The island contains about one acre of high ground and for years, it was overgrown with live oaks and cedar trees, whose growth was retarded by very poor soil and exposure to numerous storms. In the early eighteenth century, the Carolina coast was a...
View of the Intracoastal Waterway from the causeway.
View from Harbor Island, looking west, towards the mainland. Note beach car tracks at right. Prior to the construction of the causeway, the only way to get to Harbor Island was by the electric...
View from Harbor Island, looking west, towards the mainland. Note beach car tracks at right. Prior to the construction of the causeway, the only way to get to Harbor Island was by the electric beach car line, which went from downtown Wilmington to...
Wrightsville Beach, Wrightsville Sound, Babies Hospital, Hospitals
View is from the top of Babies Hospital (note tile roof on left) on Wrightsville Sound, showing causeway and beach car line from mainland across to the beach. The tower in the center background is that of the Wrightsville Sound beach car station....
Wrightsville Beach, Wrightsville Sound, Babies Hospital
Founded on June 6, 1920 by Dr. J. Buren Sidbury (1864-1967), the original wooden building of the pediatric hospital burned in 1927. The Mediterranean style replacement is shown before a third story was added in 1955-1956.