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    • Old Hotel at Hammocks and Oceanic Hotel

    • Old Hotel at Hammocks and Oceanic Hotel

    • hotels, Oceanic, Island Beach Hotel, Hammocks, Harbor Island

    • This page from a scrapbook features images of the Oceanic Hotel and the Island Beach Hotel. Formerly the Hotel Tarrymoore, the hotel initially opened in 1905 and was renamed the Oceanic in 1911. Located on the Hammocks (later known as Harbor...
    • Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection
    • Cape Fear River - Steamer, Wilmington.

    • Cape Fear River - Steamer, Wilmington.

    • Cape Fear River, Steamer, Wilmington

    • The legendary steamer, Wilmington, was owned by John W. Harper (1856-1917), who was also her captain. Capt. Harper began taking passengers down the Cape Fear River from Wilmington to Southport about 1887. He owned two boats - the Passport and the...
    • Louis T. Moore Collection
    • Bald Head Island Motel

    • Bald Head Island Motel

    • North Carolina, Brunswick County,beaches, resorts

    • Photograph is an aerial view of the Bald Head Inn. Sandbags line the edge of the property to protect the Inn from the Atlantic Ocean. The Inn later lost it's battle to erosion and the structure was taken down.
    • Star-News Image Archive
    • Bellamy Mansion Tours (2)

    • Bellamy Mansion Tours (2)

    • W@ilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina, 5th and Market, antebellum architecture, Union headquarters, Civil War, Freedmen's Bureau, slaves, John D. Bellamy

    • Hundreds of people line-up down the sidewalk on Market St., between 4th and 5th streets for their turn to enter the Bellamy Mansion for the free tours offered by the Historic Preservation Foundation of N.C.. Architectural historian Ed Turberg was...
    • Star-News Image Archive
    • Biking to the Beach

    • Biking to the Beach

    • cyclists, teens, New Hanover County, North Carolina, bicycles, beachgoers

    • Bikers, Shawn Pearson in sun glasses (left front) and Kristina Sebastian carrying a 1989 Roman Gabriel Celebrity Golf Tournament sports bag (right front) lead their friends Jennifer Suber and Andy Spicer (partially hidden) down Causeway Dr. Friday...
    • Star-News Image Archive
    • B'nai Israel Bombing

    • B'nai Israel Bombing

    • New Hanover County, Jews, policemen, religions, bombs, explosions, judaism, conservative

    • An unidentified Wilmington police detective enters the synagogue at 2601 Chesnut St where another man looks out the door. The synagogue's vestibule and facade was heavily damaged (one column down, windows blown out and holes in the brick walls) by...
    • Star-News Image Archive
    • First Presbyterian Church steeple

    • First Presbyterian Church steeple

    • balloons, blimps, Coast Guard

    • An usual sight graced the Wilmingtn skyline in the form of a surveillance airship. Made by the RCA Corporation, the aerostat, is being tested in the area. The aerotstat flew behind the steeple of the First Presbyterian Church on Third Street in...
    • Star-News Image Archive
    • Frank Block Sign

    • Frank Block Sign

    • Wilmington, New Hanover and Pender counties, Democrat, 7th district, advertisements, signs, Naegele

    • The new image of Franklin Block peers down from a billboard off Oleander Dr., declaring his run for the N.C. senate.
    • Star-News Image Archive
    • Geese in Castle Hayne

    • Geese in Castle Hayne

    • New Hanover County, nurseries, gardens, vegetables, flowers, green houses, trees, birds, ducks, farms, Swartville Rd

    • Glenda Wilson claps her hands to get a group of Canadian geese herded back down the dirt road to their pen at Swart U-Pick garden and greenhouse at 3020 Castle Hayne Rd. The 17 geese are owned by Dirk Swart and Ms. Wilson is employed at Swart's.
    • Star-News Image Archive
    • Men Playing Checkers

    • 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
    • Nineteenth Century Cistern Found at Third and Chestnut Streets

    • Nineteenth Century Cistern Found at Third and Chestnut Streets

    • Wilmington, New Hanover county, North Carolina, downtown, historical finds, archaeologists, 19th century, 1800's, rain water, containers,

    • Rita Elliott, sitting on upturned bucket at right, takes down information from Ed Glazier, center, who is inside a 19th century cistern while an unidentified worker at top of photo digs outside the cistern. It was found under the parking area at...
    • Star-News Image Archive

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