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Greetings from Newell's Shopping Center, Wrightsville Beach, N.C.
No full textThis postcard features a photograph which captures two children playing in the surf at Wrightsville Beach
Another Demolition View of Atlantic Coast Line Office Building
No full textDemolition of Atlantic Coast Line Railroad office buildin
Hugh Morton and Family
No full textHugh Morton and family in their 1964 Christmas card in front of the USS North Carolina. From left to right: Hugh Jr. (1949-1996), Jimmy (1951- ), Catherine (1958- ), Judy (1946- ), Julia (1926- ) and Hugh Morton (1921-2006).
Hugh MacRae Morton (1921-2006) was born in Wilmington, NC. He was well known as an environmentalist, developer, promoter, photographer, and a booster for the state of North Carolina and the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill. He entered the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill in 1940, but left school in 1942 to fight in World War II. In 1942, he joined the Signal Corps of the U.S. Army as a photographer and was sent to the Pacific Theater. After he returned to the United States, Morton married Julia Taylor in 1945, and they had four children. He then went to work at the UNC Chapel Hill as a sports photographer, where he would continue to take photographs for the next 50 years.
Morton owned and developed Grandfather Mountain, was the first president of the Azalea Festival, chairman of the original USS North Carolina Battleship Commission, and president of the North Carolina Press Photographers Association. Morton authored two books of his photography, "Hugh Morton's North Carolina" and "Hugh Morton: North Carolina Photographer.
Demolition of Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Office Building
No full textDemolition, ACL Office Building, Front and Red Cross St., 196
Blockade Runner Beach Resort
No full textOriginally called The Blockade Runner Motor Hotel, the 120-room building was constructed for Lawrence Lewis, Jr. (1918-1995), native of Wilmington, resort developer, founder of Flagler College and preservationist. Named for the blockade-running business that made Wilmington famous during the Civil War, the hotel has been enlarged several times. It was purchased in 1971 by Four Seasons Management, Inc. led by Dr. Joseph Baggett (1916-2005), native of Fayetteville, NC. The hotel management continues with his heir
Demolition of Atlantic Coast Line Office Building
No full textView of demolition of Atlantic Coast Line Building, 196
Edna Nealey Allen and son Leo Allen, Jr.
No full textEdna and her son Leo, Jr. standing in front of the family home. The house is still standing on Lewis Street in Tabor City, NC.
Edna Nealey Allen (1914-1985) was born in Wilmington, NC. She and her husband raised four boys and two girls.
Leo Allen Jr. (1938- ) was born in Coumbus County, NC. He registered for Selective Service in Whiteville, and was drafted. He was an Army Ranger, training draftees and participating in the Bay of Pigs Invasion of Cuba
Ocean Terrace Hotel
No full textThis divided back postcard features a photograph which captures the Ocean Terrace Hotel overlooking Wrightsville Beach
Small Mounds at Fort Fisher
No full textPhotograph of land defense gun placement and mound or traverse, 32 feet high, 196
William Dallas Herring
No full text( William) Dallas Herring was born in Rose Hill, North Carolina in 1916. He lived his entire life in the house in which he was born, which became the Duplin County Historical Foundation Library. He became the youngest mayor in the nation when he was elected mayor of Rose Hill in 1939, at the age of 23. He served as mayor until 1951, after which he joined the Duplin County Board of Education and was elected Chairman. He worked at expanding educational opportunities for all North Carolinians, and to raise teaching standards at all levels. In 1955 he was appointed to the State Board of Education, where he served for over twenty years as the chairman of the board. He led campaigns to start the North Carolina Curriculum Study , and to establish both the community college system and public kindergartens.Dr. Herring was a scholar who devoted his home to the preservation of historical and cultural resources of Duplin County and the surrounding area. Dr. Herring received the North Caroliniana Society Award for a lifetime of service to his fellow North Carolinians