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    • H.H. Smith to F.A. Olds, May 20, 1904

    • H.H. Smith to F.A. Olds, May 20, 1904

    • Owen, Barry, Smith, Olds, Civil War, relics, F.A. Olds, Hall of History, NC Museum of History

    • Page 1 of letter in which Henry "Harry" Hungerford Smith responds to Frederick Augustus Olds regarding requests to give relics from the Barry and Owen families to the museum. Smith shares details about what family relics he has in his possession,...
    • Owen and Barry Family Papers
    • H.H. Smith to F.A. Olds, May 20, 1904

    • H.H. Smith to F.A. Olds, May 20, 1904

    • Owen, Barry, Smith, Olds, Civil War, relics, Hall of History, NC Museum of History

    • Page 2 of letter in which Henry "Harry" Hungerford Smith responds to Frederick Augustus Olds regarding requests to give relics from the Barry and Owen families to the museum. Smith shares details about what family relics he has in his possession,...
    • Owen and Barry Family Papers
    • H.H. Smith to F.A. Olds, May 20, 1904

    • H.H. Smith to F.A. Olds, May 20, 1904

    • Owen, Barry, Smith, Olds, Civil War, relics, Hall of History, NC Museum of History

    • Page 3 of letter in which Henry "Harry" Hungerford Smith responds to Frederick Augustus Olds regarding requests to give relics from the Barry and Owen families to the museum. Smith shares details about what family relics he has in his possession,...
    • Owen and Barry Family Papers
    • H.H. Smith to F.A. Olds, May 20, 1904

    • H.H. Smith to F.A. Olds, May 20, 1904

    • Owen, Barry, Smith, Olds, Civil War, relics, Hall of History, NC Museum of History

    • Page 5 of letter in which Henry "Harry" Hungerford Smith responds to Frederick Augustus Olds regarding requests to give relics from the Barry and Owen families to the museum. Smith shares details about what family relics he has in his possession,...
    • Owen and Barry Family Papers
    • H.H. Smith to F.A. Olds, May 20, 1904

    • H.H. Smith to F.A. Olds, May 20, 1904

    • Owen, Barry, Smith, Olds, Civil War, relics, Hall of History, NC Museum of History

    • Page 4 of letter in which Henry "Harry" Hungerford Smith responds to Frederick Augustus Olds regarding requests to give relics from the Barry and Owen families to the museum. Smith shares details about what family relics he has in his possession,...
    • Owen and Barry Family Papers
    • Museum in Bolivia, NC

    • Museum in Bolivia, NC

    • old-timey, molasses, barrel, Brunswick County, North Carolina, rural, country

    • Lifelong Bolivia residents Ernestine and Mildred Mercer (left to right) sit in the historic kitchen they set up as part of a local museum in their backyard. In the background is their general store.
    • Star-News Image Archive
    • Paddlewheel Ship H.G. Wright

    • Paddlewheel Ship H.G. Wright

    • Wilmington, New Hanover county, North Carolina, boats, steam-powered, Army Corps of Engineers, snag boat

    • Left to right, Leslie Bright, state underwater archaeologist, Jerry Dunn, volunteer, and Dave Carnell, chairman of the board of directors of the New Hanover Co. museum work to raise the workings of the paddlewheel ship the H.G. Wright from the edge...
    • Star-News Image Archive
    • Wilmington Boxing Center (1)

    • Wilmington Boxing Center (1)

    • Wilmington, North Carolina, youth, sports

    • Matt Ward waits for the second round to start during a boxing demonstration by the Wilmington Boxing Center at the Cape Fear Museum. The club was exhibiting their skills in connection with a photographic display at the museum - "Athletes:...
    • Star-News Image Archive
    • A.C.L. Freight Warehouse

    • A.C.L. Freight Warehouse

    • Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, Warehouses, Waterfront

    • This b&w photograph features an aerial view of the A.C.L. Freight Warehouse and portions of the "A" building warehouse--both of which would later serve as home of the Wilmington Railroad Museum.
    • Wilmington Harbor Collection
    • Beaux-Arts Ball

    • Beaux-Arts Ball

    • Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina, parties, museums, feathers, buildings, organizations, costumes, masks, prizes

    • Sam Garner wearing a mask (left) and Kitty Fitzgibbon admire each other's plumage and jewels during the Beaux-Arts Ball held at the Scottish Rite Temple. The ball is a fund raiser for St. John's Museum of Art.
    • Star-News Image Archive
    • Bellamy Mansion Tours (3)

    • 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
    • Old Bottles Found in Downtown Wilmington

    • Old Bottles Found in Downtown Wilmington

    • Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina, bars, drinking establishments, historic buildings, basements, Elizabeth McKoy, Henry Bacon McKoy, theatre, artifacts

    • James Hasel McKoy (Jimmy) owner of St. John's Tavern looks at old bottles that were discovered possibly in the cellar of St. John's Museum?
    • Star-News Image Archive
    • Students Launch Boat

    • Students Launch Boat

    • CFTI Boats, Wilmington, NC

    • Ron Wahab (right) and John Langone (left) and Sandy Mitchell (far background) help launch the 22 ft hand built wooden boat into the surf at Wrightsville Beach next to the Sheraton Inn on Sat morning. The boat was built at Cape Fear Tech for...
    • Star-News Image Archive
    • Bellamy Mansion

    • Bellamy Mansion
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    • Classical style house built by slaves and free black artisans, for John Dillard Bellamy (1817-1896), physician, planter, and business leader; and wife, Eliza McIlhenny Harriss (1821-1907). After the fall of Fort Fisher, in 1865, commandeered as...
    • Port City Architecture
    • Bellamy Mansion Negro House

    • Bellamy Mansion Negro House
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    • Italianate style dependency built to house as many as nine slaves of Dr. John D. Bellamy, and wife, Eliza McIlhenny Harriss. After the Civil War, servants lived here. A rare example of an intact urban slave quarters, the outbuilding includes...
    • Port City Architecture
    • Waterfront in 1837

    • Waterfront in 1837

    • Waterfront, Richard Bradley, Grace Street, Cape Fear River, Wharf

    • This illustration, drawn from a ship docked along Wilmington's waterfront, depicts what may have been a wharf belonging to Richard Bradley in 1837.
    • Wilmington Harbor Collection
    • USS North Carolina

    • USS North Carolina

    • Cape Fear River, USS North Carolina, Battleship, Museum,

    • This divided back postcard features a photograph by Hugh Morton taken around 1967 captures the Battleship North Carolina anchored across the river from downtown Wilmington.
    • Wilmington Harbor Collection

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