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    • Working on the Railroad

    • Working on the Railroad

    • State Port off Burnett Blvd.

    • Lewis Davis and William Simms beat out a rhythmic sound as they drive spikes into a new section of track at the state port. Watching is supervisor Guy Williams. The workers were setting the "frog," a 4000 lbs piece of the switching mechanism that...
    • Star-News Image Archive
    • Auditorium, the Hammocks (Harbor Island)

    • Auditorium, the Hammocks (Harbor Island)

    • Wrightville Beach, N.C., Tide Water Power Company, Tide Water

    • Tide Water Power and Light Company built this large red-shingled auditorium in 1916. Since Baptists throughout the state used it for their programs, it was also known as the Baptist Seaside Assembly Building. During World War I, it was used by...
    • Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection
    • NCRPC0829

    • NCRPC0829

    • North Carolina Shipbuilding Company

    • The S.S. Northern Light was launched Nov. 9, 1943, as the 99th ship built by the NC Shipbuilding Company. Mrs. J.E. Stewart of the Forest Hills area in Wilmington, was the sponsor. The message featured on the starboard side of the vessel was...
    • North Carolina Shipbuilding Company, 1941-1946
    • Belville, NC (2)

    • Belville, NC (2)

    • Brunswick County, North Carolina, stores, trailers, billboards, advertisements, Cape Fear River

    • Taken looking towards downtown Wilmington you see Belville businesses which include Crisp Sales (new & used mobile homes), Tire City, Petal Pushers, a truck stop and a restaurant.
    • Star-News Image Archive
    • Boys Club Reunion

    • Boys Club Reunion

    • Clubs, Wilmington, NC

    • Men who used to be "boys" of the Boys Club on Vance St. from the years 1921-1923 in a group shot remembering their past at the club. This was at their monthly meeting, Monday, June 3 at 6 pm.
    • Star-News Image Archive
    • Carolina Beach Boardwalk (1)

    • Carolina Beach Boardwalk (1)

    • utility poles, boardwalks, beaches, Carolina Beach

    • Bob Lambertz, left, and Robert Fox pull on a line as Harold Hilton operates a tractor to pull up an old utility pole at the Carolina Beach Boardwalk at Harper Ave. The men work for the town of Carolina Beach and were removing the pole because it is...
    • Star-News Image Archive
    • Student Studies Commercial Fishing

    • Student Studies Commercial Fishing

    • CFCC, CFTI, Wilmington, NC

    • Cape Fear Tech Commercial Fishing student Monty Rish, and lead instructor Milton Gillette mend a lightweight type otter trawl in a parking lot off Front Street Wednesday morning. The net is used aboard the R/V Dan Moore by the school's commercial...
    • Star-News Image Archive
    • Workers Clean up DMT Spill

    • Workers Clean up DMT Spill

    • chemical spills, wilmington, nc

    • Cape Industries employees clean up a load of Dimethyl Terephthalate which was spilled in an accident on 421 N Friday morning around 8 a.m. DMT is a material used to make polyester fiber and was taken from Cape Industries to the State Ports. The...
    • Star-News Image Archive
    • Azalea Festival and Queens\03085

    • Azalea Festival and Queens\03085

    • Azalea Festival

    • A Chrystler automobile pulls one of the floats along North 3rd Street during the Azalea Festival Parade circa 1960. A large crowd gathers in front of several businesses including Pickards Sporting Goods, Jewell-Strickland Auto Parts Co., a used...
    • Azalea Festival Collection
    • Giblem Lodge

    • Giblem Lodge
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    • Wilmingtons first black Masonic lodge, founded in 1866. Built in late Greek Revival style by members of Giblem Lodge No. 2, Free and Accepted Prince Hall Masons. Served black community as cultural center, city market, and library. In 1875, site...
    • Port City Architecture
    • William Hooper School

    • William Hooper School
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    • Classical Revival style elementary school constructed to educate the children of Southside Wilmington. Eliza Meares (1864-1926), served as the first principal from 1914 to 1925. Used as a school until 1984. Converted to apartments for the...
    • Port City Architecture
    • Masonic Hall

    • Masonic Hall
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    • Third building constructed to house St.. Johns Lodge No. 1, A.F. & A.M. Until 1899 third floor used by several masonic lodges. Receptions held here for Henry Clay (1844), Daniel Webster (1847), and President James K. Polk (1849). Public Hall on...
    • Port City Architecture
    • John D. Bellamy Building

    • John D. Bellamy Building
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    • Commercial building constructed as rental property for John D. Bellamy, Jr. (1854-1942), attorney and U.S. congressman; and wife, Emma May Hargrove (1857-1944), native of Hibernia Plantation, Granville County, NC. Remained in family for forty-five...
    • Port City Architecture
    • McClellan Livery Building

    • McClellan Livery Building
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    • Commercial building constructed as rental property for the Hanover Trust Company. First used as stables by W.B. McClellan & Son. Other tenants included a variety of automobile dealerships, repair and upholstery; wholesale feeds and groceries; and...
    • Port City Architecture
    • Yarborough House

    • Yarborough House
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    • Queen Anne style cottage built for Ann E. Harriss Yarborough (1864-1913); wife of John Wesley Yarborough (1850-1924), barber. They were the parents of Americas first internationally acclaimed black opera singer, Catherine Yarborough (1898-1986),...
    • Port City Architecture
    • McCabe-Lancaster House

    • McCabe-Lancaster House
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    • Beach house built for Harry Lee McCabe (1895-1962), grocer; and wife, Vista Mae Taylor (1902-1982). Until Hurricane Hazel (1954), used variously as summer residence, rental property and apartments. Purchased in 1955by Luke Wilson Lancaster...
    • Port City Architecture

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