Wrightsville Beach, Beaches, Life Guard, Oceanic, Hotels
First known as the Tarrymore Hotel, the building was opened in June 1905. The name was changed to the Oceanic Hotel around 1911/12. The landmark at Station One burned in the tragic fire of February 28, 1934, which destroyed every structure on the...
Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina, signs, low-rent, city housing, traffic, cars, runaways, Ramada Inn
Large Naegele billboard, located at the intersection of 8th St. & Dawson(heading toward Oleander Dr.) on the edge of Jervay Place housing project, sponsored by the Ad Council showing a young person with a phone in right hand and left hand fisted...
This photograph shows a close-up of the Sealtest Foods float during the Azalea Festival Parade (date unknown) on North Third Street. The float is advertising the TV show Bat Masterson, an American Western television show that presented a...
Colonial Revival style house built for Benjamin T. Hopkins (1870-1961), native of Accomac, VA and district manager of Life Insurance Company of Virginia; and wife, Josephine Kelley (1874-1953), native of New Jersey. Purchased in 1959 by Edwin B....
Neoclassical Revival style house built for Robert Howell Gwaltney (1878-1939), native of Raleigh, NC, manager of Jefferson Standard Life Insurance, Co.; and wife, Octavia Boatwright (1880-1964). Purchased in 1914 by Eugene Stuart Martin...
Residence built for Henry McGhee (1869-1918), cook; and wife, Elizabeth Whitehead (1873-1931). Three of their eleven children remained in the house after their parents deaths: Hettie, a seamstress; Mozelle, a Peabody School teacher; and Lisbon...
Craftsman style bungalow built by Solomon Sternberger (1870-1945), dry goods merchant, for son, Julius Earl "Jinx" Sternberger (1897-1966), World War I veteran, realtor, director of Carolina Savings & Loan; and wife, Sadibel Simon (1904-1983),...
Neoclassical Revival style house built for Edwin Cameron Holt (1861-1944), native of Graham, NC, cotton manufacturer and president of Delgado Cotton Mills; and wife, Delores Delgado Stevens (1872-1983), native of Charleston, SC. Purchased in 1916...
Craftsman style bungalow built for Erasmus Hiram Tolar (1876-1944), native of Cumberland County, NC, foreman, Wilmington Terminal and Warehouse Co.; and wife, Hattie Delk (1885-1917), native of Norfolk, VA. Purchased in 1952 by Howard Henry Bowles...
John Henry Borneman - Aug 7, 1915 - M.D.. A graduate of Jefferson Medical School, Dr. Borneman's life was cut short when he accompanied Dr. Morris Milton Caldwell, and Caldwell's brother (also a Physician) on a trip across the Cape Fear River to a...
cemeteries, combstones, James Walker, tombstone inscriptions
The inscription on James Walker's tombstone, which reads: "After a frugal and industrious life, he left to the afflicted and suffering a lasting memorial of his beneficence in yonder Hospital which bears his honored name."
"Corn is a staple which supports life of both man and beast. The black lands of Columbus County, west of Wilmington, NC, give splendid yields of this particular crop." (Sentences written on back of photograph.)
Children pose on beach with the boardwalk and a life guard stand in the background.
Carolina Beach is located on the Federal Point peninsula, bounded on the west by the Cape Fear River, and on the east and south by the Atlantic Ocean. An attempt...
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...