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Richard T. Burnett House
No full textMediterranean style house built for Richard Tate Burnett (1901-1992), assistant superintendent of Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey and owner of Burnett’s Service Stations; and wife, Virginia S. Perkins (1905-1979). From 1943 to 1961 owned by Herman D. Kalfan (1898-1984), born in Russia; and wife, Irene Kalfin (1905- ), native of Baltimore, MD. They were the proprietors of The Children’s Shop
Atlantic View Pier, Northern Extension, Wrightsville Beach, N.C.
No full textThis divided back postcard features a photograph capturing automobiles parked at the Atlantic View Pier at Wrightsville Beach
Carolina Beach - Snow's Cut
No full textCompleted in 1935 by the U.S. Corps of Engineers, the channel connected Myrtle Grove Sound with the Cape Fear River. Named for Major W. A. Snow, one of the engineers who worked on the project, the Cut is a section of the Intracoastal Waterway and in part followed the course of Telfair's Creek. In the distance is the steel drawbridge over the cut to Carolina Beach and Federal Point
Fort Fisher - ca. 1935.
No full textFort Fisher Mounds and Beach looking east. Gabriella deRosset Waddell is the older woman pictured here, with Archibald Henderson on the left.
A Confederate stronghold, Fort Fisher is located about twenty miles from Wilmington on the tip of the Federal Point peninsula. The fort protected the Port of Wilmington, which was the last port to be captured by Union forces during the Civil War. In January, 1865, it was the scene of the largest amphibious battle in U.S. history until the Normandy invasion during World War II. Named for Colonel Charles F. Fisher, who was killed in the first battle of Manassas, the fort contained mounds made of thick parapets of sand and massive timbers and was the work of Confederate General W. H. C. Whiting, who joined the U.S. Corps of Engineers after his graduation from West Point. On January 15, 1865, the fort fell to the mighty Federal armada which spelled doom for the Confederacy. Erosion of the famous fort has been an ongoing problem; all of the original mounds on the ocean side have been destroyed
Julia Hill & Opal Herring
No full textPhotograph of Julia Hill and Opal Herring, May Day ceremony at Pembroke Jones Park.
Miss Julia Hill (1878-1949) was the principal of Isaac Bear Memorial School, and Opal Herring (1922-2011), 7th grader, was Queen of the May in 1935. Miss Hill was a teacher for many years in the New Hanover County school system. She is buried in Oakdale Cemetery. Isaac Bear Memorial school was located on the south side of Market Street in the 1200 block. It closed in 1942 when students were sent to the new Chestnut Street school. It was later home to Wilmington College, which became the University of North Carolina Wilmington. The main building was torn down, but the gymnasium is still standing as part of New Hanover High School
Tide Water Power Company Employees
No full textTide Water Power Company Mechanics and Linemen in Wilmington, NC, standing in front of a trolley.
The Tide Water Power Company, now part of Progress Energy, has been around as a company since at least the 1890s under one name or another. It provided much of Wilmington's power as well as ran the street cars
W-34 Kitty Cottage, Wrightsville Beach, N.C.
No full textThis divided back linen post card features an illustration which depicts the Kitty Cottage at Wrightsville Beac
Snow's Cut - Intracoastal Waterway - 1935.
No full textThe photo was taken from the middle of the Cut in a boat shortly after its opening.
Completed in 1935 by the U.S. Corps of Engineers, the channel connected Myrtle Grove Sound with the Cape Fear River. Named for Major W. A. Snow, one of the engineers who worked on the project, the Cut is a section of the Intracoastal Waterway and in part followed the course of Telfair's Creek. In the distance is the steel drawbridge over the cut to Carolina Beach and Federal Point
Snow's Cut - Intracoastal Waterway.
No full textThe Cut links Myrtle Grove Sound with the Cape Fear River and was completed in 1935.
Completed in 1935 by the U.S. Corps of Engineers, the channel connected Myrtle Grove Sound with the Cape Fear River. Named for Major W. A. Snow, one of the engineers who worked on the project, the Cut is a section of the Intracoastal Waterway and in part followed the course of Telfair's Creek. In the distance is the steel drawbridge over the cut to Carolina Beach and Federal Point