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Summer Tutoring Program
No full textChildren participating in a summer tutorial program sponsored by St. Luke's A.M.E. Zion Church in 1970.
St. Luke's A.M.E. Zion Church was started in 1865 as the first African Methodist Episcopal church in Wilmington, NC. Originally called Christian Chapel, the name was changed to St Luke's in 1878. Wilmington-born Chicago Opera star Caterina Jarboro performed benefit concerts for the church at Thalian Hall in the early 1930s. The church was very involved in the civil rights movement in Wilmington in the 1960s
Bradley Creek "66" Marina/ Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina
No full textThis divided back postcard features a photograph capturing Bradley Creek near Wrightsville Beach
Waterway Motor Lodge
No full textThis divided back postcard features a photograph which captures Waterway Motor Lodge near Wrightsville Beach
Lola James with her father, Thomas Lee Green
No full textLola James and her father at a Alpha Kappa Alpha Debutante Ball.
Lola Belinda James, nee Sampson, was born in 1952 in Wilmington, NC. Alpha Kappa Alpha is the oldest Greek letter organization established by African American college educated women. There is a chapter at the University of North Carolina Wilmington
Aerial View of Cape Fear Memorial Bridge
No full textAerial view of Cape Fear Memorial Bridge shortly after it was buil
Louis, James, and Henry Whitted
No full textPhotograph of Louis, James, and Henry Whitted taken after a service at St. James A.M.E. Church in Castle Hayne, NC, March 1968.
All three Whitted brothers were born in the Wilmington, NC area and attended local public schools. Louis Whitted was a minister in various churches in the Cape Fear region. Henry Whitted worked as a delivery man in Wilmington before moving to Philadelphia, PA. James Whitted was a member of the Board of Trustees at both Community Hospital and New Hanover Hospital
Wrightsville Beach, N.C.
No full textThis divided back postcard features a photograph capturing Newell's Shopping Center at Wrightsville Beach
Wrightsville Beach, N.C.
No full textThis divided back postcard features a photograph by C. H. Ruth capturing people playing in the ocean at Wrightsville Beach
R & H Motor Court and Apartments
No full textThis divided back postcard features a photograph taken by John Kelly which captures the R. & H. Motor Court and Apartments, located at Wrightsville Beach