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    • Bellamy Mansion and Kenan Fountain

    • Bellamy Mansion and Kenan Fountain

    • Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina, John D. Bellamy, tourist attractions, historical sites, antebellum architecture, gifts,

    • Picture taken at the corner of 5th and Market St on the Carolina Apts. side. The Kenan Plaza Fountain,in the intersection of 5th & Market St., was given to the city by William Rand Kenan Jr. in 1921. The Bellamy Mansion sits in the background...
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    • Bellamy Mansion Renovation

    • Bellamy Mansion Renovation

    • Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina, antebellum architecture, 5th and Market St., historic houses, tourist attractions, renovations, painters,

    • One lone workman from Tinney Painting climbs scaffolding as restoration work is being done at the rear of the mansion.
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    • Bellamy Mansion Tours (1)

    • Bellamy Mansion Tours (1)

    • Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina, 5th and Market St., historic homes, historical district, tourist attractions

    • Guests at the Bellamy Mansion, which included Jim Burns and Ben MacDonald, line up and enter at the front door for a tour of the antebellum house as part of a fund raiser for the mansion restoration.
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    • Blockade Runner Artifact

    • Blockade Runner Artifact

    • New Hanover County, North Carolina, tourist attractions, Civil War, War Between the States, Fort Fisher State Park, Atlantic Ocean, Cape Fear River, archaeologists, divers, diving expeditions, historical sites, Kure Beach

    • Mark Wilde-Ramsing of the underwater archaeology unit at Fort Fisher examines an artifact recovered from one of the blockade runners found during a recent dive.
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    • Boating on Cape Fear River

    • Boating on Cape Fear River

    • New Hanover County, Wilmington, Guilford, Randolph, Davidson and Forsyth counties, ships, rivers, tourist attractions, WWII, boating

    • The first boat over 30 feet to be built of fiberglass, the "Knit Wit", which is actually 41 ft, moves up the Cape Fear River in front of the battleship U.S.S. North Carolina. The boat was built by Hatteras Yachts in High Point in 1960.
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    • Camp Battleship

    • Camp Battleship

    • Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina, tourists attractions, war ships, WWII, fishing, boats, ships, rivers, scouting

    • During day camp, cub scouts with rods and reels fish from the banks of the Cape Fear River at the Battleship North Carolina. The boat Captain Maffitt is docked between the battleship and the park area.
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    • Greenfield Lake Duck Crossing

    • Greenfield Lake Duck Crossing

    • Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina, lakes, birds, driving hazards, tourist attractions

    • A woman motorist stops her station wagon for ducks and geese that are crossing the road on West Lake Shore Dr. There is an informational sign that tells motorists it is a duck crossing.
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    • Painting Entrance to Airlie Gardens

    • Painting Entrance to Airlie Gardens

    • Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina, advertisements, azaleas, billboards, tourist attractions, flowers, gardens, Intracoastal Waterway

    • David King of Naegele outdoor advertising hand paints a new Airlie Gardens entrance sign at the corner of Airlie Rd and Oleander Dr., near Wrightsville Beach.
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    • Burgwin-Wright House

    • Burgwin-Wright House

    • historic houses, tourist attractions, 18th century, decorative iron fence, gates, magnolia tree

    • Modern view of the front of the Burgwin-Wright House at the corner of 3rd and Market Streets. Built in 1770, it is a good example of an eighteenth century townhouse. It was the British General Cornwallis' headquarters during the Revolutionary War.
    • Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection

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