building was opened in June 1905. The name was changed to the Oceanic Hotel around 1911/12. The landmark at Station One burned in the tragic fire of February 28, 1934, which destroyed every structure on the...
This divided back postcard features a group of fishermen posing with their daily catch atop the boat ""Bridgeport"" as they prepare to dock near the Oceanic Hotel at Wrightsville Beach.
New Hanover County, North Carolina, swimming, Atlantic ocean, race, beach
The men's division of swimmers sprint to the water south of the Oceanic Pier for the start of the Splash and Dash biathlon at Wrightsville Beach Saturday evening.