New Hanover County, North Carolina, seafood, parks
Scott Barnette, Anita Riddy, and Kenny Hicks of the Pilot House Restaurant stir their clam chowder between servings at the seventh annual Azalea Coast Chowder Contest at Greenfield Lake Amphitheater in Wilmington.
Gaye McClanahan and her husband, Bill, serve chowder up to the hordes of people attending the 6th annual Azalea Coast Chowder Contest. Their restaurant is the the Terrace Inn.
Wrightsville Beach, Beaches, Swimsuit Contest, Feast of Pirates
Contestants in the Feast of the Pirates bathing beauty contest pose on the beach. The Feast of the Pirates was held for three years, 1927-1929, taking its theme from the eighteenth century buccaneers, who frequented the coastal areas of the Lower...
A large crowd watches a bathing beauty contest at Wrightsville 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 part of the North Carolina...
men's, body, building, Wilmington, contest, New Hanover County
Some contestants in the Mr. Great Cape Fear contest are (left to right) Danny Searcy, John Galarde (Mr. Wilmington), W.C. Bain, Danny Holden, David Moore, Andrew Bellamy, Acie Robinson, and Jerry Harms.
A bathing beauty contest is held at an unknown location on 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 part of the North Carolina...
Bathing beauties during contest.
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,...
Bathing beauty contest.
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...
Bathing Beauty contestants pose for photographers.
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...
On the north side of Wilmington, the World's Largest Living Christmas Tree, photographed in the snow.
For many years, Wilmington's community Christmas tree was erected at the entrance to City Hall on Third Street. In the fall of 1928, James E. L....
Coast Guardsmen participate in an aquatic contest on the ocean side of the Oceanic Hotel.
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...
For many years, Wilmington's community Christmas tree was erected at the entrance to City Hall on Third Street. In the fall of 1928, James E. L. Wade (1889- 1980), a city commissioner, came up with the idea to have a living Christmas tree. A...
Miss Mariam Inez Cook, sponsor from Concord, NC, was the winner of a school war bond selling contest. She came to Wilmington to christen the S.S. Simoon on May 14, 1945. It was the 214th ship completed by the NC Shipbuilding Company.