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Azalea Festival 1951, Wrightsville Beach
No full textBetty Loughlin and future husband Ernest Luther Sylivant, Jr. Azalea Festival Weekend 1951 at Wrightsville Beach, NC.
Betty Loughlin (1931- ) and her date Ernest Luther Sylivant, Jr. (1930-1978) drove to Wrightsville Beach from East Carolina University with Lavern Midgett. Betty and Ernest were married in 1953. Ernest worked for many years with Dupont in Kinston, NC
Emma Woodward MacMillan
No full textPhotograph of Emma Woodward MacMillan sitting in the Local History Room of the Wilmington Public Library on the day that she retired.
Emma Woodward MacMillan (1893-1975) is the daughter of William Joseph Woodward and was born in Wilmington, NC. She grew up in Wilmington and attended the Hemenway school through the 8th grade. Emma worked for the Wilmington Public Library, and in 1924 she was hired as Chief Librarian. Known as "Miss Emma," she remained in her position for 28 years. During her career, the library's collection was multiplied five times over and circulation significantly increased. Emma helped to start the bookmobile service and built the North Carolina Collection. She retired from the library in 1951. After retirement, Emma published a book titled, "Wilmington's Vanished Homes and Buildings," in 1966
Class of Nurses, James Walker Memorial Hospital School of Nursing
No full textClass of nurses from the James Walker Memorial Hospital School of Nursing, 1950-60(?
North Lumina Avenue, Wrightsville Beach, 1950s
No full textNorth Lumina Avenue, Wrightsville Beach, 1950
Dr. "Jake" Shuford, Surgical Resident at James Walker Memorial Hospital
No full textDr. William Ferrell Shuford, Jr. (1936-), son of William Ferrell, Sr. and Mae Reel Shuford, was born in New Bern, North Carolina, July 18th, 1936. He married Miss Rebecca Anne Johnson and attended UNC-Chapel Hill, (1957), where he also earned his M.D. (1961). He was in private practice (gastroenterology). He was Chairman of the Department of Medicine at New Hanover Memorial Hospital in 1975. He was also a church leader
Waterfront Scene of Cape Fear River
No full textThe bow of the presidential yacht "Sequoia" undergoing repairs at Broadfoot Iron Work
Dr. George Rosenburg, Resident Physician at James Walker Memorial Hospital, Early 1950's
No full textDr. George Rosenburg, Resident Physician at James Walker Memorial Hospital, early 1950'
Louis T. Moore and James Edward Lee Wade
No full textLouis T. Moore (on right) and J. E. L. Wade, possibly at the dedication of the memorial to the men from the city and county who fought in WWI and WWII at Greenfield Lake.
James E. L. Wade (1889-1980), consummate Wilmington politician and Louis Toomer Moore(1885-1961), tireless promoter of Wilmington and New Hanover County. J.E.L. "Hi Buddy" Wade served the city and state government for over 50 years.
Louis T. Moore was the Executive Secretary of the Chamber of Commerce from 1921 through 1941 and as such took over nine hundred photographs of New Hanover County and the vicinity. He also was the author of "Stories Old and New of the Cape Fear Region", a very popular local history book. It was due to Mr. Moore's efforts that over twenty North Carolina Historical Highway Markers were placed in our area. He was instrumental in leading the effort to deepen the Cape Fear Channel and improve the Port of Wilmington, a booster of the intra-coastal waterway system, and did much to preserve landmarks and historic sites in the area. At his death Mr. Moore was called the area's most outstanding historian. His family generously donated his photograph collection to the New Hanover County library after he died
Robert Chestnut and Edward Gibbs
No full textPost WWII African American flying school, Wilmington, Chestnut on left and Gibbs on right in picture. Edward Albertis Gibbs (1919-1969) was a civilian flight instructor in Tuskegee, Alabama during WWII. In 1947 he started the Atlantic School of Aviation at Blumenthal Field in Wilmington, North Carolina, teaching African Americans how to fly. He founded the Negro Airman International, Inc., in 1967 to address the problems of black pilots getting into the aviation industry , and to promote aviation in the black community. Robert Chestnut (1911-1985) ran an auto repair shop in Wilmington for many years. He came to the Atlantic School of Aviation to get his pilot's license in the late 1940s-early 50s. The Chestnut family was instrumental in helping establish Ocean City Beach, a resort area for blacks in Pender County on Topsail Island