New Hanover County Public Library Digital Archives

Front and Princess Streets, Showing Street Car and Car Tracks, Dr. Dreher's Office and United Cigar Store
Front Street, Princess Street, physicians, Dr. Dreher, Dr.'s office, cigars, cigar stores, United Cigar Store, street cars
Front and Princess Streets, showing street car and car tracks, Dr. Dreher's office and United Cigar Store
Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection

American Women's Business Association, Cape Fear Chapter
American Women's Business Association, Cape Fear Chapter, Pelligrino Properties, United Carolina Bank
Micki Weisner of Pellegrino Properties (right) sprints to the finish line during the American Business Association Strut. Nine 5-member teams competed in the walking relay race throughout downtown Wilmington Wed. afternoon to raise money for their...
Star-News Image Archive

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

Inside Cigar Store, Northeast Corner of Front and Princess Streets at Christmas Time
cigar stores, Front Street, Princess Street, United Cigar
Inside United Cigar Store, Northeast corner, Front and Princess Streets, at Christmas time
Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection

Camp LeJeune's 211th Birthday
Marines, ceremonies, Camp LeJeune, NC
Marines salute as the colors are presented during the 211th birthday celebration of the United States Marines. Celebration at Camp LeJeune, NC.
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Confederate Monument
historical landmarks, courthouses, Pender County, NC
A landmark--Pender County's handsome courthouse is a backdrop for the monument recognizing the county's Confederate soldiers. The medallion identifies Major General William D. Pender, for whom the county was named. The monument was erected by the...
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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.
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New Hanover County Animal Control (2)
opossums, animal control, New Hanover County
Darrell Wolf holds a steel pot containing a rescued opossum Monday morning as fellow Wilmington firefighters Rick Pearsall and James DeVane look on. The opossum was found in the Grace United Methodist Church's dishwasher Monday am by church...
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Nineteenth Century Cistern Found at Third and Chestnut Streets
Wilmington, New Hanover county, North Carolina, downtown, historical finds, archaeologists, 19th century, 1800's, rain water, containers,
Rita Elliott, sitting on upturned bucket at right, takes down information from Ed Glazier, center, who is inside a 19th century cistern while an unidentified worker at top of photo digs outside the cistern. It was found under the parking area at...
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$Azalea Festival and Queens\03094$
Azalea Festival and Queens\03094
Azalea Festival
Members of the United States Coast Guard march along North Third Street past Cape Fear Lodge No. 2 during the annual Azalea Festival parade (date unknown).
Azalea Festival Collection

Temple of Israel
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
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

Hebron House
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

Chestnut Street Presbyterian Church
Carpenter Gothic and Italianate style building constructed in 1858 as mission chapel of First Presbyterian Church. From 1858 to 1866 known as Second Presbyterian Church. Purchased by the congregation of First Colored Presbyterian Church in 1866....
Port City Architecture

Coast Guard
U.S. Coast Guard, Vietnam, The Mendota, Willard J. Smith
A U.S. Coast Guard cutter docks in Wilmington after returning from a 10-month tour of duty off of the coast of Vietnam. The Mendota was based out of Wilmington since 1947. Coast Guard families, locals, and dignitaries including Coast Guard...
Wilmington Harbor Collection

Parade of Returning First World War Soldiers
First World War, 81st Division, parade, World War I, horse, horses
Crowds line the West corners of North Front and Princess streets of Wilmington, N.C., for a parade of returning First World War soldiers in 1919. The center displays a horse drawn vehicle draped with the 81st "Wildcat" Division banner. The 81st...
Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection

James Walker Memorial Hospital, Original Building, 1901-1902
hospitals, James Walker Memorial Hospital
Originally located on 10th and 11th Streets, between Grace and Red Cross Streets, the fifty-bed facility was a gift from James Walker (1828-1901), a Scottish immigrant who came to the United States in the 1840's. He died before the Hospital was...
Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection

Flood After Rainfall, Trinity Methodist Church, New Hanover High School, Early 1920s
floods, New Hanover High School, churches, Trinity Methodist Church
Wilmington High School, located in the Tileston School building at Fifth and Ann streets, was formerly replaced by New Hanover High School when the first classs graduated in 1922. With an enrollment of 840 students it was the largest high school in...
Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection

Original James Walker Memorial Hospital, 1903-1904
hospitals, James Walker Memorial Hospital
Originally located on 10th and 11th Streets, between Grace and Red Cross Streets, the fifty-bed facility was a gift from James Walker (1828-1901), a Scottish immigrant who came to the United States in the 1840's. He died before the Hospital was...
Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection

Grace Methodist Church, 4th and Grace Streets
churches, Methodist Churches, Grace United Methodist Church, Front St., Grace St.
Showing the bell tower of Grace Methodist Church at 4th and Grace Sts. Originally started as Front Street Methodist Church in 1796. After a horrible fire in 1886, the church moved to what is now 4th and Grace. The church burned again on March 21,...
Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection

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