Albert Franklin Fales poses with an 18 foot dolphin in front of J. B. Fales Fish House, 116 South Water Street.
Albert Franklin Fales (1891-1943) stands next to an eighteen foot porpoise at the entrance of his father’s business, J. B. Fales’...
Waterfront, Custom House, John Knox, Market Street, Lyndonia
Wilmington Waterfront - In front of the U.S. Custom House, the Geodetic Survey Steamer, Lyndonia, is moored. The river ferryboat, John Knox, is docked at the foot of Market Street.
North Carolina, new Hanover County, beaches, Atlantic Ocean, Intracoastal Waterway, boats,
Steve Sneed, left, waits for Darly Severt to bring tools as they work on replacing a propeller on the 38 foot fishing boat "Bird Dog" (reg. #527084). The boat's owner, Buddy Severt, grounded the boat at the old Half Moon campground north of...
Paul Minor parks his car right on the river at the foot of Castle St. and does some sunning. He is a student at CFTI and was on his lunch break. He says he goes there often. Minor lives at Wrightsville Beach.
Traffic sits at the foot of the Cape Fear Memorial Bridge(at Wooster St.) Monday morning waiting for the gates to rise. The bridge, plagued by opening and closing difficulties, kept drivers trying to enter and leave Wilmington waiting by not...
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.
Cape Fear River, Waterfront, Turpentine, Water Street, Boats, Nun Street
This undivided back postcard depicts the waterfront at the foot of Nun Street. The wall to the left surrounds the river facing yard of the James Sprunt residence.