Cape Fear River, steamer ships, exports, cotton, Alexander Sprunt & Sons
Slide taken from Brunswick side of river (Eagles Island), showing 3-4 Tramp Steamers, taking on cotton for export to Europe from Sprunt's. Also Clyde Line Steamer, Freight and Passenger, Atlantic Coast Line Railroad office buildings in background.
Dr. Charles T. Harper (1873-1915) was born August 10, 1873, son of Jessie Glenora Zimmerman of Baltimore (b.1875, d. 1974). He received his M.D. from The University of Maryland in 1894. He was in private practice from 1894-1915. He opened Harper's...
Cape Fear River, exports, cotton, Alexander Sprunt & Sons, Atlantic Coast Line Rail Road, steamer ships
Slide taken from Brunswick side of river (Eagles Island), showing 3-4 Tramp Steamers, taking on cotton for export to Europe from Sprunt's. Also Clyde Line Steamer, Freight and Passenger. ACL (Atlantic Coast Line Railroad) office buildings in...
waterfront, U.S. Custom House, Steamer Wilmington, Masonic Building, Post Office
View of waterfront from Brunswick side of River showing old U.S. Custom House, 1843, stern portion of Steamer Wilmington, Masonic Building and old Tower of Stone Post Office
Cape Fear River, Eagles Island, Point Peter, Steamer
A steamer is in the river in front of Eagles Island. Point Peter is in the background.
The Native Americans called the river, "Sapona," which is formed by the junction of the Haw and Deep Rivers in Chatham County, NC, and flows southeasterly...
Waterfront, Custom House, John Knox, Market Street, Lyndonia
Wilmington Waterfront - In front of the U.S. Custom House, the Geodetic Survey Steamer, Lyndonia, is moored. The river ferryboat, John Knox, is docked at the foot of Market Street.