Wrightsville Beach, Beaches, Banks Channel, Oceanic, Hotels, Coast Guard
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 almost all of the North...
Wrightsville Beach, Beaches, Tarrymore, Oceanic, Hotels
View of the Atlantic Ocean at Station One. Large building on left is the back 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...
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...
This divided back postcard features a photograph which captures automobiles parked in the parking lot of the Waterway Motor Lodge at Wrightsville Beach
Wilmington, Carolina Beach, New Hanover County, North Carolina, churches, denominations, hotels, Wrightsville Beach, Intracoastal Waterway, priests, chalices
The Very Reverend Michael Karloutsos (front) from St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church (608 S. College Rd.) blesses some of the boats on the Blockade Runner dock in Banks Channel. The other 2 ministers are Reverend Robert Cook from St. James...
New Hanover county, North Carolina, parades, hotels, Gulf gas station, clubs, fraternal organizations
The Sudan drum and bugle corps, in full costume with fezzes march down 3rd St. just past the Boucan restaurant during the 1982 Wilmington Azalea Festival.