New Hanover County Public Library Digital Archives

Money Island, Wrightsville Sound, near the mouth of Bradley Creek.
Wrightsville Sound, Money Island, Bradley Creek
The island contains about one acre of high ground and for years, it was overgrown with live oaks and cedar trees, whose growth was retarded by very poor soil and exposure to numerous storms. In the early eighteenth century, the Carolina coast was a...
Louis T. Moore Collection

Arab Shrine Club Fish Fry
fraternal organizations, children's burn center, charities
Shriner's fish fry, 4 men in line to get take -out boxes, all in work clothes with 3 wearing hardhats, first man in line has 5 to-go boxes, 2 Shriner's wearing fezzes, one looking toward camera and one leaning on counter with his back to camera, on...
Star-News Image Archive

Ballast Stone from the Site of Solomon Towers
Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina, low-rent housing, historic houses, Cape Fear River, Castle Street, Wilmington Housing Authority
Closeup photo of a man's hands holding a ballast stone with the year 1761 etched into it. Artifact found at the Newkirk House which was at 511 Surry St. The current site of Solomon Towers.
Star-News Image Archive

Bellamy Mansion Fire (2)
Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina, historical district, historic buildings, 5th & Market St, mansions, fires, antique furniture, antebellum architecture
The terrible destruction caused by a fire in the Bellamy Mansion is shown by the debris littered floor, peeling wallpaper, scorched furniture [sideboards, table holding condiment containers, silver water pitcher and silver covered dish] in what...
Star-News Image Archive

B'nai Israel Bombing
New Hanover County, Jews, policemen, religions, bombs, explosions, judaism, conservative
An unidentified Wilmington police detective enters the synagogue at 2601 Chesnut St where another man looks out the door. The synagogue's vestibule and facade was heavily damaged (one column down, windows blown out and holes in the brick walls) by...
Star-News Image Archive

Reenactors at Bentonville, Battleground
Four Oaks, Johnston County, North Carolina, Civil War, War Between the States, Union Army, uniforms, historic sites, reenactments
North Carolina's largest Civil War re-enactment at Bentonville: In costume Chuck Clark with snare drum, Brent Boss carrying Confederate flag, Aaron Ritter wearing Army hat and an unidentifed man carrying a rifle with bayonet attached, marching by a...
Star-News Image Archive

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Azalea Festival
Black and white photograph of Third Street activities during the Azalea Festival. No date listed. Man with camera pictured in foreground and a float is followed by a marching band as it approaches Texaco Station.
Azalea Festival Collection

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Wrightsville Beach
This divided back penny postcard features a black and white photograph of a man in a bathing suit at the beach.
Postcard Collections

Yachting near Wilmington, N.C.
Fishing
This undivided back postcard features an illustration which depicts a man fishing in a rowboat while a sailboat drifts in the waters off Wrightsville Beach.
Postcard Collections

Newell's, Wrightsville Beach, N.C.
Ozzie Sweet
This divided back postcard features a photograph by Ozzie Sweet capturing a man and woman dressed in vintage early 20th century swimwear, sitting on a pier.
Postcard Collections

Steel Pier Looking from Veranda of Seashore Hotel, Wrightsville Beach, N.C.
Seashore Hotel
This divided back postcard features an illustration which depicts a man looking out from the veranda of the Steel Pier, located at the Seashore Hotel at Wrightsville Beach.
Postcard Collections

Crossing the Cape Fear River
Cape Fear River, Ferry, Gasoline Launch, Boats
This b&w photograph captures a ferry crossing the Cape Fear River. The man standing near the stern is William Jones. Jones and his son ran the ferry for owner, Oscar Durant. The gas launch was called, "The Mary."
Wilmington Harbor Collection

Dr. Ed Wells
Wells family, physicians, Plastic Surgeons
Dr. Edwin Julius Wells, Jr. (1923-), son of Edwin Julius, Sr. and Mamie Highsmith Wells, was born in Fayetteville, North Carolina, September 1st, 1923. He married Miss Louise Warner and attended UNC-Chapel Hill (1944) and The University of...
Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection

Tide Water Power Company
power companies, Tide Water
An unidentified man stands in front of the Tide Water Power Company building on 217-221 Princess Street, Wilmington, N.C. in 1922. The TWPC was a gas and electric service and Street railways company. A. E. Fitkin of New York, NY was president from...
Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection

Muter's Alley
Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina, Train tracks, Fish, Buildings,
View of Muter's Alley and Water Streets looking North toward Dock Street, 1940. Railroad tracks are running along Water Street. On the right side is the Ice House, with 2 well-dressed men standing outside, and on the left is an extremely large...
Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection

"Tuck" Savage
Savage family, Street cars
"Tuck" Savage - First man to run Street car in Wilmington and ran last Street car in Wilmington - 1940.
Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection

Three children sit on Carolina Beach
Carolina Beach, children
A man smiles at three children sitting in the sand at Carolina Beach. Crowds of beachgoers watch in the background.
Louis T. Moore Collection

North Second Street and Chestnut Street.
Post Office Park, Cape Fear Motel, Dr. Thomas Fanning Wood House, Cape Fear Club, N. Second Street, Chestnut Street
An unidentified man stands next to a flower bed in Post Office Park. At left is the corner of the Cape Fear Hotel. The Dr. Thomas Fanning Wood House is on the northeast corner, with the Cape Fear Club in the center across Second Street.
Louis T. Moore Collection

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