This divided back postcard features a photograph taken by Hugh Morton which captures the sunfish sailboats racing in front of the Blockade Runner Motor Hotel at Wrightsville Beach.
This divided back postcard features a photograph taken by Hugh Morton which captures sailboats racing in front of the Blockade Runner Motor Hotel at Wrightsville Beach.
Cape Fear River, Waterfront, Champion Compress, Sprunt, Cotton, Shipping, Boats
This b&w image features two photographs of ships anchored in front of the Champion Cotton Compress in 1875 and 1912 taken from The City of Wilmington, The Metropolis and Port of North Carolina, Its Advantages and Interests.
Cape Fear River, Waterfront, Navassa Factory, Fertilizer, Boats
This b&w image, taken from Wilmington: The Metropolis and Port of North Carolina, captures vessels unloading fertilizer at the Navassa Factory on the north side of Wilmington.
This b&w panoramic photograph of the Cape Fear River was taken from the top of the Murchison Building. It shows the southern half of the waterfron in 1914.
Cape Fear River, Waterfront, Custom House, Steamer Wilmington, Masonic Temple, Post Office
This b&w image captures the Wilmington waterfront from the west side of the Cape Fear River--showing the old Custom House, Steamer Wilmington, Masonic Building and old tower of brownstone Post Office. The photograph was taken about 1910.
Cape Fear River, Waterfront, Point Peter, Champion Compress
View from Point Peter looking southeast, between Campbell and Dock streets. The Champion Compress (Cotton) wharves are at left in this image taken about 1935.