Feast of Pirates, Parade, N. Third Street, City Hall, Thalian Hall
“Stamp Defiance, 1766" float in Feast of Pirates parade in front of a reviewing stand at City Hall in 1928.
Thirteen young Wilmington girls were waiting to ride the float, each representing an American Colony.
(L to R): Christy Leonard, Meri Martin, Jason Cannady and Michael Naylor on the old fence near the pool at the Brigade Boys Club which is fixing to be changed to include girls also.
(left to right): Russell Johnson of St. Johns Episcopal Church in Wilmington, Cliff White, The Reverand Frank Ross of St. Phillips Episcopal Church in Southport, (front): Tina Hart and Geno Hart of Southport, conclude services held at old St....
Orton Hotel, People's Savings Bank, J. W. Murchison Company
109-117 North Front Street, West side of the Street, shows from left to right, Joel Wallace Murchison & Co. Hardware, the People's Savings Bank and overall The Orton (hotel), J. H. Hinton manager, as listed in the 1905 Wilmington City Directory...
1300 block, Market Street, built 1920-1922, W. J. Wilkins, Architect.
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...
New Hanover High School, Schools, Market Street, Trinity Methodist Church, Churches
1300 block, Market Street, built 1920-1922, W. J. Wilkins, Architect.
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...
New Hanover High School, Schools, Market Street, Trinity Methodist Church, Churches
1300 block, Market Street, built 1920-1922, W. J. Wilkins, Architect.
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...
1875, Wilmington Compress and Warehouse Co., 1912, Champion Compress and Warehouse Co. (Taken from "Wilmington: The Metropolis and Port of North Carolina, Its Advantages and Interests, 1912, by the Chamber of Commerce.)
Fort Fisher, Civil War, Federal Point, Battery Buchanan, The Rocks
"Battery Buchanan" and "The Rocks," below Fort Fisher.
A Confederate stronghold, Fort Fisher is located about twenty miles from Wilmington on the tip of the Federal Point peninsula. The fort protected the Port of Wilmington, which was the last...
Fort Fisher, Battle Acre, Monument, Daughters of the Confederacy, Confederacy, Civil War
"Battle Acre," with flag and monument, erected by the United Daughters of Confederacy.
A Confederate stronghold, Fort Fisher is located about twenty miles from Wilmington on the tip of the Federal Point peninsula. The fort protected the Port of...
"Corn is a staple which supports life of both man and beast. The black lands of Columbus County, west of Wilmington, NC, give splendid yields of this particular crop." (Sentences written on back of photograph.)
Chesnut Street, Cape Fear Hotel, Wilmington Morning Star
"State Champions" in a truck in front of the Wilmington Morning Star's offices in the 100 block of Chestnut Street, with the Cape Fear Hotel in the background.
This could possibly be one of the championship teams of New Hanover High School, which...
"This is part of my farm," says Harrells' native, Dan Carr, who runs Carr Trucking Co. on Carolina Beach Road in Wilmington. Carr is a former drag racer. He built this track in 1989.