A Kerr Ave. car wash (The Kerr Wash), sports signs showing the disapproval of the city's decision to shut off water to the self-service washer. An official letter was taped to the change machine. Other car washes in the area were open Friday for...
Charles Allen of Preventive Maintenance Inc. works on a car engine on Market Street in Wilmington, N.C. His business repairs automobiles on the road, or wherever the help is needed. With all his tools in his van, he goes to the car instead of the...
Wrightsville Beach, Beaches, Station One, Beach Car
The car line followed roughly what is now Lumina Avenue.
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...
Onlookers stroll by a line of trucks on display at a car and truck show at the Empire Mine Nightclub on Carolina Beach Road in Wilmington, N.C. The show was sponsored by Cape Fear Minis.
A monster audio deck in the rear of Geoff Hall's car blasts out 250 watts of power. 12 speakers rock the 1986 Dodge Omni GLH Turbo. Mr. Hall plans to expand his system in the near future.
This photograph captures the grand opening of the D & E Car Exchange on April 24, 1972 on Market Street in Wilmington, N.C. Pictured are R. Zimmerman, Jimmy Metts, Jimmy Flynn, L. E. LaMarsh, J. G. Slim Dubose, Martin Dubose, and Mrs. Edith...
Robert Brewer sits high above Carolina Beach Road Saturday afternoon as he tries to attract attention to his softball team's car wash. The team, a local squad called "International Gardens," are in the background washing customers cars.