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    • Portrait of George Davis (1820-1896).

    • Portrait of George Davis (1820-1896).

    • George Davis, Portrait

    • The Honorable George Davis of Wilmington, was a distinguished lawyer and Attorney-General of the Confederate States of America. Inscription on slab: "George Davis, born March 15th 1820; died February 23, 1896. "Statesman, yet friend to truth and...
    • Louis T. Moore Collection
    • Billboard Supporting Billboards

    • Billboard Supporting Billboards

    • Wilmington, North Carolina, advertising, signs, employment,

    • A Dodge truck and an unidentified make of car drive past a Naegele billboard which states "billboards support up to 200 jobs in New Hanover county source: New Hanover planning dept."in an undeveloped area on Carolina Beach Rd. near the Echo Farms...
    • Star-News Image Archive
    • Blockade Runner Artifact

    • Blockade Runner Artifact

    • New Hanover County, North Carolina, tourist attractions, Civil War, War Between the States, Fort Fisher State Park, Atlantic Ocean, Cape Fear River, archaeologists, divers, diving expeditions, historical sites, Kure Beach

    • Mark Wilde-Ramsing of the underwater archaeology unit at Fort Fisher examines an artifact recovered from one of the blockade runners found during a recent dive.
    • Star-News Image Archive
    • Gun Carriage Found in the Neuse River

    • Gun Carriage Found in the Neuse River

    • New Hanover county, North Carolina, historical sites, Civil War, War Between the States, state offices,

    • Richard Lawrence, director of the underwater archaeology unit of the N.C. Division of Archives and History, paints polyethelene glycol on the gun carriage to stabilize the wood. The gun carriage was found in the Neuse River and is kept at Fort...
    • Star-News Image Archive
    • New Hanover County Airport Glidescope

    • New Hanover County Airport Glidescope

    • United States Navy, Airplanes, glidescopes, airports, New Hanover County Airport

    • A Navy plane lands at the New Hanover County Airport with the help of a glidescope which is in the building at the left in the foreground. The glidescope provides angular descent information to landing aircraft.
    • Star-News Image Archive
    • Reenactors at Bentonville, Battleground

    • Reenactors at Bentonville, Battleground

    • Four Oaks, Johnston County, North Carolina, Civil War, War Between the States, Union Army, uniforms, historic sites, reenactments

    • North Carolina's largest Civil War re-enactment at Bentonville: In costume Chuck Clark with snare drum, Brent Boss carrying Confederate flag, Aaron Ritter wearing Army hat and an unidentifed man carrying a rifle with bayonet attached, marching by a...
    • Star-News Image Archive
    • Temple of Israel

    • Temple of Israel
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    • Moorish Revival style synagogue built for German Jewish Reform congregation that was organized in 1872. it is the oldest synagogue in North Carolina and one of the few in the United States still housed in its original nineteenth century building.
    • Port City Architecture
    • U.S. Post Office & Federal Building

    • U.S. Post Office & Federal Building
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    • Construction of the Colonial Revival style federal building provided employment during the Great Depression. W.P.A. artist, William F. Pfohl, painted the mural inside the lobby and W.P.A. sculptor, Thomas Lo Medico, created the eight bas reliefs...
    • Port City Architecture
    • Capt. Joseph Price House

    • Capt. Joseph Price House
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    • Late Greek Revival style house built for Joseph W. Price (1835-1895), native of Duplin County; and wife, Lassie Jones (1846-1934). He served in the Pacific as a 2nd Lt. in the U.S. Revenue Cutter Service. During the Civil War he commanded the...
    • Port City Architecture
    • Hebron House

    • Hebron House
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    • Dutch Colonial style house built for Henry Patton Hebron (1891-1970), native of Mississippi, World War I United States Army veteran, and supervisor of insurance for Atlantic Coast Line Railroad; and wife, Olive Wright (1895-1973), native of Rhode...
    • Port City Architecture
    • French Frigate

    • French Frigate

    • French Frigate Picard, French destroyer escort La Bourdonnais

    • The French Frigate Picard is moved into a Wilmingotn dock. The French destroyer escort La Bourdonnais is also seen docked and flying the French flag in the foreground. The ships were in Wilmington to convey the official greetings from France to...
    • Wilmington Harbor Collection

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