On the north side of Wilmington, the World's Largest Living Christmas Tree, photographed in the snow.
For many years, Wilmington's community Christmas tree was erected at the entrance to City Hall on Third Street. In the fall of 1928, James E. L....
For many years, Wilmington's community Christmas tree was erected at the entrance to City Hall on Third Street. In the fall of 1928, James E. L. Wade (1889- 1980), a city commissioner, came up with the idea to have a living Christmas tree. A...
This divided back postcard, published around 1910, depicts the Dram Tree, which grew South of the city of Wilmington and served as a landmark for mariners entering Wilmington's harbor.
This b&w photograph, taken around 1935, captures the Dram Tree, which grew South of the city of Wilmington and served as a landmark for mariners entering Wilmington's harbor.
Ann Street, S. Fourth Street, S. Fifth Avenue, Tileston School, Schools
Children in costume in Tileston School yard on the Fourth Street side. One of the city's boundary oaks is at left. In 1740, the oak tree marked the south east boundary of the town of Wilmington. In the eighteenth and early part of the nineteenth...
Naval Stores, Rosin, Resin, Turpentine, Tar, Eagles Island
Since colonial times, naval stores were an important industry for not only southeastern North Carolina, but the nation as well. World commerce depended on ships with wooden hulls, tarred riggings and sails, making pitch, tar, turpentine and rosin...
Laborer's houses for lumber or naval stores industries.
Since colonial times, naval stores were an important industry for not only southeastern North Carolina, but the nation as well. World commerce depended on ships with wooden hulls, tarred...
Turpentine distillery at an unknown site.
Since colonial times, naval stores were an important industry for not only southeastern North Carolina, but the nation as well. World commerce depended on ships with wooden hulls, tarred riggings and...
Naval Stores, Pine Tree, Resin, Rosin, Turpentine, Tar
Workers hack a pine tree to tap for resin.
Since colonial times, naval stores were an important industry for not only southeastern North Carolina, but the nation as well. World commerce depended on ships with wooden hulls, tarred riggings and...
A banana tree surrounded by the Lucy B. Moore Florist greenhouses at Fifteenth and Market streets. Because of the local climate, these trees are rare in the Wilmington area.
A close-up of a gigantic bald cypress tree in the Black River in Pender County. These trees are part of a true ancient forest which date back 1500 years.