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    • Wrightsville Beach.

    • Wrightsville Beach.

    • Wrightsville Beach, Beaches

    • Wrightsville Beach was named for Joshua Grainger Wright (1758-1811) who owned a vast amount of acreage along the sounds and the coast. The beach is a part of the North Carolina Banks, a chain of barrier islands, which spans almost all of the North...
    • Louis T. Moore Collection
    • Wrightsville Beach.

    • Wrightsville Beach.

    • Banks Channel, Airplane, Wrightsville Beach, Beaches

    • A small boat on Banks Channel and an early airplane above; also shows southern end of the beach. Wrightsville Beach was named for Joshua Grainger Wright (1758-1811) who owned a vast amount of acreage along the sounds and the coast. The beach is a...
    • Louis T. Moore Collection
    • Wrightsville Beach.

    • Wrightsville Beach.

    • Wrightsville Beach, Beaches, Jetty

    • Atlantic Ocean surf showing a portion of a wooden jetty. Wrightsville Beach was named for Joshua Grainger Wright (1758-1811) who owned a vast amount of acreage along the sounds and the coast. The beach is a part of the North Carolina Banks, a...
    • Louis T. Moore Collection
    • Wrightsville Beach - turn of the century.

    • Wrightsville Beach - turn of the century.

    • Wrightsville Beach, Ocean View Beach

    • The southern extension of Wrightsville Beach was once called Ocean View Beach after the development company that owned that part of the beach. Wrightsville Beach was named for Joshua Grainger Wright (1758-1811) who owned a vast amount of acreage...
    • Louis T. Moore Collection
    • Blanchard Farm Blueberries

    • Blanchard Farm Blueberries

    • North Carolina, farms, fruits, workers, fields

    • Brenda Boney, wearing a Winston cup series ball cap, is from Rose Hill. She packs blueberries at Billy Blanchard's farm on N.C. 11 in southern Duplin County. Several other people are seen in the background.
    • Star-News Image Archive
    • Dr. Robert Melton

    • Dr. Robert Melton

    • physicians, Robert Melton, Melton

    • Dr. Robert A. Melton (1930-), son of R.A. and Jennie Melton was born in Wilmington, North Carolina February 11th, 1930. He married Sara Melton and attended Duke, where, in 1954, he earned his M.D. He was a Pediatrician in private practice;...
    • Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection
    • U.S. Post Office (1889-1891) - rear view.

    • U.S. Post Office (1889-1891) - rear view.

    • Post Office, N. Front Street, Chestnut Street

    • The post office is viewed from north Second Street across Post Office Park. The park was a gathering place for local citizens. During the World Series, the park was very popular, especially before radio became wide-spread. Crowds would congregate...
    • Louis T. Moore Collection
    • Carolina Beach - Henniker Ditch.

    • Carolina Beach - Henniker Ditch.

    • Carolina Beach, Beaches, Henniker Ditch, WPA

    • During the depression, the Workers Progress Administration (W.P.A.) workers dug the Henniker drainage ditch. The natural drainage of the area is from the Carolina Beach Lake to the Cape Fear River. A series of tributaries feed into the ditch, which...
    • Louis T. Moore Collection
    • Carolina Beach, NC, Henniker's Ditch.

    • 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, 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

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