New Hanover County Public Library Digital Archives

Lumina, Wrightsville Beach, N.C. A Crowd on the Veranda 100304
Lumina
This postcard features a handcolored photograph which captures a crowd of people on the veranda of the Lumina Pavilion at Wrightsville Beach.
Postcard Collections

Crowd Gathered at Waterfront
Cape Fear River, Waterfront, Destroyer, Market Street, Water Street, Tugboat, Ships, Boats, Navy
This b&w photograph, taken about 1930, captures the Navy Destroyer "Blue" as it arrives in the port of Wilmington with a crowd of greeters watching at the foot of Market Street.
Wilmington Harbor Collection

Crowd sunbathes at Wrightsville Beach.
Wrightsville Beach, Beaches, Surf Bathing
Crowd sunbathes on an unidentified local 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 Banks, a chain of...
Louis T. Moore Collection

A large crowd on the shore at Wrightsville Beach.
Wrightsville Beach, Beaches, Surf Bathing
A large crowd on the shore 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 Banks, a chain of...
Louis T. Moore Collection

A large crowd watches a bathing beauty contest at Wrightsville Beach.
Wrightsville Beach, Beaches, Swimsuit Contest
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...
Louis T. Moore Collection

Bachelor Auction at Galleria
crowd, audience, Wrightsville Ave., Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina, auction, auctioneer,WGNI, radio station, men and women, ladies and gentlemen, palms, neon palm
Jaime Donegan, in leather pants, attempts to wow the young lady holding a rose as he dances across the stage in the Bid For Bachelors, Friday night at the Galleria near Wrightsville Beach. Donegan is a director/actor with J.H. Cargill Productions...
Star-News Image Archive

Bachelor Auction Winning Bid
Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina, Wrightsville Ave., auctions, charities, bachelorette, radio stations, WGNI, crowd, audience
Peter Fensel, in tuxedo jacket and satin pants, reacts postitively as he is bid off to the highest paying female during Friday night's Bid for Bachelors at the Galleria near Wrightsville Beach. Auctioneer D.C. North leads his unidentified date to...
Star-News Image Archive

Bag Pipes
New Hanover County, fairs, festivals
Jim Hunter of Wilmington, N.C., is shown filling his bag pipes with air. He played for a Piney Woods Festival crowd at Hugh McRae Park.
Star-News Image Archive

Belevedere Plantation Auction
speaker,subdivisions, seller, buyers, land, houses, country clubs, golf courses, Pender County, Hampstead, North Carolina, waterfront property, water access
Auctioneer Hal Hines, up front, auctions real estate at Belvedere Plantation to a crowd of men & women seated mostly in folding chairs under a large striped tent.
Star-News Image Archive

Belville Founder's Day Festival
Brunswick County, North Carolina, concerts, festivals, bands,
The parking lot is filled as a crowd listens to music by the East Coast Boys at the Belville Founder's Day Festival.
Star-News Image Archive

Brunswick County Airshow (1)
Airshows, Brunswick County, NC
A crowd gathers around Bobby Hester's P51 Mustang at the Brunswick County Airport near Oak Island during Saturday's airshow. Fans got close looks at experimental and conventional small aircraft along with a few acrobatic moves from regional stunt...
Star-News Image Archive

Men Playing Checkers
Brooklyn Arts District, Wilmington, NC
On any given afternoon, the cab stand at the corner of Nixon and Brown street is the place for the Brooklyn neighborhood checker players. This particular afternoon was a little wet, so the crowd was down. Here, Lloyd McKoy and Gerald Brown take...
Star-News Image Archive

Spectators View Harrier Jet
Naval aircraft carriers, Wilmington State Ports
One of the three Sea Harriers, a type of attack plane, takes off from the deck of the British aircraft carrier the HMS Invincible Wednesday morning at the state ports. The three planes took off before a crowd of spectators who watched as the plane...
Star-News Image Archive

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Azalea Festival
Azalea Festival Queen XI Esther Williams addresses a crowd during the March 27-30, 1958, Azalea Festival in Wilmington, NC.
Azalea Festival Collection

AF-A_1948_Rose_Toss_04
Azalea Festival
Azalea Festival Queen I Jacqueline White tosses roses to a crowd of fans during the very first Azalea Festival in 1948.
Azalea Festival Collection

$Azalea Festival and Queens\03085$
Azalea Festival and Queens\03085
Azalea Festival
A Chrystler automobile pulls one of the floats along North 3rd Street during the Azalea Festival Parade circa 1960. A large crowd gathers in front of several businesses including Pickards Sporting Goods, Jewell-Strickland Auto Parts Co., a used...
Azalea Festival Collection

$Azalea Festival and Queens\03091$
Azalea Festival and Queens\03091
Azalea Festival
Three baton twirlers dazzle the crowd during the annual Azalea Festival parade (date unknown). Robbins Gulf Station and Belk-Beery on North Front Street are depicted in the background.
Azalea Festival Collection

$Azalea Festival and Queens\03099$
Azalea Festival and Queens\03099
Azalea Festival
The Jacksonville High School Marching band from Jacksonville, North Carolina, participates in the Azalea Festival parade (c. 1960). A large crowd gathers to watch along North Front Street. Businesses depicted include Firestone, Sutton Council...
Azalea Festival Collection

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