New Hanover County Public Library Digital Archives

Covenant House Billboard
Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina, signs, low-rent, city housing, traffic, cars, runaways, Ramada Inn
Large Naegele billboard, located at the intersection of 8th St. & Dawson(heading toward Oleander Dr.) on the edge of Jervay Place housing project, sponsored by the Ad Council showing a young person with a phone in right hand and left hand fisted...
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View, Waterfront, Wilmington, 1914, Looking Across Chestnut Street from Roof of Murchison Building
Wilmington waterfront, Murchison Building
View of the Wilmington waterfront, 1914, looking across Chestnut Street from the roof of the Murchison Building
Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection

Wilmington Waterfront, Looking Across Chestnut Street from Roof of Murchison Building, 1914
Wilmington waterfront
Another view of the Wilmington waterfront, looking across Chestnut Street, from roof of the Murchison Building, 1914.
Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection

Construction of Causeway Across Wrightsville Sound to The Hammocks
causeways, Wrightsville Sound, Hammocks, Harbor Island
Construction of causeway across Wrightsville Sound to the Hammocks-"Harbor Island," 1925-1926
Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection

U.S. Post Office (1889-1891) - rear view.
Post Office, N. Front Street, Chestnut Street
The post office is viewed from north Second Street across Post Office Park. The park was a gathering place for local citizens. During the World Series, the park was very popular, especially before radio became wide-spread. Crowds would congregate...
Louis T. Moore Collection

Third Street, south - 0 and 100 blocks, west side.
Third Street, Wooster, Bridgers
At right is the Wooster House on the northwest corner of Third and Dock streets. Across Dock Street on the southwest corner is the imposing stone Bridgers House. Behind the tree in the center of the plaza is the Confederate Memorial, designed by...
Louis T. Moore Collection

Second Street, north - 100 block.
N. Second Street, Post Office Park, Cap Fear Club, Chestnut Street
The photo was taken across Post Office Park and shows the northeast and southeast corners of north Second and Chestnut streets. The Cape Fear Club is in the center and across Chestnut Street is the home of Dr. Thomas Fanning Wood (1841-1892). Dr....
Louis T. Moore Collection

Confederate Memorial Monument - Unveiling ceremony - 1924.
Confederacy, Monument, Memorial, Dock Street, S. Third Street, Bacon, Boney
Designed by Henry Bacon, the monument, located on the plaza at intersection of South Third and Dock streets was donated to the City of Wilmington in 1924, by Gabriel Boney. The sculptor of the two bronze figures, representing courage and...
Louis T. Moore Collection

Hallsboro, NC, Columbus County, showing Pierce and Company General Store, across the highway from the double railroad tracks, that bisected the small town.
Columbus County, Hallsboro, Pierce & Co.
Hallsboro, NC, Columbus County, showing Pierce and Company General Store, across the highway from the double railroad tracks, that bisected the small town.
Louis T. Moore Collection

Carolina Beach, NC, Henniker's Ditch.
Carolina Beach, Beaches, Henniker's Ditch
Carolina Beach is located on the Federal Point peninsula, bounded on the west by the Cape Fear River, and on the east and south by the Atlantic Ocean. An attempt was made to settle the area in the early 1880s by Joseph Winner (1843-1902) and his...
Louis T. Moore Collection

Carolina Beach, NC, Henniker's Ditch.
Carolina Beach, Henniker's Ditch
Carolina Beach is located on the Federal Point peninsula, bounded on the west by the Cape Fear River, and on the east and south by the Atlantic Ocean. An attempt was made to settle the area in the early 1880s by Joseph Winner (1843-1902) and his...
Louis T. Moore Collection

Bachelor Auction at Galleria
crowd, audience, Wrightsville Ave., Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina, auction, auctioneer,WGNI, radio station, men and women, ladies and gentlemen, palms, neon palm
Jaime Donegan, in leather pants, attempts to wow the young lady holding a rose as he dances across the stage in the Bid For Bachelors, Friday night at the Galleria near Wrightsville Beach. Donegan is a director/actor with J.H. Cargill Productions...
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Bellamy Mansion Tours (3)
Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina, Historic district, historical houses, John D. Bellamy, slave quarters, museum, tourist attraction, antebellum architecture, tours
Photograph of the front of the Bellamy Mansion taken from across Market St. near the corner of 5th and Market St. House needs painting and repair work. A sign that says "Bellamy Mansion 1859 open" is attached to one of the large white colums near...
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Dawson Street Extension
Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina, cycling trails, biking routes,
Looking across the Dawson Street extension at the bike path as a 1980's Ford Escort goes by.
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Doral Cigarettes Billboard
Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina, advertisements, automobiles, streets, smokers, cigarettes,
Naegele sign "new! Doral full flavor, generic prices" located by the Will Rheder florist building where Dawson, Oleander and Wooster merge. Road construction at this site. Across the street is an office furniture outlet with a billboard looming...
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Malcolm X Day Street Festival
Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina, African Americans, street fairs, ethnic clothing, sellers, music, libraries
The 2nd annual Malcom X Day street festival took place on Red Cross St. between 6th and 7th streets. A group of festival goers (mostly men) check out a vendor on the sidewalk selling a variety of Black-themed tee-shirts. The brick building that...
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New Hanover County PTA
disadvantaged, learning , Wilmington, North Carolina
Children help Tannis Nelson of the PTA unload books from her car at Vesta Village. This is the third reading center established in public housing in the last four years. Books are donated by civic groups and individuals. The other centers are in...
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Pick-up basketball in the park
parks, sports, New Hanover County, North Carolina
Afternoon shadows fall across a court at Empie Park in Wilmington as John Herring drives past Fred Sykes in a pick-up basketball game at the park.
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