Wilmington, New Hanover County, businesses, Edward Bishop Dudley, Anti-bellum, ships, Cape Fear River
Shows partial views of side and rear of the brick wall around the Dudley Mansion and the Worth Naval Stores at the foot of Nun St. (Chandler's Wharf). Freight Railroad entrance, Gate (Dummy Line) at rear of wall.
Wrightsville Beach, New Hanover County, North Carolina, hotels, lobbies, Civil war, war ships, Atlanitc Ocean, Banks Channel, furniture
Shows the lobby of the Blockade Runner Hotel. There is a simple map carved out of wood attached to one wall. It shows the coastline, islands and rivers of the Cape Fear Region. A Confederate blockade runner ship, seagulls and 2 Confederate flags...
A workman from the Luther T. Rogers Co. chips away at the back wall of the Bailey Theatre on Front Street in downtown, Wilmington, N.C. Other workmen remove the roof providing an open air view.
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.
North Carolina, farms, fruit, African Americans, workers, laborers, Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
In an old barn-like area, children at the Gale Harrison farm in Ivanhoe, Sampson County, wait in line to weigh the berries they have picked. Pickers are paid by the weight. One adult male seems to be helping. Cases of sodas, and empty wooden...
Queen Anne style house built for Preston L. Cumming, Sr. (1843-1914), saw and planing mill owner; and wife, Virginia Wall Lilly (1848-1892). In 1903, acquired by daughter, Rosa Lilly Cumming (1873-1946), wife of Walker Taylor (1865-1937); moved one...
Cape Fear River, Waterfront, Turpentine, Water Street, Boats, Nun Street
This undivided back postcard depicts the waterfront at the foot of Nun Street. The wall to the left surrounds the river facing yard of the James Sprunt residence.
Walker family, Architects, Builders, Philanthropists, University of North Carolina at Wilmington, portraiture
This portrait of James Walker can be found hanging on a wall at UNC-Wilmington. James Walker, (1826-1901) was born in Scotland and came to the U.S. (New York), with his brother at the age of 12. He started out as a stone mason, then later moved to...
Walker family, Architects, builders, philanthropists, University of North Carolina at Wilmington, portraits
Portrait of James Walker now hanging on wall at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington. James Walker, (1826-1901) was born in Scotland and came to the U.S. (New York), with his brother, at the age of 12. He started out as a stone mason,...
Wilmington Fire Department, Firefighters, S. Fourth Street, Dock Street
Firemen who collected 500 toys for needy children at Christmas, pose at the base of the fire tower at South Fourth and Dock streets. The Donald MacRae House is behind the wall at left.
Market Street, Fourth Street, Fifth Street, Taylor
John Allen Taylor (1798-1873) was a businessman, who operated the ferry across the Cape Fear River, owned a steamer called the Calhoun, and had extensive railroad interests. In ca. 1847, he constructed the house at 409-411 Market Street, which is...
At center is the red brick, four-story Y.M.C.A. Building, which was constructed in 1912-1913. This was the second home of the organization, which previously had occupied a structure on the northwest corner of North Front and Grace streets. The new...
Edward Kidder (1805-1885) was born in Massachusetts and came to Wilmington ca. 1826. He became a prosperous lumber merchant and later owned the Clarendon Water Works. He married Ann Potter (1811-1872) of Connecticut and in the early 1840s, they...