fraternal organizations, children's burn center, charities
Shriner's fish fry, 4 men in line to get take -out boxes, all in work clothes with 3 wearing hardhats, first man in line has 5 to-go boxes, 2 Shriner's wearing fezzes, one looking toward camera and one leaning on counter with his back to camera, on...
Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina, military, reservists, Navy, Greenfield Lake, servicemen
The front of the U.S. Army Reserve training center on West Lake Shore DR. Two unidentified men, one soldier and one civilian, standing by the flag pole with the flag at full mast. Now known as the Adrian B. Rhodes Armed Forces Reserve Center, 2144...
Lewis Davis and William Simms beat out a rhythmic sound as they drive spikes into a new section of track at the state port. Watching is supervisor Guy Williams. The workers were setting the "frog," a 4000 lbs piece of the switching mechanism that...
Italianate style house and grocery store built for Joseph H. Hanby (1843-1905), grocer, native of Virginia; and wife, Adrienne K. Wilson (1848-1913). One of the citys few remaining ""corner grocery store"" buildings, it served the neighborhood from...
A group of well-dressed ladies in long skirts and big decorative hats are sitting on bales of cotton that are loaded on a large cotton wagon. One lady sits upon 1 of the 2 mules hooked to the wagon. Three women stand by the back of the wagon. Two...
Hall family, Pharmacists, pharmacies, Oakdale Cemetery
Dr. James Malcolm Hall at his drug store on 5th and Castle Streets, which he owned and operated since 1901. Mr. Hall, otherwise known as "Doc Hall," and "The Mayor of Drypond," (for his active role in civic matters), was born in Sampson County,...
Wrightsville Beach. Atlantic surf and jetty.
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 the North Carolina Banks, a chain of barrier...
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 the North Carolina Banks, a chain of barrier islands, which spans almost all of the North...
Banks Channel, Airplane, Wrightsville Beach, Beaches
A small boat on Banks Channel and an early airplane above; also shows southern end of the beach.
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...
Atlantic Ocean surf showing a portion of a wooden jetty.
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 the North Carolina Banks, a...
The southern extension of Wrightsville Beach was once called Ocean View Beach after the development company that owned that part of the beach.
Wrightsville Beach was named for Joshua Grainger Wright (1758-1811) who owned a vast amount of acreage...
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...
Ann Street, S. Fourth Street, S. Fifth Avenue, Tileston School, Schools
Children in costume in Tileston School yard on the Fourth Street side. One of the city's boundary oaks is at left. In 1740, the oak tree marked the south east boundary of the town of Wilmington. In the eighteenth and early part of the nineteenth...