Joyce Grear, left, Gene Motley and Cathy Gant rehearse a scene from Wine in the Wilderness written by Alice Childress, as part of the festivities of the Umoja Festival, which is an African American cultural celebration.
House built for Michael Hooper (1830-1877), lamplighter and drayman; and wife, Julia A. (1841-1906). He was founder of Wilmington's Emancipation Day Celebration in 1874. The Structure was altered to Neoclassical Revival style in c. 1902 when...
French Frigate Picard, French destroyer escort La Bourdonnais
The French Frigate Picard is moved into a Wilmingotn dock. The French destroyer escort La Bourdonnais is also seen docked and flying the French flag in the foreground. The ships were in Wilmington to convey the official greetings from France to...
Military parade marches south on Front Street, possibly an Armistice Day celebration. Old stone post office (built 1889-1891) was on the southeast corner of Front and Chestnut streets. In the background is the Murchison National Bank/Acme Building...
The photo is of a harvest celebration in early fall at the State Test Farm in Willard. Agriculture has always been a major industry in North Carolina. The North Carolina Department of Agriculture established experimental farms throughout the state...
Test Farm, Willard, Pender County, Harvest, Dearing
A harvest celebration is held in early fall at the State Test Farm at Willard. The farm was supervised by Dr. Charles Dearing.
Agriculture has always been a major industry in North Carolina. The North Carolina Department of Agriculture established...
Harvest celebration in early fall at the State Test Farm.
Agriculture has always been a major industry in North Carolina. The North Carolina Department of Agriculture established experimental farms throughout the state to help develop new...
May Day, Bellamy Park, S. Seventeenth Street, Dawson Street, Wooster Street
Public school girls prepare to dance around a May Pole in Bellamy Park, located on Dawson Street between Oleander Drive and Wrightsville Ave. (1851 Dawson Street).