Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina, advertisements, azaleas, billboards, tourist attractions, flowers, gardens, Intracoastal Waterway
David King of Naegele outdoor advertising hand paints a new Airlie Gardens entrance sign at the corner of Airlie Rd and Oleander Dr., near Wrightsville Beach.
The "Rocks", built between 1875 and 1881, by the U.S. Corps of Engineers, is properly called New Inlet Dam. The inlet was opened in 1761 by a strong hurricane and was the easiest and best entrance into the Cape Fear River and avoided the dangerous...
Fort Fisher, Civil War, Federal Point, Battery Buchanan, The Rocks
"Battery Buchanan" and "The Rocks," below Fort Fisher.
A Confederate stronghold, Fort Fisher is located about twenty miles from Wilmington on the tip of the Federal Point peninsula. The fort protected the Port of Wilmington, which was the last...
Pembroke Park was the area commonly known as The Lodge, which in addition to Airlie, was owned by Pembroke Jones. The entrance was on north side of Wrightsville Avenue, near McCumber's Station.
Pembroke Jones’ Lodge and Garden with gazebo (Now...
Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina, department stores, clothing stores, dress shops, Independence Mall, Westfield Mall, models, suits
Scaffolding is in front of the closed glass doors at the inside mall entrance of Belk's. A ladder is seen inside the store among the female mannequins in the ladies department of Belk's.
Blande County, North Carolina, retail shops, farm supplies, general stores, historic buildings, businessmen, prominent families
The Bridger Corporation, at 100 Main St., located in a large 2-story brick building in downtown Bladenboro has annouced its closing. The sign in the window announces a "liquidation sale early in May" . There is yard equipment in the showroom window...
Lewis Davis and William Simms beat out a rhythmic sound as they drive spikes into a new section of track at the state port. Watching is supervisor Guy Williams. The workers were setting the "frog," a 4000 lbs piece of the switching mechanism that...
Parade debutantes board a bus in front of the Cape Fear Hotel (side entrance) located at 201 1/2 North 2nd Street. Also pictured is the Albert F. Rhodes watch repair shop (200 N. 2nd Street).
A baton twirler marches by onlookers during the annual Azalea Festival Parade (date unkown). The side entrance of the Brunswick Hotel is pictured in the background along North Front Street.