New Hanover County Public Library Digital Archives

Blockade Runner Hotel Lobby
Wrightsville Beach, New Hanover County, North Carolina, hotels, lobbies, Civil war, war ships, Atlanitc Ocean, Banks Channel, furniture
Shows the lobby of the Blockade Runner Hotel. There is a simple map carved out of wood attached to one wall. It shows the coastline, islands and rivers of the Cape Fear Region. A Confederate blockade runner ship, seagulls and 2 Confederate flags...
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View of Downtown Wilmington from Belville, NC
Belville, Brunswick County, North Carolina, advertisements, businesses, historic buildings, churches, Cape Fear River,filling stations,vehicles
Shows traffic heading towards downtown Wilmington on the Cape Fear Memorial Bridge. The skylight of the city shows multiple church steeples, rooftops of houses and some businesses. On the Belville side a sign advertises Orton Motel & restaurant,...
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Greetings from Wrightsville Beach, N.C.
This divided back postcard features two photographs capturing views from the beach of Wrightsville. One image shows a crowd of beachgoers and the other shows the sunset.
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Carolina Heights
Carolina Heights, New Hanover County, churches, neighborhoods, North Carolina, First Church of Christ, Neoclassical Revival
Street scenes of Carolina Heights at 17th and Princess Streets, and 17th and Market Streets in Wilmington, N.C. The top image shows the streetcar tracks running down the street. Streetcars allowed residents to live at the edge of town, thus...
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Cape Fear River View
North Carolina, Ships, New Hanover County, Ocean Liners, Businesses,Trains, Docks
An image taken from the Brunswick side of the river (on Eagles Island) looking toward Wilmington. Shows 3-4 tramp steamers taking on cotton from Sprunt's warehouse for export to Europe; and a Clyde Line steamer, (freight and passenger). The...
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Wrightsville Marina
ICW, Marinas, Docks
Image shows Wrightsville Marina at Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina. Picture shows both pleasure craft and shrimp boats on the water (Intracoastal Waterway?)
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Aerial view of Dawson Street
New Hanover County, business
Photograph shows an aerial view of Dawson Street between 16th and 17th Streets in Wilmington, N.C. Can identify a Dairy Queen, a Kentucky Fried Chicken, and a Wachovia Bank. There are other businesses as well.
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Aerial view of Wrightsville Beach (2)
New Hanover County, shore, jetties, waterfront
This photograph of Wrightsville Beach, N.C. shows a stretch of beach that includes the Blockade Runner Hotel. The Atlantic Ocean is on one side and the Intercoastal Waterway on the other.
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Air Show Air Crash at New Hanover County Airport (1)
Air shows, New Hanover County Airport
General Gilbert L. Meyers of Myrtle Beach A.F.B. at wreck-in chatge of investigation.
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Air Show Air Crash at New Hanover County Airport (3)
Air shows, New Hanvover County
A crashed U.S. Airforce plane that was in an airshow at the New Hanover County Airport.
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Air Show Air Crash at New Hanover County Airport (4)
Air shows, New Hanover County Airport
Wrightsboro Fireman at the scene of an air crash an air show at the New Hanover County Airport.
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Arab Shrine Club Fish Fry
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...
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Atlantic Coast Line train wreck
passenger cars, derailment, antique
Photograph is a view of an ACL train wreck showing a passenger car with wreckage on top and a disabled locomotive. Foreground shows show old cars and trucks including a pumper fire truck and an American Red Cross van (Regional Blood Center,...
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Azalea Festival Air Show
Air shows, New Hanover County
Stunt pilot Ron Shelly flies over the New Hanover County Airport Saturday afternoon as workers set up booths, planes and exhibits on the ground below. Shelly will perform aerobatics in his Stearman trainer and will give a wing-walking demonstration...
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Bald Head Island
North Carolina, Brunswick County, sand dunes, beach, resorts
Photograph shows a view from a patio or restaurant looking towards the Bald Head Island Innl.
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Belk Beery Department Store (2)
Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina, department stores, malls, Independence Mall, Westfield Mall, clothing stores, Oleander Dr, merchants
Exterior shot of Belk Beery from Independence Blvd. Shows the 3 arches with mosaic tiled pictures of Baldhead Island lighthouse, sailboats and an ocean scene. A few cars and trucks dot the parking lot, both the state and American flags fly towards...
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Bellevue Cemetery (2)
Wilmington, New Hanovery County, North Caroilna, cemeteries, tombstones, 17th St. and Princess Place Dr.
The terrible state of the cemetery is evident by the tall weeds which hide many of the graves and keeps them from being tended to. Shows a variety of styles of markers. Only 2 names are legible: Westbrook and Castine.
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Billboards on Oleander
Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina, automobiles, cars, D. West jewelers, Dan's fan city, Shell Island oceanfront, Naegele, Rip-Lin book exchange, Captain D's seafood & hamburger, Putt-Putt, miniature golf courses, Cape Fear motors,...
Shows existing billboards, businesses and traffic at the corner of Oleander Dr. and 41st st.
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