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No full textThis divided back postcard features a photograph by W. Kendall Dorsey which captures Capt. Eddy Haneman deep sea fishing in the boat ""Martha Ellen,"" off Wrightsville Beach
Proposal to NHC Medical Society
No full textHandwritten proposal by Dr. Robert M. Fales at 2:00 a.m., March 1956 and presented the next day to the County Medical Society
Wilmington College Golf Team
No full textThe Wilmington College (now UNC Wilmington) golf team in 1955.
From left to right: Roy L. Godbold, Ken Davis (1936- ), Billy Orr (1933- ), Sam Hinson. This was possibly the first year Wilmington College fielded a golf team. J. Kenneth Davis Jr. is a Wilmington native, as well as a prolific compiler and genalogical researcher whose works are invaluable resources at the local history room
Fireball Sailboat Regatta
No full textThis divided back postcard features a photograph taken by Hugh Morton which captures the Fireball Sailboat Regatta at Wrightsville Beach
Surf Casting
No full textThis divided back postcard features a photograph which captures a fisher surf casting at Wrightsville Beach
Susan Taylor Block as a child
No full textSusan Taylor sitting on a bench by Greenfield Lake.
Susan Taylor Block (1951- )is a Wilmington, NC native whose family has been in the Cape Fear area for generations. She is a well-known writer of verse, books, and photographic histories on the Lower Cape Fear region
A Bird's Eye View of ACL Railroad Terminal and Concourse
No full textAtlantic Coast Line Railroad terminal and concours
The Chandler--Mrs. R. C. Muse, Owner & Manager
No full textThis divided back postcard features a black and white photograph which captures the Chandler bed and breakfast cottage, located at Wrightsville Beach
Louise Williams Love
No full textPhotograph of Henry Rehder, Louise Love, and Everett Hudggins at the Wilmington Retail Merchants Association Meeting.
Louise Williams Love (1909-1994) was born in Wilmington, NC. She is the daughter of James Sprunt and Mary Louise McGirt Williams. Louise attended New Hanover High School and went to both Greensboro and Salem Colleges. She married Thaddeus D. "Pigeon" Love, New Hanover County Auditor. Louise worked as the Executive Secretary for the Wilmington Merchants Association and was awarded the prestigious "Bell Cup" for outstanding achievement. She was a civic leader in the community, serving as President of the Junior League, member of the D.A.R., and as the first Director of the Service for the Aging. She was also an active member of the First Presbyterian Church. Louise is buried in Oakdale Cemetery