1941-1950
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Bald Head Island - aerial of two lighthouses by Art Newton C. 1950s VIEW
Bald Head Island - Coast Guard Station C. 1943 VIEW
Bald Head Island - horse back riding C. 1942 VIEW
Bald Head Island - late fall fishing Bill Keziah C. 1940s VIEW
Baptist youth and Reverend Herbert Baker collect scrap to raise money C. 1947 VIEW
Bill Keziah C. 1940's VIEW
Bird watching on Battery Island - Goley Stanley and Waters Thompson C. 1957 VIEW
Boat works - Lewis Hardee, Owner and Robert Spaulding, Builder C. 1942 VIEW
Brunswick Inn C. 1941 VIEW
Brunswick River ship layup basin C. 1947 VIEW
Brunswick Street - view to the Yacht Basin C. 1940s VIEW
Brunswick Town - St. Philips Church ruins C. 1948 VIEW
Brunswick Town - St. Philips Church ruins C. 1940s VIEW
Cane pole fishermen C. 1930s VIEW
Cape Fear Coast Guard Station C. Late 1940's VIEW
Championship Basketball Team w/Skippy Stiller and others (1947) VIEW
Coast Guard Cutter and hopper dredge HYDE at the Government Dock c. 1948 VIEW
Coast Guard vessel at Government Dock (1950) VIEW
Entertainers - James Ford, Pat Pittenger, Paul Pittenger, Art Newton C. 1940s VIEW
Estonian refugee boat C. 1948 VIEW
Fourth of July Festival Queen Contestants - Latitia Hickman, Janice Trunnell, Libby Caster, Stuart Arrington, Jackie Larsen, Gloria Hewett photo by Art Newton (1950) VIEW
Fort Caswell - Marion Frink, Wila Barrnet, Doris Corlette, Leila Hubbard, and Lois Jane Bussells VIEW
Fort Johnston - Garrison and USO view from Moore Street c. 1943 VIEW
Fort Johnston - Garrison C, 1941 VIEW
Fort Johnston Renovations C. late 1950s VIEW
Frying Pan Lightship on station at the tip of Frying Pan Shoals c. 1941 VIEW
Grocery stores on the waterfront C. 1954 VIEW
Gause and Sutton Groceries and Hardware c. 1940s VIEW
Hardee, Lewis J. Sr. at the Whittlers Bench (1948) VIEW
Hardee shrimp boats C. 1949 VIEW
Hardee Shrimp Dock C. 1944 VIEW
Harrelson store (Illustration) C. 1945 View
Howe Street at Moore Street - service station where Bull Frog Corner now stands C. 1944 VIEW
Howe Street opposite the Amuzu Arthur's store, Willie Fullwood Grocery, and Harry Robinson's Store c. 1940s VIEW
Hurricane - aftermath of 1944 hurricane #1 VIEW
Hurricane - aftermath of 1944 hurricane #2 VIEW
IDLE ON (original) Capt, Hulan Watts C. 1945 VIEW
Intersection of Howe and Moore Street looking east c. 1950 VIEW
Henry Mitchell - Brunswick county Courthouse C. 1942 VIEW
KAIBIB - Captain James Arnold's C. 1948 VIEW
Bill Keziah at the typewriter C. 1940s VIEW
Bill Keziah showing off his catch C. 1940s VIEW
LITTLE GINNIE - derelic vessel at foot of Lord St. C. 1950 VIEW
Lord and West Streets after snow storm C. 1944 VIEW
Mack's Cafe at the foot of Howe Street C. 1940s #1 VIEW
Magnolia Dairy Farm - Fred Stevens and grandson VIEW
Menhaden catch C. 1940s VIEW
Menhaden (pogie) boats docked foot of Kingsley Street C. early 1940s VIEW
Menhaden (pogie) fishing boats docked C. early 1950s #1 VIEW
menhaden (pogie) fishing boats docked C. early 1950s #2 VIEW
Menhaden purse boat C. 1940s VIEW
Moore and Howe Streets intersection C. 1950 VIEW
Moore Street buildings C. 1943 VIEW
Billy Dew Newton harborwatcher C. 1950 VIEW
Oak Island - Bales of hay on Davis Creek for beach patrol horses C. 1942 VIEW
Oak Island - Coast Guard horse patrol C. 1942 VIEW
Oak Island - Ira Evans early resident VIEW
Oak Island - Mack's Pavilion advertisement (1945) VIEW
Oak Island - Pond near west end of Yaupon Beach C. 1942 VIEW
Oak Island Range Light c. early 1940s VIEW
Old Pilot Tower #1 C. 1940s VIEW
Old Pilot Tower #2 C. 1940s VIEW
John Plaxco on pony in front of Camellia Inn C. 1940s VIEW
Pigott Shrimp dock C. 1950s VIEW
Presbyterian Church on Caswell Street C. 1940s VIEW
Glennie Price standing on bridge connecting the Garrison with Bay Street near Grimes House (1941) VIEW
Presentation to Boy Scouts (1950) VIEW
