An unidentified man stands in front of the Tide Water Power Company building on 217-221 Princess Street, Wilmington, N.C. in 1922. The TWPC was a gas and electric service and Street railways company. A. E. Fitkin of New York, NY was president from...
Pomander Walk Apartments, Lumina, Lumina Pavilion, Wrightsville Beach, Beaches
Wrightsville Beach, Pomander Walk Apartments in front of Lumina.
Pomander Walk Cottages were located on the western side of Lumina (shown in the background). In 1930, the twenty cottages, built on this site replaced a "Tent City," a project of the...
Wrightsville Beach, dances, dance halls, pavilions, dance floors, bands, orchestras, Henry E. Bonitz, Consolidated Railway Light & Power Company
Original appearance of Lumina Ballroom. Visitors can be seen on both of the wide outside staircases. An American flag is flying from a tower. A large rowboat is sitting on the sand. Power lines can be seen in the background.
Wrightville Beach, N.C., Tide Water Power Company, Tide Water
Tide Water Power and Light Company built this large red-shingled auditorium in 1916. Since Baptists throughout the state used it for their programs, it was also known as the Baptist Seaside Assembly Building. During World War I, it was used by...
Three men hoist a large stingray, pronounced locally sting-a-ree, culled from Wrightsville Sound around 1925. The stingrays are a family—Dasyatidae—of rays, cartilaginous fishes related to sharks. They are common in coastal tropical and...
Five children in bathing suits pose at the beach near Lumina. Note the movie screen in the water at left.
In 1901, the beach car line from Wilmington to Wrightsville Beach was sold by the Wilmington and Seacoast Railroad to the Consolidated...
Wrightsville Beach, Beaches, Lumina, Lumina Pavilion
A large gathering on the beach in front of Lumina. Note movie screen on left.
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...
Wrightsville Beach, Beaches, Lumina, Lumina Pavilion
A crowd assembles on ocean side of Lumina.
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...