Feast of Pirates, Parade, N. Third Street, City Hall, Thalian Hall
“Stamp Defiance, 1766" float in Feast of Pirates parade in front of a reviewing stand at City Hall in 1928.
Thirteen young Wilmington girls were waiting to ride the float, each representing an American Colony.
From left, Jack Neelon, Bob Neelon, and Fran Morey stand in the driveway with one of their "1st Response" rescue boats at Marine Vessel Research Group.
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...
Park Avenue, now known as Post Office Alley, was created when the US Post Office was built on the corner of Front and Chestnut streets. A popular park was adjacent. Three buildings that faced the passage still stand, including No. 3, which became...
cemeteries, tombstones, Miller Street, North 13th Street, wrought iron, interments, Physicians, children
Two gentlemen stand outside of the closed West gate to Oakdale Cemetery. A figure is seen on the path inside the cemetery. The name of the cemetery is inscribed in an arch over the gate along with a simple cross at the center. Oakdale was chartered...
ICW, North Carolina, Lifeguard stand, Early 20th century, Banks Channel
Photograph shows the sound side of Lumina at Wrightsville Beach with swimmers and sailboats in the Intracoastal Waterway. Harbor Island can be seen in the background.
A group of well-dressed ladies in long skirts and big decorative hats are sitting on bales of cotton that are loaded on a large cotton wagon. One lady sits upon 1 of the 2 mules hooked to the wagon. Three women stand by the back of the wagon. Two...
Another view of the Hanover Seaside Club (organized by German immigrants in 1898) at Carolina Beach. A couple of visitors stand on the 1st floor porch. In 1906 the club moved to Wrightsville Beach, N.C.
Pavilion, boardwalk and stand.
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...
Two men stand in a tobacco field.
One of the most important times for farmers in North Carolina was the annual tobacco harvest. Picking and curing the flue-cured tobacco involved all members of the farm family. After the leaves were stripped from...
Wrightsville Beach, Beaches, Life Guard, Oceanic, Hotels
First known as the Tarrymore Hotel, the building was opened in June 1905. The name was changed to the Oceanic Hotel around 1911/12. The landmark at Station One burned in the tragic fire of February 28, 1934, which destroyed every structure on the...
Children pose on beach with the boardwalk and a life guard stand in the background.
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...
The house was located on Dock Street behind the large Kidder House on the southeast corner of Third and Dock and was also owned by the Kidders. Louis T. and Florence Kidder Moore resided in the house from ca.1920 until 1926. The Moore's daughters,...