Harry Robinson store C. 1940s VIEW
Riegel Paper Co. cows clearing underbrush C. 1950's VIEW
Harry Robinson store C. 1940s VIEW
Sacred Heart Catholic Church - Caswell Ave, dedication (May, 1941) VIEW
SEA BELLE trawler ready to launch C. late 1940s VIEW
Shrimp boats named for Leila Pigott and Dorothy Hardee c.1950s VIEW
Shrimper Stanley O'Neal mending nets C. 1948 VIEW
Smokey - Bill Keziah's pride and joy C. 1940s VIEW
Southport - aerial east from pilot tower - Dan Harrelson store and Army Navy Surplus C. 1950 VIEW
Aerial looking west from Pilot Tower c. late 1940s VIEW
Southport - aerial view C. 1944 VIEW
Southport - aerial view C. 1946 VIEW
Southport Business & Professional Leaders (Fodale, Jones, Herring, Yaskell, Fergus) C. 1914 VIEW
Southport City Hall C. 1951 VIEW
Southport Baptist Church C. 1940s VIEW
Southport Baptist Church - hardware drive benefit C. late 1940s VIEW
Southport Fire Station C. 1942 VIEW
Southport Fire Truck C. 1940s VIEW
Southport High School - Annie May Woodside at desk C. 1941 VIEW
Southport High School - Class of 1942 male graduates VIEW
Southport High School Class of 1944 VIEW
Southport High School Class of 1945 #1 VIEW
Southport High School Class of 1945 #2 VIEW
Southport Garden Club planting camellias at the courthouse c. 1949 VIEW
Southport - Tourist cabins owned by Capt. and Mrs. Bussells c. 1944 VIEW
Southport waterfront before WW II with inshore trawlers c. 1941 VIEW
Southport waterfront looking east from the Pilot Tower c. 1945-48 VIEW
Southport waterfront - ROLAND - Estonian refugee vessel beached C. 1948 VIEW
Southport waterfront before WWII with inshore trawlers c. 1941 VIEW
Southport waterfront near today's Waterfront Park in late 1940s VIEW
Stevens Insurance Agency C. 1940s VIEW
St. Philips church (Chapel of the Cross) and Ruark's Store C. 1941 VIEW
Tennis players Davis Herring, Jim Harper, David Watson, Robert Thompson C. 1940s VIEW
Thompson (Rob) marine service station C. 1945 VIEW
Thompson's Marine Service Station with Waters Thompson C. 1945 VIEW
Front view of Tourist Cabins on Bay Street C. 1944 VIEW
Tourist cabins on the waterfront Captain and Bonner Brussels C. 1944 VIEW
Tug hauling barge down the ICW near current location of the South Harbor Marina c. 1949 VIEW
USO building in 1942 later first community building VIEW
US Corps of Engineer's dredge HENRY BACON C. 1945 VIEW
View south on Howe Street from the Baptist Church c. 1943 VIEW
Waccamaw Bank and Trust Company C. 1943 VIEW
Waterfront near today's Waterfront Park in late 1940s VIEW
Waterfront beach photo by Art Newton looking westward C. late 1940s VIEW
Waterfront - hurricane damage C. 1944 VIEW
Waterfront -On the way to Bald Head c. 1940s VIEW
Waterfront - Stanley O'Neil fixing nets at waterfront (1948) VIEW
WB&S Railroad - derelict locomotive on Rhett Street C. early 1940s #1 VIEW
WB&S Railroad - derelict locomotive on Rhett Street C. early 1940s #2 VIEW
WB&S Railroad - derelict locomotive on Rhett Street C. early 1940s #3 VIEW
Wells marine rail C. 1940s VIEW
Bill Wells shrimp boats C. 1940s VIEW
Wescott's Real Estate on Howe Street c. 1943 VIEW
Whittler's Bench - Howard Watts, J.B. church, Bill Keziah and C. 1940s VIEW
Whittler's Bench C. late 1940s VIEW
Whittlers Bench at the foot of Howe Street c. 1940s early 1950s VIEW
Whittler's Bench C. early 1940s VIEW
Whittler's Bench C. early 1940s VIEW
Wilmington to Southport passenger bus c. 1940s VIEW
World War II U.S. Navy patrol boats docked at Fort Caswell c. 1943 VIEW
Yacht Basin C. 1950s VIEW
Yacht basin before improvements includes Fraser Boatworks and marine rail c. 1944 VIEW
Yacht Basin - children swimming c. 1940s #1 VIEW
Yacht Basin - children swimming c. 1940s #2 VIEW
Yacht Basin - fishing boat CLAIRE C. 1940s VIEW
Yacht Basin - filled with trawlers C. 1940 VIEW
Yacht basin with "rickety" docks and shrimp boat c. 1944 VIEW