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    • Carolina Beach Boardwalk (1)

    • Carolina Beach Boardwalk (1)

    • utility poles, boardwalks, beaches, Carolina Beach

    • Bob Lambertz, left, and Robert Fox pull on a line as Harold Hilton operates a tractor to pull up an old utility pole at the Carolina Beach Boardwalk at Harper Ave. The men work for the town of Carolina Beach and were removing the pole because it is...
    • Star-News Image Archive
    • Carolina Beach Boat Ramp

    • Carolina Beach Boat Ramp

    • water, access, New Hanover County

    • Wildlife Resources Commission officials say they will rebuild the Carolina Beach boat ramp at Snow's Cut and Myrtle Grove Sound. The ramp will be relocated closer to Snow's Cut because of silting at the current location. The bulkhead around the...
    • Star-News Image Archive
    • Lumina, 1910-1914

    • Lumina, 1910-1914

    • beaches, Wrightsville Beach, ballrooms

    • Lumina Pavilion was purchased by Consolidated Railway Light & Power Company in 1905. The building was designed by Henry E. Bonitz and included a bowling alley, changing rooms, and a ballroom that it was most famously known for. It was given it's...
    • Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection
    • Chestnut Street - 100 block.

    • Chestnut Street - 100 block.

    • Orton, Post Office, Post Office Park, Murchison Building, Cape Fear Club, Cape Fear Hotel, N. Front Street, Chestnut Street

    • The photo shows (from left), the Orton Hotel (on Front Street), the back of the Post Office and Post Office Park, the Murchison Building and the Cape Fear Hotel. The columns at right are those of the Cape Fear Club building. In 1888, Colonel...
    • Louis T. Moore Collection
    • Wrightsville Beach.

    • Wrightsville Beach.

    • Wrightsville Beach, Beaches

    • Wrightsville Beach was named for Joshua Grainger Wright (1758-1811) who owned a vast amount of acreage along the sounds and the coast. The beach is a part of the North Carolina Banks, a chain of barrier islands, which spans almost all of the North...
    • Louis T. Moore Collection
    • Wrightsville Beach.

    • Wrightsville Beach.

    • Banks Channel, Airplane, Wrightsville Beach, Beaches

    • A small boat on Banks Channel and an early airplane above; also shows southern end of the beach. Wrightsville Beach was named for Joshua Grainger Wright (1758-1811) who owned a vast amount of acreage along the sounds and the coast. The beach is a...
    • Louis T. Moore Collection
    • Wrightsville Beach.

    • Wrightsville Beach.

    • Wrightsville Beach, Beaches, Jetty

    • Atlantic Ocean surf showing a portion of a wooden jetty. Wrightsville Beach was named for Joshua Grainger Wright (1758-1811) who owned a vast amount of acreage along the sounds and the coast. The beach is a part of the North Carolina Banks, a...
    • Louis T. Moore Collection
    • Carolina Beach.

    • Carolina Beach.

    • Carolina Beach, Surf Bathing

    • View of beach and bathers. 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...
    • Louis T. Moore Collection
    • Carolina Beach - Street scene.

    • Carolina Beach - Street scene.

    • Carolina Beach, Pure Oil, Gas Station

    • Pure Oil station. 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...
    • Louis T. Moore Collection
    • Carolina Beach.

    • Carolina Beach.

    • Carolina Beach, Hotel Royal Palm, Fountain's Rooms and Apartments, Hotels

    • People pose on the front porch of the Royal Palm Hotel. Fountain's Rooms and Apartments are next door to the right. 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...
    • Louis T. Moore Collection
    • Wrightsville Beach - turn of the century.

    • Wrightsville Beach - turn of the century.

    • Wrightsville Beach, Ocean View Beach

    • The southern extension of Wrightsville Beach was once called Ocean View Beach after the development company that owned that part of the beach. Wrightsville Beach was named for Joshua Grainger Wright (1758-1811) who owned a vast amount of acreage...
    • Louis T. Moore Collection
    • Carolina Beach.

    • Carolina Beach.

    • Carolina Beach, Boardwalk, Pavilion

    • Boardwalk and pavilion. 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...
    • Louis T. Moore Collection
    • Carolina Beach.

    • Carolina Beach.

    • Carolina Beach, Boardwalk, Pavilion

    • Pavilion, boardwalk and stand. 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...
    • Louis T. Moore Collection
    • Carolina Beach.

    • Carolina Beach.

    • Carolina Beach, Boardwalk, Concessions

    • Main boardwalk area, including concessions. Early auto and delivery truck. 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...
    • Louis T. Moore Collection
    • Banana Tree.

    • Banana Tree.

    • Bananas, Florist, Market Street, Moore

    • A banana tree surrounded by the Lucy B. Moore Florist greenhouses at Fifteenth and Market streets. Because of the local climate, these trees are rare in the Wilmington area.
    • Louis T. Moore Collection

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