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    • Wrightsville Beach - Lumina - Movie screen.

    • Wrightsville Beach - Lumina - Movie screen.

    • Wrightsville Beach, Beaches, Lumina, Lumina Pavilion, Movie Screen

    • The view of the outdoor movie screen at Lumina is taken from the upper level of the famous landmark. Silent movies were shown nightly during the summer season. In 1901, the beach car line from Wilmington to Wrightsville Beach was sold by the...
    • Louis T. Moore Collection
    • Bag Pipes

    • Bag Pipes

    • New Hanover County, fairs, festivals

    • Jim Hunter of Wilmington, N.C., is shown filling his bag pipes with air. He played for a Piney Woods Festival crowd at Hugh McRae Park.
    • Star-News Image Archive
    • Bellamy Mansion Fire (2)

    • 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
    • Buzz's Barber Shop

    • Buzz's Barber Shop

    • barbers, hair cuts, New Hanover County, businesses

    • Jackie Potter of Leland is shown getting a hair cut from Buzz Davenport. Jackie's one of Buzz's regular customers. Buzz's Barber Shop is located on Carolina Beach Road in Wilmington, N.C.
    • Star-News Image Archive
    • 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...
    • Star-News Image Archive
    • Pipe Bombs in High School

    • Pipe Bombs in High School

    • explosives, Hew Hanover County, North Carolina, crimes

    • Photograph shows pieces of a homemade pipe bomb that was denotated in Hoggard High School's bathroom early in the morning on January 7, 1991. Fortunately no one was hurt. The pieces of the bomb were placed in the ID room of the Wilmington Police...
    • Star-News Image Archive
    • Street containing adult enterprises

    • Street containing adult enterprises

    • bars, tattoo, parlors, adult, entertainment, buses, Camp Lejeune, servicemen

    • Tours of high crime areas and adult establishments on Court Street in Jacksonville, N.C. became part of the marines indoctrination briefings. Escorted by Jacksonville police and Onslow sheriff's officers, the military tourists were shown dark...
    • Star-News Image Archive
    • Waterfront between Castle and Wooster Streets

    • Waterfront between Castle and Wooster Streets

    • Cape Fear River, Waterfront, Freighter, Wooster Street, Castle Street, Ships, Boats

    • This b&w photographs captures ships along the waterfront between Castle and Wooster Streets. Also shown are the Clyde Steamship Line terminal, American Molasses terminal and the Wilmington Gaslight Company (later the Tide Water Gas Company) plant.
    • Wilmington Harbor Collection
    • Boating at Greenfield Lake

    • Boating at Greenfield Lake

    • Recreational activities, boating, WPA projects, Azaleas, parks, 3rd Street, spillways, Dr. Samuel Green

    • Canoes and rowboats being paddled between the cypress trees on Greenfield Lak where men are shown dressed in dark pants, white shirts, ties and hats. The lake was named for Dr. Samuel Green who owned a rice plantation on the site. The land was...
    • Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection
    • U.S. Custom House

    • U.S. Custom House

    • North Carolina, New Hanover County, riverfront, businesses, boats, buildings

    • A view taken from the Brunswick side of the Cape Fear River, showing the Wilmington waterfront. Buildings shown include the old U.S. Custom House (1843), the Masonic Building and the Tower of the Stone Post Office. Several types of rivercraft are...
    • Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection
    • Sprunt and Dudley Mansion

    • Sprunt and Dudley Mansion

    • Dudley family, Sprunt family, Front St., Nun St., Governors, mansions

    • The stately mansion on the corner of Front and Nun streets has been the home of several prominent families. It is thought to have been constructed about 1825 by Governor Dudley (1789-1855). In 1836, he became the first popularly elected Governor of...
    • Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection
    • First Presbyterian Church, Present Day

    • First Presbyterian Church, Present Day

    • churches, presbyterian churches, First Presbyterian Church

    • The First Presbyterian Church has been plagued by at least three fires in its history. Dating from 1818, the first church was located in the 100 block of South Front Street between Dock and Orange streets. It burned in 1819 and another church was...
    • Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection
    • Dr. Avant in His Flower Garden

    • Dr. Avant in His Flower Garden

    • Avant family, Physicians, African-Americans, medicine, Red Cross St.

    • Dr. Avant shown in his Flower Garden at his Home on Red Cross St. Dr. Frank W. Avant was born in Smithville (Southport), North Carolina. Dr. Avant attended Howard University (1896); Lincoln University, PA (1898), and Leonard Pharmaceutical School,...
    • Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection

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