New Hanover County Public Library Digital Archives

Aerial of Waterfront 1935
Cape Fear River, Waterfront, Downtown Wilmington, Custom House, Federal Building
This b&w photograph captures a view of the Cape Fear River and Wilmington's waterfront. Featured in the photograph are buildings belonging to the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, the Murchison building, and the Federal Building or Custom House.
Wilmington Harbor Collection

Aerial View of Cape Fear River
Cape Fear River, Aerial
This b&w photograph, which originally appeared in the "Future Land Use Plan" for Wilmington, North, Carolina, features an aerial view of the Cape Fear River.
Wilmington Harbor Collection

Aerial View of Cape Fear River
Cape Fear River, Point Peter, Northeast Memorial Bridge
This b&w photograph, which originally appeared in the "Future Land Use Plan" for Wilmington, North Carolina, features an aerial view of the Cape Fear River and downtown Wilmington and includes both Point Peter and the Cape Fear River Bridge.
Wilmington Harbor Collection

AF-A_1952_StarAd_01
Azalea Festival
A newspaper advertisement in The Wilmington Morning Star informs the public about the fifth celebration of the Azalea Festival in March of 1952.
Azalea Festival Collection

Airlie Gardens - Azaleas around lake.
Airlie Gardens, Azaleas, Lake
By 1910, Pembroke Jones (1858-1919) had acquired considerable acreage on the north shore of Bradley Creek. Jones was a wealthy man, who married Sadie Wharton Green (1859-1943). He named his property, "Airlie," after an English estate of the same...
Louis T. Moore Collection

Airlie Gardens - Grounds with trees hung with Spanish moss.
Airlie Gardens, Spanish Moss, Oak Trees
By 1910, Pembroke Jones (1858-1919) had acquired considerable acreage on the north shore of Bradley Creek. Jones was a wealthy man, who married Sadie Wharton Green (1859-1943). He named his property, "Airlie," after an English estate of the same...
Louis T. Moore Collection

Airlie Gardens - Lake.
Airlie Gardens, Lake
By 1910, Pembroke Jones (1858-1919) had acquired considerable acreage on the north shore of Bradley Creek. Jones was a wealthy man, who married Sadie Wharton Green (1859-1943). He named his property, "Airlie," after an English estate of the same...
Louis T. Moore Collection

Airlie Gardens - Swans on the pond.
Airlie Gardens, Swans
By 1910, Pembroke Jones (1858-1919) had acquired considerable acreage on the north shore of Bradley Creek. Jones was a wealthy man, who married Sadie Wharton Green (1859-1943). He named his property, "Airlie," after an English estate of the same...
Louis T. Moore Collection

Airlie Gardens - Swans swimming on the lake in the gardens.
Airlie Gardens, Lake, Swans
By 1910, Pembroke Jones (1858-1919) had acquired considerable acreage on the north shore of Bradley Creek. Jones was a wealthy man, who married Sadie Wharton Green (1859-1943). He named his property, "Airlie," after an English estate of the same...
Louis T. Moore Collection

Airlie Gardens.
Airlie Gardens, Oak Trees
Oak trees, hung with Spanish moss. By 1910, Pembroke Jones (1858-1919) had acquired considerable acreage on the north shore of Bradley Creek. Jones was a wealthy man, who married Sadie Wharton Green (1859-1943). He named his property, "Airlie,"...
Louis T. Moore Collection

Annie H. Winstead House
Colonial Revival style house built for Annie Harrison Winstead (1880-1957), widow, Wilmington public school teacher for thirty-five years. Remained in family until 1974.
Port City Architecture

Arrival of USS North Carolina in Wilmington
Cape Fear River, USS North Carolina, Battleship, Berthing
This b&w photograph captures a view of onlookers watching as tugboats maneuver the USS North Carolina up the Cape Fear River to be berthed as a museum.
Wilmington Harbor Collection

Bellamy Mansion Tours (3)
Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina, Historic district, historical houses, John D. Bellamy, slave quarters, museum, tourist attraction, antebellum architecture, tours
Photograph of the front of the Bellamy Mansion taken from across Market St. near the corner of 5th and Market St. House needs painting and repair work. A sign that says "Bellamy Mansion 1859 open" is attached to one of the large white colums near...
Star-News Image Archive

Berthing of USS North Carolina
Cape Fear River, Waterfront, Battleship, North Carolina, Fergus' Ark, Tugboats, Boats, Custom House, Federal Building
This b&w photograph captures an aerial view of the Battleship North Carolina as it manuvers into it's final berth.
Wilmington Harbor Collection

Bird's Eye View of Cape Fear River
Cape Fear River, Waterfront, Grace Street
This b&w picture is part of a panoramic photograph of the Wilmington waterfront taken from atop the Murchison Building about 1914.
Wilmington Harbor Collection

Boy's Brigade Armory - South Second Street; Church Street, 200 block.
Boy's Brigade Armory, Armory, S. Second Street, Church Street
On the southeast corner of south Second and Church streets, the Boys' Brigade Armory was a large stone building, built in 1904. The Brigade was organized in 1896, by a group of Wilmington businessmen for the benefit of underprivileged boys. One of...
Louis T. Moore Collection

Brunswick County Airshow (2)
Airshows, Brunswick County
Jim Russ of Wallace climbs from the cockpit of his T-34 trainer Saturday at the Brunswick County Airshow held at the airport near Oak Island. Pilots flew in their war birds, experimental and conventionalplanes for to let the public see them up...
Star-News Image Archive

Cape Fear Boatbuilding
Cape Fear River, Waterfront, Shipbuilding, Boats
This b&w photograph, taken around 1890, features a boatbuilding in the Cape Fear River Harbor.
Wilmington Harbor Collection

Cape Fear Community College
Cape Fear River, Waterfront, Wharves, Boatbuilding
Cape Fear Community College's boatbuilding program is located in the one-story brick building located on the Wilmington waterfront.
Wilmington Harbor Collection

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