New Hanover County Public Library Digital Archives

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    • New Hanover County Extension Service (1)

    • New Hanover County Extension Service (1)

    • Vegetable gardens, New Hanover County

    • Pete Lewis (left), from the Agricultural Extension Service, looks at some of Pete Miars (right) squash plants. Miars will be running a U-pick operation this season and Lewis was examining some squash that was produced by using new a new watering...
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    • Bellamy Mansion and Kenan Fountain

    • Bellamy Mansion and Kenan Fountain

    • Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina, John D. Bellamy, tourist attractions, historical sites, antebellum architecture, gifts,

    • Picture taken at the corner of 5th and Market St on the Carolina Apts. side. The Kenan Plaza Fountain,in the intersection of 5th & Market St., was given to the city by William Rand Kenan Jr. in 1921. The Bellamy Mansion sits in the background...
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    • Black History Month

    • Black History Month

    • Brunswick County, North Carolina, African Americans, heritage, cultures,

    • Rev. Seth Moulton (sitting) and Rev. Nathaniel Legay(standing) speak with children of various ages from Evergreen A.M.E. Zion Church in Delco. The girl with hands folded in front is Moulton's daughter, Yude age 10. The reverends and some of the...
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    • Blessing of the Fleet (2)

    • Blessing of the Fleet (2)

    • Wilmington, Carolina Beach, New Hanover County, North Carolina, churches, denominations, hotels, Wrightsville Beach, Intracoastal Waterway, priests, chalices

    • The Very Reverend Michael Karloutsos (front) from St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church (608 S. College Rd.) blesses some of the boats on the Blockade Runner dock in Banks Channel. The other 2 ministers are Reverend Robert Cook from St. James...
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    • Boat Show

    • Boat Show

    • Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina, shopping centers, outdoor activities, camping

    • A gentleman strolls the parking lot at Long Leaf Mall (S. College Rd.) boat and camper show eyeing some large Grady White boats with Evinrude motors.
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    • Cape Fear Institute Masonry Class

    • Cape Fear Institute Masonry Class

    • Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina, community colleges, CFCC, trade schools, Front Street

    • Henry Sloan, wearing lab coat and ball cap (in center) instructs some of the students in his advanced masonry class at CFTI. Students are laying various cinder block and brick walls. One female student builds a wall on the right side of the room.
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    • Jennewein's Antiques

    • Jennewein's Antiques

    • Antiques, Wilmington, NC

    • Virginia Jennewein holds and antique hand bell and shows off some of the items that will be auctioned off in this weekends Jennewin Antique Show. The event, Friday night through Sunday, 6:00 p.m., will feature the Victorian two-drawer sewing table...
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    • Mr. Greater Cape Fear

    • Mr. Greater Cape Fear

    • men's, body, building, Wilmington, contest, New Hanover County

    • Some contestants in the Mr. Great Cape Fear contest are (left to right) Danny Searcy, John Galarde (Mr. Wilmington), W.C. Bain, Danny Holden, David Moore, Andrew Bellamy, Acie Robinson, and Jerry Harms.
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    • New Hanover County Library Bookmobile

    • New Hanover County Library Bookmobile

    • libraries, Wilmington, New Hanover County, patrons

    • Ryan Blanton (standing) and his friend, Spencer Jordan (sitting), look through some of the books on the bookmobile on its stop to Wrightsville Beach. Nancy Perry is the librarian at the desk. Both of the boys are nine years old and live at the...
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    • Religious Toys

    • Religious Toys

    • Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina, Christian items, Judah's chariot, Bible greats David & Goliath doll, dolls, stuffed bear, toys, video cases, packaged shirts, Jesus automobile tag

    • Myrtise McDowell with some of her religious merchandise in her shop, Bible Book and Gift Center on Wrightsville Ave.
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    • Restoring the Capt. J. N. Maffitt

    • Restoring the Capt. J. N. Maffitt

    • Ferries, Cape Fear River, Wilmington, NC

    • Robert Parker does some puttying aboard the Capt. J.N. Maffitt. He says they are doing a complete reconditioning job on her before she begins her season by bringing the Azalea Queen up river for her official arrival for the Azalea Festival.
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    • Serving Smoked Mullet

    • Serving Smoked Mullet

    • Brunswick Town, NC

    • Mark Munden of the American Society of Interpretive Historians, lets Richard Lawrence and his 2 sons Randy (in his arms), and Jeffery (on his back), try some of the smoked mullet at the Heritage Days at Brunswick Town.
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    • Student Tans on Castle Street

    • Student Tans on Castle Street

    • Students, Cape Fear Technical Institute

    • Paul Minor parks his car right on the river at the foot of Castle St. and does some sunning. He is a student at CFTI and was on his lunch break. He says he goes there often. Minor lives at Wrightsville Beach.
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    • View of Downtown Wilmington from Belville, NC

    • View of Downtown Wilmington from Belville, NC

    • Belville, Brunswick County, North Carolina, advertisements, businesses, historic buildings, churches, Cape Fear River,filling stations,vehicles

    • Shows traffic heading towards downtown Wilmington on the Cape Fear Memorial Bridge. The skylight of the city shows multiple church steeples, rooftops of houses and some businesses. On the Belville side a sign advertises Orton Motel & restaurant,...
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    • Workers repair damaged tracks

    • Workers repair damaged tracks

    • railroads, railroad, accidents

    • CSX Transportation workers replace some of the tracks after Monday night's derailment in Warsaw in Duplin County (N.C.). The train's freight cars were loaded with corn, which was on its way to Carroll Foods when the derailment occurred.
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    • Mosley House

    • Mosley House
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    • Some interior framing and architectural features survive from early structure built for William Mosley (1812-1895), businessman; and wife, Margaret Mills (1824-1870s). Enlarged and altered in Queen Anne style when inherited by Levi McKoy Mosley...
    • Port City Architecture
    • Lumina 3

    • Lumina 3

    • Wrightsville Beach, pavilions, dancing, ballrooms

    • Dancers on the 2nd floor of Lumina ballroom. Strings of lights hanging from the ceiling, wooden dance floors, a large arched area holds the band and is decorated with potted palms. Men are in suits or sportscoats and women are in long dresses,...
    • Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection
    • Lumina 1

    • Lumina 1

    • Atlantic Ocean, Porches, beaches, Wrightsville Beach, Swimmers,

    • Ocean front view of Lumina Ballroom showing the additions of the pillars and veranda. People are congregating at the water's edge, on the veranda and under the building. Beach-goers have an array of outfits on, bathing suits, casual and Sunday...
    • Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection

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