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    • Boating at Lockwood Folly River

    • Boating at Lockwood Folly River

    • North Carolina, Brunswick County, boats, marsh, rivers, Mercury and Evinrude motors, boating, fishing

    • L.T. Smith, left, holds his boat (NC 6244 AS)in place as Roy Varnum jockeys his boat (NC 91278 J)out of a tight place in the Lockwood Folly River at Varnamtown. The landing is near Garland's Seafood. "Tasha D." a shrimp boat is moored behind...
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    • Bed and Breakfast Inns (1)

    • Bed and Breakfast Inns (1)

    • Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina, fund raisers, walking tours, Christmas tours, decorations, historic district

    • Gary Beane (left) and Jordan Christopher prepare the dining room at the Five Star Bed and Breakfast Inn, located at 14 N. 7th street, for the Old Wilmington by Candlelight Tour, which takes place annually during the December holiday season.
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    • Bellevue Cemetery (1)

    • Bellevue Cemetery (1)

    • Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina, cemeteries, graves, family plots, 17th Street and Princess Place Dr., gravesites,

    • Bellevue Cemetery in a state of disrepair, many of the tombstones have fallen over, all need cleaning , weeds and vines taking over area.
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    • Bellevue Cemetery (2)

    • Bellevue Cemetery (2)

    • Wilmington, New Hanovery County, North Caroilna, cemeteries, tombstones, 17th St. and Princess Place Dr.

    • The terrible state of the cemetery is evident by the tall weeds which hide many of the graves and keeps them from being tended to. Shows a variety of styles of markers. Only 2 names are legible: Westbrook and Castine.
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    • Boathouse repairs

    • Boathouse repairs

    • New Hanover County, North Carolina, businesses, Wilmington

    • Mr. Jerry Childers welds on stainless steel as Ronnie Ferguson turns his head. The two work for G.H. Martin Boathouse and Docks of Gainesville, Georgia. They were working on an anchor piece that will hold a boathouse in place at the Unocal...
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    • Boy Scouts Camporee

    • Boy Scouts Camporee

    • New Hanover County, Jacksonville, Onslow County, Marine base, camping, scouting, organizations, camps, games, activities

    • Wilmington area boy scouts play a "Build-a-scout" game, where they climb on each others shoulders trying to get as many bodies as possible on a box. Two of the scouts have Troop 202 on their shirt sleeves. The camporee took place at Camp LeJeune,...
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    • Covenant House Billboard

    • Covenant House Billboard

    • 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...
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    • Malcolm X Day Street Festival

    • Malcolm X Day Street Festival

    • Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina, African Americans, street fairs, ethnic clothing, sellers, music, libraries

    • The 2nd annual Malcom X Day street festival took place on Red Cross St. between 6th and 7th streets. A group of festival goers (mostly men) check out a vendor on the sidewalk selling a variety of Black-themed tee-shirts. The brick building that...
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    • Men Playing Checkers

    • Men Playing Checkers

    • Brooklyn Arts District, Wilmington, NC

    • On any given afternoon, the cab stand at the corner of Nixon and Brown street is the place for the Brooklyn neighborhood checker players. This particular afternoon was a little wet, so the crowd was down. Here, Lloyd McKoy and Gerald Brown take...
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    • Working on the Railroad

    • Working on the Railroad

    • State Port off Burnett Blvd.

    • Lewis Davis and William Simms beat out a rhythmic sound as they drive spikes into a new section of track at the state port. Watching is supervisor Guy Williams. The workers were setting the "frog," a 4000 lbs piece of the switching mechanism that...
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    • Azalea Festival and Queens\03071

    • Azalea Festival and Queens\03071

    • Azalea Festival Collection

    • Debra Paget, Azalea Queen XII, poses for a photograph during the Azalea Festival that took place April 2-5, 1959. Gov. Ronald Reagan presided as master of ceremonies, and celebrity guest appearances included: Harvey Hudson and Howard Morris.
    • Azalea Festival Collection

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