New Hanover County Public Library Digital Archives

Large Cotton Vessel at Champion Compress, Wilmington, N.C.
Cape Fear River, Champion Compress, Cotton, Ships, Boats, Sprunt & Sons
This divided back postcard features a large cotton steamer docked at the Sprunt & Sons Champion Cotton Press.
Wilmington Harbor Collection

Large Beach Cars at Front and Red Cross Streets, Loading Excusion Passengers to Wrightsville Beach
beach cars, Front Street, Red Cross Street, excursions
Large beach cars at Front and Red Cross Streets, loading excursion passengers to Wrightsville Beach.
Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection

Oakdale Cemetery - Latimer Family Plot.
Oakdale Cemetery, Cemeteries, Graves, Latimer
Inscription on back: "Snakes, elephants, devils are on monument on left." Oakdale Cemetery was chartered in 1852, when sixty-five acres were initially acquired. The cemetery was organized in response to a nationwide movement towards large...
Louis T. Moore Collection

Oakdale Cemetery - General view.
Oakdale Cemetery, Cemeteries
Oakdale Cemetery was chartered in 1852, when sixty-five acres were initially acquired. The cemetery was organized in response to a nationwide movement towards large centrally located places of interment, which replaced church and private graveyards...
Louis T. Moore Collection

Oakdale Cemetery - Hebrew Cemetery - Grave of Arthur Bluethenthal.
Oakdale Cemetery, Hebrew Cemetery, Cemeteries, Graves
The Hebrew Cemetery at Oakdale is enclosed with an iron gate and fence and was opened on March 6, 1855. Prior to this time, Wilmington's Jewish community had to be buried in Charleston if they wanted to be buried in consecrated ground. At center,...
Louis T. Moore Collection

Wrightsville Beach.
Wrightsville Beach, Beaches, Lumina, Lumina Pavilion
A large gathering on the beach in front of Lumina. Note movie screen on left. 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...
Louis T. Moore Collection

Wrightsville Beach - Banks Channel - Panoramic view from Harbor Island.
Wrightsville Beach, Banks Channel
A panoramic view of the beach taken from Harbor Island across Banks Channel. The Seashore Hotel is the large building at left. Wrightsville Beach was named for Joshua Grainger Wright (1758-1811) who owned a vast amount of acreage along the sounds...
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

Oakdale Cemetery - Capt. J. W. A. Ellerbrook Monument.
Oakdale Cemetery, Cemeteries, Ellerbrook, Monument
The monument was erected by the Christian Association of St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church. A native of Hamburg, Germany, Ellerbrook (1856-1880) was a member of the Howard Relief Volunteer Fire Department. On April 11, 1880, he lost his life...
Louis T. Moore Collection

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

Bellamy Mansion Tours (3)
Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina, Historic district, historical houses, John D. Bellamy, slave quarters, museum, tourist attraction, antebellum architecture, tours
Photograph of the front of the Bellamy Mansion taken from across Market St. near the corner of 5th and Market St. House needs painting and repair work. A sign that says "Bellamy Mansion 1859 open" is attached to one of the large white colums near...
Star-News Image Archive

Blue Laws (2)
Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina, laws, shopping, stores, Sundays
Reverend J.C. Wllace speaks out in favor of the Blue Law in front of a large group of citizens at Thalian hall located at 3rd and Chestnut St.
Star-News Image Archive

Blueberry Farm
North Carolina, farming, fruits, produce, blueberries
A woman (wearing an Adidas tee and Meredith College shorts) weighs a large wooden bucket of blueberries on a portable scale as a young African American boy (wearing a ball cap that reads Chemical Serv Company Grace)looks on. A metal cash box is on...
Star-News Image Archive

Boat Show
Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina, shopping centers, outdoor activities, camping
A gentleman strolls the parking lot at Long Leaf Mall (S. College Rd.) boat and camper show eyeing some large Grady White boats with Evinrude motors.
Star-News Image Archive

Bridger Store, Bladenboro, NC
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...
Star-News Image Archive

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