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    • Nineteenth Century Cistern Found at Third and Chestnut Streets

    • Nineteenth Century Cistern Found at Third and Chestnut Streets

    • Wilmington, New Hanover county, North Carolina, downtown, historical finds, archaeologists, 19th century, 1800's, rain water, containers,

    • Rita Elliott, sitting on upturned bucket at right, takes down information from Ed Glazier, center, who is inside a 19th century cistern while an unidentified worker at top of photo digs outside the cistern. It was found under the parking area at...
    • Star-News Image Archive
    • Shrimp Boats on Calabash Waterfront

    • Shrimp Boats on Calabash Waterfront

    • Shrimping, Calabash, NC

    • The Calabash waterfront where a dozen shrimp boats dock after dragging the strand. The shrimpers travel down the Calabash river, emerging into the ocean in South Carolina waters. The shrimp are sold to tourists who walk up to the docks.
    • Star-News Image Archive
    • Wilmington Bomb Disposal Squad

    • Wilmington Bomb Disposal Squad

    • New Hanover County, North Carolina, suscipious

    • Wilmington Police officers Ed Gibson (left) and T.D. Eason (right) hand the heavy lid of the bomb disposal truck to explosives expert Steve Bennett after an unusual package was found at 4104 Park Avenue. The bomb unit watched the package for...
    • Star-News Image Archive
    • Yopp House

    • Yopp House
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    • Colonial Revival style house built for Walter E. Yopp (1860-1933), funeral director; and wife, Emma H. Donnelly (1872-1955). He was a Wilmington city alderman for fifteen years, a New Hanover County commissioner for twenty years and a trustee of...
    • Port City Architecture
    • John Bright Hill House

    • John Bright Hill House
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    • Tudor style house built for Col. Walker Taylor as wedding present for his daughter, Katherine Grandison Taylor (1901-1991); and finance, Col. John Bright Hill (1897-1984). A native of Warsaw, Duplin County, he was an attorney and veteran of World...
    • Port City Architecture
    • Toomer's Alley

    • Toomer's Alley
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    • Named for Henry Toomer (1738-1799), native of South Carolina, early owner of property on the north side of the alley, including Dorsey's Tavern where George Washington dined in 1791 on his Southern Tour. Toomer was a member of the Wilmington...
    • Port City Architecture
    • Dr. Bob Williams

    • Dr. Bob Williams

    • Williams family, Martin family, physicians, emergency rooms, hospitals, medicine

    • Dr. Robert Wefer Williams (1921), son of Robert J. and Elsie Wefer Williams, was born January 27th, 1921, in New York, N.Y. He married Miss Isabel Martin and attended Harvard (1942) and Cornell Medical College, where he received his M.D. (1945). He...
    • Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection
    • Dr. George W. Johnson (1897-1966)

    • Dr. George W. Johnson (1897-1966)

    • physicians, Johnson family, Surgeons

    • Dr. George W. Johnson (1897-1966), son of Charles A. and Ida Pure Johnson, was born April 18th, 1897 in Wallace, North Carolina. He married Miss Evelyn Hill and they had a son, George Johnson Jr., who was the Professor & Chief, Division of General...
    • Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection
    • National Cemetery Wilmington N.C.

    • National Cemetery Wilmington N.C.

    • cemeteries, Confederacy, deaths, wars, graveyards, tombstones, Market St., burials, military, funerals

    • Tree- lined Street in the cemetery showing the gazebo, which has a pointed roof and wrough-iron decorative work on it and white stone grave markers. The Street is unpaved. First internments were in April and May 1867. Where approximately...
    • Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection
    • Dr. Ed Wells

    • Dr. Ed Wells

    • Wells family, physicians, Plastic Surgeons

    • Dr. Edwin Julius Wells, Jr. (1923-), son of Edwin Julius, Sr. and Mamie Highsmith Wells, was born in Fayetteville, North Carolina, September 1st, 1923. He married Miss Louise Warner and attended UNC-Chapel Hill (1944) and The University of...
    • Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection
    • First Church of Christ Scientist

