New Hanover County Public Library Digital Archives

""Come on in the Water's Fine."" Surf Bathing by Steel Pier, Wrightsville Beach, near Wilmington, N.C.
Steel Pier
This divided back postcard features a handcolored photograph capturing a woman dressed in a bathing suit posing among other beachgoers in front of the Steel Pier at the Seashore Hotel at Wrightsville Beach.
Postcard Collections

Aerial View of Ocean Terrace Hotel, Wrightsville Beach, N.C.--D-3
Wrightsville Beach
This divided back linen postcard features an illustration which depicts the Ocean Terrace Hotel at Wrightsville Beach.
Postcard Collections

AIDS Quilt Displayed at UNCW
Art exhibits, UNCW
Volunteers prepare panels from the traveling Aids Quilt for display at UNC-Wilmington's Trask Coliseum Thursday afternoon. The quilt, made with panels that honor people who have died of Aids opened Thursday night. Crews worked worked most of the...
Star-News Image Archive

Ann Street, 400 block - Intersection with South Fifth Street.
Ann Street, S. Fifth Street, St. Mary's Cathedral, Tileston School, Churches, Schools
Students in costume are in school yard, before the front wings of the school were added. St. Mary's Catholic Pro-Cathedral is in the background. The original school building in the middle of the block was constructed in 1871-1872 with funds from...
Louis T. Moore Collection

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Azalea Festival
Photograph of Esther Williams from the 1958 Azalea Festival. Williams was Azalea Queen XI for the festival that ran from March 27-30. Notable celebrities also made appearances during the festival that year including Andy Griffith, Arnold Palmer,...
Azalea Festival Collection

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Azalea Festival
Andy Griffiith, actor, made a guest appearance at the XIII Azalea Festival that took place from March 31 to April 3, 1960.
Azalea Festival Collection

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Azalea Festival
Andy Griffiith, actor, made a guest appearance at the XIII Azalea Festival that took place from March 31 to April 3, 1960. Griffith is most famous for his roles on the hit TV shows Matlock and The Andy Griffith Show, a comedy set in the fictional...
Azalea Festival Collection

Bathing at Lumina, Wrightsville Beach, Wilmington, N.C.--23
Lumina Pavilion
This divided back linen postcard features beachgoers surfbathing behind the Lumina Pavilion at Wrightsville Beach.
Postcard Collections

Block’s Cantfade Shirt Factory - 702 North Front Street.
Shirt Factory, Block, N. Front Street
William Block (1874-1954), a native of Riga, immigrated to Baltimore, MD, in 1887, and was in the textile business. In the middle 1920s, he sent his son, Nathan Ellis Block (1903-1986), to Wilmington to investigate the possibility of locating a...
Louis T. Moore Collection

Canoe Race, Ocean in front of Lumina, Wrightsville Beach
Wrightsville Beach
This divided back postcard features a handcolored photograph which captures people preparing for a canoe race off Wrightsville Beach.
Postcard Collections

Cape Fear Cyclists
New Hanover County, North Carolina, bikers, bicycles, races, clubs, elected officials, holidays, Revolutionary War site, historical sites, Cape Fear River, Water St.
Seven participants in the Cape Fear Cyclist's Hot 100 Fun Ride string out along Highway 421 on the first leg of their 100 mile ride. The Labor Day weekend ride, with Mayor Don Betz acting as official starter, began at Riverfront Park in downtown...
Star-News Image Archive

Carolina Beach - Street scene.
Carolina Beach, Pure Oil, Gas Station
Pure Oil station. 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 was made to settle the area in the early 1880s by Joseph Winner...
Louis T. Moore Collection

Carolina Beach - Street scene.
Carolina Beach, Bame's Hotel
Bame's Hotel, located on Cape Fear Boulevard at Carolina Beach. 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 was made to settle...
Louis T. Moore Collection

Carolina Beach - Street scene.
Hotel Royal Palm, Fountain's Rooms and Apartments, Carolina Beach
Hotel Royal Palm is in the center. Next door to right, is Fountain's Rooms and Apartments. 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...
Louis T. Moore Collection

Carolina Beach - Street scene.
Carolina Beach, Carolina Beach Hotel, Bame's Hotel, Cape Fear Boulevard
Carolina Beach Hotel, later Bame's Hotel, was located on Cape Fear Boulevard. Street scene shows vintage autos. 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...
Louis T. Moore Collection

Carolina Beach - Street scene.
Carolina Beach, Hotel Royal Palm
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 was made to settle the area in the early 1880s by Joseph Winner (1843-1902) and his...
Louis T. Moore Collection

Carolina Beach, NC, Henniker's Ditch.
Carolina Beach, Beaches, Henniker's Ditch
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 was made to settle the area in the early 1880s by Joseph Winner (1843-1902) and his...
Louis T. Moore Collection

Carolina Beach, NC, Henniker's Ditch.
Carolina Beach, Henniker's Ditch
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 was made to settle the area in the early 1880s by Joseph Winner (1843-1902) and his...
Louis T. Moore Collection

Carolina Beach, northern extension.
Carolina Beach, Beaches
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 was made to settle the area in the early 1880s by Joseph Winner (1843-1902) and his...
Louis T. Moore Collection

Carolina Beach.
Carolina Beach, Surf Bathing
View of beach and bathers. 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 was made to settle the area in the early 1880s by Joseph...
Louis T. Moore Collection

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