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    • Post Office Park - North Second and Chestnut streets

    • Post Office Park - North Second and Chestnut streets

    • Post Office Park, N. Second Street, Chestnut Street, Cape Fear Hotel, American Legion Hut, Ducks

    • With their rifles, three hunters display their dead ducks in Post Office Park. At left is the corner of the American Legion Hut and the Cape Fear Hotel is in the background. The American Legion Hut was first in Post Office Park. It was later, moved...
    • Louis T. Moore Collection
    • Post Office Park - North Second and Chestnut streets.

    • Post Office Park - North Second and Chestnut streets.

    • Post Office Park, N. Second Street, Chestnut Street, Cape Fear Hotel, American Legion Hut, Ducks

    • With their rifles, three hunters display their dead ducks in Post Office Park. At left is the corner of the American Legion Hut and the Cape Fear Hotel is in the background. The American Legion Hut was first in Post Office Park. It was later, moved...
    • Louis T. Moore Collection
    • Greenfield Lake Park.

    • Greenfield Lake Park.

    • Greenfield Lake, Community Drive

    • W. P. A. workers developed land for the public park in addition to building the road around the lake. During the Depression, construction workers built the five mile drive around the lake. It was completed in July, 1931, as part of a Works Project...
    • Louis T. Moore Collection
    • Pembroke Jones Park, 1300 block Market Street.

    • Pembroke Jones Park, 1300 block Market Street.

    • Pembroke Jones Park, Market Street, New Hanover High School, Marching Band

    • New Hanover High School R. O. T. C. band practices in the park. Trinity Methodist Church and the high school are in the background. The Park was named for Wilmington native, Pembroke Jones (1858-1919), who willed the city $50,000 to create the park.
    • Louis T. Moore Collection
    • U.S. Post Office (1889-1891) - rear view.

    • U.S. Post Office (1889-1891) - rear view.

    • Post Office, N. Front Street, Chestnut Street

    • The post office is viewed from north Second Street across Post Office Park. The park was a gathering place for local citizens. During the World Series, the park was very popular, especially before radio became wide-spread. Crowds would congregate...
    • Louis T. Moore Collection
    • Pembroke Park

    • Pembroke Park

    • Pembroke Park, Pembroke Jones, Park, Landfall

    • Pembroke Jones’ Lodge and Garden with gazebo (Now the site of Landfall). Pembroke Jones (1858-1919), a native of Wilmington, spent much of his time in New York and Newport, RI, but he always returned to the city of his birth. In 1902, he...
    • Louis T. Moore Collection
    • Pembroke Park.

    • Pembroke Park.

    • Pembroke Park, Pembroke Jones, Park, Landfall

    • Photograph taken from the sound side of the lodge (villa). Jones hosted many oyster roasts here. Pembroke Jones’ Lodge and Garden with gazebo (Now the site of Landfall). Pembroke Jones (1858-1919), a native of Wilmington, spent much of his time...
    • Louis T. Moore Collection
    • Greenfield Lake Park.

    • Greenfield Lake Park.

    • Greenfield Lake, Spillway

    • Greenfield waterfall on the site of the old mill spillway, with fountain in the center. Note the whitewashed trunks of some trees on the right. During the Depression, construction workers built the five mile drive around the lake. It was...
    • Louis T. Moore Collection
    • Greenfield Lake Park.

    • Greenfield Lake Park.

    • Greenfield Lake

    • Scene at the lake, showing the water, cypress trees and Spanish moss. During the Depression, construction workers built the five mile drive around the lake. It was completed in July, 1931, as part of a Works Project Administration(W.P.A.) attempt...
    • Louis T. Moore Collection
    • Greenfield Lake Park.

    • Greenfield Lake Park.

    • Greenfield Lake, Spillway, S. Third Street

    • View is from the spillway area, looking west toward South Third Street. During the Depression, construction workers built the five mile drive around the lake. It was completed in July, 1931, as part of a Works Project Administration(W.P.A.)...
    • Louis T. Moore Collection
    • Greenfield Lake Park.

    • Greenfield Lake Park.

    • Greenfield Lake

    • During the Depression, construction workers built the five mile drive around the lake. It was completed in July, 1931, as part of a Works Project Administration(W.P.A.) attempt to put a portion of the numerous area unemployed to work. In colonial...
    • Louis T. Moore Collection
    • Greenfield Lake Park.

    • Greenfield Lake Park.

    • Greenfield Lake, Community Drive

    • View of lake before Community Drive was completed. During the Depression, construction workers built the five mile drive around the lake. It was completed in July, 1931, as part of a Works Project Administration(W.P.A.) attempt to put a portion of...
    • Louis T. Moore Collection
    • Greenfield Lake Park.

    • Greenfield Lake Park.

    • Greenfield Lake, Spillway

    • Part of the gardens at the lake in the spillway area. During the Depression, construction workers built the five mile drive around the lake. It was completed in July, 1931, as part of a Works Project Administration(W.P.A.) attempt to put a portion...
    • Louis T. Moore Collection
    • Greenfield Lake Park in the Snow.

    • Greenfield Lake Park in the Snow.

    • Greenfield Lake, Snow

    • During the Depression, construction workers built the five mile drive around the lake. It was completed in July, 1931, as part of a Works Project Administration(W.P.A.) attempt to put a portion of the numerous area unemployed to work. In colonial...
    • Louis T. Moore Collection
    • Greenfield Lake Park.

    • Greenfield Lake Park.

    • Greenfield Lake, Gardens

    • Gardens at the lake. During the Depression, construction workers built the five mile drive around the lake. It was completed in July, 1931, as part of a Works Project Administration(W.P.A.) attempt to put a portion of the numerous area unemployed...
    • Louis T. Moore Collection
    • Greenfield Lake Park.

    • Greenfield Lake Park.

    • Greenfield Lake, Cypress Trees

    • General view of the lake, showing the cypress trees, water and Spanish moss. During the Depression, construction workers built the five mile drive around the lake. It was completed in July, 1931, as part of a Works Project Administration(W.P.A.)...
    • Louis T. Moore Collection
    • Greenfield Lake Park.

    • Greenfield Lake Park.

    • Greenfield Lake, Gardens

    • View of the gardens, with a walkway among trees with whitewashed trunks. During the Depression, construction workers built the five mile drive around the lake. It was completed in July, 1931, as part of a Works Project Administration(W.P.A.)...
    • Louis T. Moore Collection
    • Greenfield Lake Park.

    • Greenfield Lake Park.

    • Greenfield Lake, Lilly Pads

    • General view of lake. Note lilly pads in the lake. During the Depression, construction workers built the five mile drive around the lake. It was completed in July, 1931, as part of a Works Project Administration(W.P.A.) attempt to put a portion of...
    • Louis T. Moore Collection
    • Greenfield Lake Park.

    • Greenfield Lake Park.

    • Greenfield Lake, Waterfall, Spillway

    • Waterfall at the spillway. During the Depression, construction workers built the five mile drive around the lake. It was completed in July, 1931, as part of a Works Project Administration(W.P.A.) attempt to put a portion of the numerous area...
    • Louis T. Moore Collection

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