    • First Church of Christ Scientist

    • churches, Christ Scientist, 17th Street, Market Street, Temple Baptist Church, Baptist churches

    • The First Church of Christ Scientist, located on the Southeast corner of 17th and Market Streets, was constructed in 1907. The first congregation was organized by Mary Bridgers (1866-1910), a devout founding member who purchased 32 acres of land on...
    • Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection
    • Boating at Greenfield Lake

    • Boating at Greenfield Lake

    • Recreational activities, boating, WPA projects, Azaleas, parks, 3rd Street, spillways, Dr. Samuel Green

    • Canoes and rowboats being paddled between the cypress trees on Greenfield Lak where men are shown dressed in dark pants, white shirts, ties and hats. The lake was named for Dr. Samuel Green who owned a rice plantation on the site. The land was...
    • Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection
    • Home of Dr. Robert M. Fales

    • Home of Dr. Robert M. Fales

    • Fales family, residences, physicians, Azalea Festival, Renovah Circle

    • Front view of the home of Dr. Robert M. Fales, located at 407 Renovah Circle in Wilmington, taken during the Azalea Festival. Dr. Fales, son of James Benjamin Franklin and Maggie Delena Hewlett Fales, was born February 25th, 1907, in Wilmington,...
    • Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection
    • Home of Dr. Robert M. Fales II

    • Home of Dr. Robert M. Fales II

    • Fales family, Renovah Circle, Azalea Festival, physicians, residences

    • Front view of the home of Dr. Robert M. Fales, located at 407 Renovah Circle in Wilmington, taken during the Azalea Festival. Dr. Fales, son of James Benjamin Franklin and Maggie Delena Hewlett Fales, was born February 25th, 1907, in Wilmington,...
    • Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection
    • Home of Dr. Robert M. Fales III

    • Home of Dr. Robert M. Fales III

    • Fales family, physicians, residences, Azalea Festival, Renovah Circle

    • Front view of the home of Dr. Robert M. Fales, located at 407 Renovah Circle in Wilmington, taken during the Azalea Festival. Dr. Fales, son of James Benjamin Franklin and Maggie Delena Hewlett Fales, was born February 25th, 1907, in Wilmington,...
    • Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection
    • Dr. Hare With Two Student Nurses

    • Dr. Hare With Two Student Nurses

    • Hare family, Stewart family, nursing students, hospitals, James Walker Memorial Hospital

    • Dr. Ransom Bryant Hare, Jr., (1903-) was born in Florence, S.C., October 12th, 1903. He was the son of Ransom Bryant and Lillian Baker Hare. He married Miss Mary Stewart. He was educated at the University of North Carolina, (1924) and The...
    • Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection
    • Dr. David Thomas

    • Dr. David Thomas

    • Pryse family, physicians, Thomas family, Sheaffer family

    • Dr. David Pryse Thomas (1907-), son of Pyrse and Sarah Jeanette Elias Thomas, was born July 16, 1907 in Scranton, Pennsylvania. He attended Lehigh University (1934) and the University of Pennsylvania, where he earned his M.D. (1938). He married...
    • Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection
    • Dr. Robert M. Fales

    • Dr. Robert M. Fales

    • Fales family, Taylor family, physicians, medicine, Wilmington, New Hanover Memorial Hospital

    • Dr. Robert Martin Fales, son of James Benjamin Franklin and Maggie Delena Hewlett Fales, was born February 25th, 1907, in Wilmington, N.C. He married Miss Sarah Taylor, and attended Wake Forest and Jefferson Medical College, where he earned his...
    • Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection
    • Dr. Walter Crouch

    • Dr. Walter Crouch

    • Crouch family, physicians, medicine

    • Dr. Walter Lee Crouch (1924-), son of Auley McRae and Muriel Lee McFales Crouch, was born March 26th, 1924 in Wilmington, North Carolina. Both his father, Auley McRae Crouch, Sr. and his brother, Auley McRae Crouch, Jr., were pediatricians. He...
    • Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection

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