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Helen Johnson Carter
No full textHelen Johnson Carter Johnson in front of White Lake, NC.
Helen Johnson (1916-2004) was born in Nash County, NC and raised in Bladen County, NC. She married Daniel Carter, who died in the 1950s, and then Harvie Johnson, becoming Helen Johnson Carter Johnson. She is buried in Cypress Creek Baptist Church Cemetery. She is the mother of Elaine Brown
Wrightsville Beach.
No full textContestants in a bathing beauty contest pose on the beach. Note the beach fashions of the early 1930s
King Building
No full textCommercial building constructed for Frank Rhodes King (1877-1930), secretary-treasurer of Roger Moore & Sons Company, dealers in building supplies; and wife, Pauline Cleapor (1887-1990), native of Charleston, SC. The family rented it to various businesses including Harold Wells & Son, Insurance (1940-1970). The building remained in the King family until 1998. Various law firms occupied it from 1972 to 2016
Lumina Pavilion, Wrightsville Beach, N.C.
No full textThis divided back linen postcard features beachgoers sun bathing and surf bathing at Lumina Pavilion at Wrightsville Beach
Dr. Nick Polites, Surgical Resident, James Walker Memorial Hospital, Late 1930's
No full textDr. Nick Polites, Surgical Resident, James Walker Memorial Hospital, late 1930'
Parade Day in Wilmington
No full textA group of children standed and seated in the bed of a truck, possibly for a parad
Houses along a fresh water lake at Carolina Beach
No full textA view of houses in the distance across a fresh water lake at Carolina Beach
Oceanic Hotel
No full textThe Oceanic Hotel at Wrightsville Beach, N.C. was formerly the Tarrymore Hotel. When it was sold and renamed the Oceanic, the existing building was enlarged, and a four-story tower was added. It was one of the social centers of the beach. The large hotel was destroyed in a fire on Feburary 28, 1934