A large crowd watches a bathing beauty contest at Wrightsville Beach.
Wrightsville Beach was named for Joshua Grainger Wright (1758-1811) who owned a vast amount of acreage along the sounds and the coast. The beach is a part of the North Carolina...
Wrightsville Beach, Beaches, Lumina, Lumina Pavilion, Race
A crowd watches a foot race on the beach in front of Lumina.
In 1901, the beach car line from Wilmington to Wrightsville Beach was sold by the Wilmington and Seacoast Railroad to the Consolidated Railways, Light and Power Company (later the...
By immersion in the lake, a minister baptizes a young person while a large crowd watches from the shore. Baptisms in creeks, lakes, etc. were common occurrences before churches constructed their own pools in their sanctuaries.
Waterfront, Cape Fear River, Destroyer, Blue, JoWaHa
The Destroyer, Blue, arrives in the port of Wilmington as a crowd watches at the foot of Market Street. The building on the river is known by the unusual name of the JoWaHa Building, built in 1904, and named for the owner, John W. Harper...
A view of the visitors and buildings of Carolina Beach. A crowd watches near the front center of the photo as two women appear to be joking around with each other.