Five children in bathing suits pose at the beach near Lumina. Note the movie screen in the water at left.
In 1901, the beach car line from Wilmington to Wrightsville Beach was sold by the Wilmington and Seacoast Railroad to the Consolidated...
Wrightsville Beach, Beaches, Lumina, Lumina Pavilion
A large gathering on the beach in front of Lumina. Note movie screen on left.
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...
Wrightsville Beach, Beaches, Lumina, Lumina Pavilion
A crowd assembles on ocean side of Lumina.
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...
Lumina Pavilion, Lumina, Wrightsville Beach, Beaches
In 1901, the beach car line from Wilmington to Wrightsville Beach was sold by the Wilmington and Seacoast Railroad to the Consolidated Railways, Light and Power Company (later the Tidewater Power Co.) and shortly thereafter, the line was converted...
Wrightsville Beach, Beaches, Lumina, Lumina Pavilion, Race
A crowd watches a foot race on the beach in front of Lumina.
In 1901, the beach car line from Wilmington to Wrightsville Beach was sold by the Wilmington and Seacoast Railroad to the Consolidated Railways, Light and Power Company (later the...
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...
Wrightsville Beach, Beaches, Lumina, Lumina Pavilion, Movie Screen
View from the upper story of the famous pavilion, looking east at bathers in the ocean. Note movie screen at extreme left.
Wrightsville Beach was named for Joshua Grainger Wright (1758-1811) who owned a vast amount of acreage along the sounds and...
Pomander Walk Apartments, Lumina, Lumina Pavilion, Wrightsville Beach, Beaches
Wrightsville Beach, Pomander Walk Apartments in front of Lumina.
Pomander Walk Cottages were located on the western side of Lumina (shown in the background). In 1930, the twenty cottages, built on this site replaced a "Tent City," a project of the...
Italianate style dwelling built in six weeks by Edward H. Bowdoin, a carpenter with Atlantic Coast Line Railroad. Purchased in July 1891 by Aquila S. Marshall (1866-1915), attorney with ACL. House remained in family until 1940.
schools, Bear family, Isaac Bear, Isaac Bear School
The Isaac Bear School was located on the South side of the 1200 block of Market Street. It was built as a memorial to Isaac Bear (1852-1911), from a donation of 30,000.00 from Isaac's brother, Samuel (1854-1916). The school was a 2-story brick...
One of Wilmington's earliest suburbs was Sunset Park, developed beginning in 1912, by Thomas Franklin Boyd, formerly of Hamlet, NC. The six hundred acre residential area, west of what is now the Carolina Beach Road, contained wide boulevards and...
Inscription on back: "Snakes, elephants, devils are on monument on left."
Oakdale Cemetery was chartered in 1852, when sixty-five acres were initially acquired. The cemetery was organized in response to a nationwide movement towards large...
Oakdale Cemetery was chartered in 1852, when sixty-five acres were initially acquired. The cemetery was organized in response to a nationwide movement towards large centrally located places of interment, which replaced church and private graveyards...
The Hebrew Cemetery at Oakdale is enclosed with an iron gate and fence and was opened on March 6, 1855. Prior to this time, Wilmington's Jewish community had to be buried in Charleston if they wanted to be buried in consecrated ground. At center,...
Roads, Old Wrightsville Road, Shell Road, Bradley Creek
The privately built Shell Road or Wilmington Turnpike was constructed in 1874-1875 from Wilmington to the sounds and immediate coastal areas. The road began at Sixteenth and Dock streets and followed the route that is roughly today's (1999)...
Roads, Old Wrightsville Road, Shell Road, Turnpike
The privately built Shell Road or Wilmington Turnpike was constructed in 1874-1875 from Wilmington to the sounds and immediate coastal areas. The road began at Sixteenth and Dock streets and followed the route that is roughly today's (1999)...
The privately built Shell Road or Wilmington Turnpike was constructed in 1874-1875 from Wilmington to the sounds and immediate coastal areas. The road began at Sixteenth and Dock streets and followed the route that is roughly today's (1999)...
Roads, Wrightsville Beach, Wrightsville Sound, Shell Road
Note white-washed trees, which were popular in the 1920s and 1930s.
The privately built Shell Road or Wilmington Turnpike was constructed in 1874-1875 from Wilmington to the sounds and immediate coastal areas. The road began at Sixteenth and Dock...