1951-1960
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31st Crash Boat Rescue Flight c. 1951 VIEW
Aerial view westward from old Pilot's tower to the Yacht Basin and Marina C. 1950s VIEW
Aerial View of Southport Waterfront C. 1952 VIEW
Aerial of the Yacht Basin before Hurricane Hazel by Art Newton (November 1952) VIEW
Art Newton drawing the Draw Bridge that until 1971 connected Oak Island to the mainland c. 1950s VIEW
Art Newton taking photo of local bathing beauties taken by John Hemmer c. early 1950s VIEW
Baby Show Parade C. 1940s or 50s VIEW
Bald head Island aerial of Cape Fear Lighthouse by Art Newton (1958) VIEW
Bald Head Island - boys on top of woodpile C. 1955 VIEW
Bald Head Island - Cape Fear Lighthouse C. 1955 VIEW
Bald Head Island - Cape Fear Lighthouse C. 1950s VIEW
Bald Head Island - Cape Fear Lighthouse demolished (1958) VIEW
Bald head Island - Joe Cox sawmill C. 1953 VIEW
Bald Head Island - U.S. Coast Guardsman Connie Lupton near loading dock C. 1950s VIEW
Bay Street/Pilot Tower After Hurricane Hazel (1954) VIEW
Boiling Spring Lakes - legend C. 1950s VIEW
Bolivia Plane Crash (January, 1960) VIEW
Bouncing Log Spring (Ed Taylor - Harry White) C. early 1950s VIEW
Boy Scouts Fourth of July Parade C.1954 VIEW
Brunswick County Courthouse C. 1950s #1 VIEW
Brunswick County Courthouse C. 1950s #2 VIEW
Brunswick County Courthouse (former) c. 1950s #3 VIEW
Brunswick County - Library Bookmobile (1960) VIEW
Brunswick Navigation Company (menhaden) with vessels docked neared the current location of the South Harbor Marina c. early 1950s VIEW
Brunswick Town - archaeologist Stanley South C. 1957 VIEW
Brunswick Town - First excavation (1958) L-R Ed Weaver, Mrs. Lawrence Lee, Al Dixson, Jim Harper, Mrs. Stanley south, Stanley South, J. L. Sprunt, F. Mintz, J. Bowman, Dr. L. Lee, J.M. Hall, L.T. Moore, s. Tarleton, H. McMillan VIEW
Brunswick Town - St. Philips Church in 1950s VIEW
Brunswick Town - St. Philips Church ruins photo by Art Newton VIEW
Cape Fear Pilot's Association - old tower C. 1951 C. 1952 VIEW
Cape Fear lighthouse destruction (1958) VIEW
Capel cottage on western end of Oak Island C. 1950s VIEW
Coast Guard Cutter at City Dock c. 1960 VIEW
Community Building (former USO hut) being painted by volunteers C. 1950s VIEW
Congressman Carlisle speaking at the Garrison C. 1950s VIEW
Construction of the trawler FINEST KIND - Capt. Herman Sellers C. 1950s VIEW
Construction of the FINEST KIND at the foot of Lord Street by Herman Sellers c. early 1950s VIEW
Corps of Engineers drege GERIG C. early 1950s VIEW
Cruise ship STOCKHOLM C. 1950s VIEW
Deep Water Heights Development C. 1952 VIEW
Dredge GERIG open house VIEW
JOHN ELLAN - Capt. Walter Lewis and BESSIE RAY - Capt. Pappy Stubbs C. 1955 VIEW
Fort Johnston Officers Quarters construction C. 1950s VIEW
Fort Johnston Garrison construction completed C. mid 1950s VIEW
Fourth of July - Queen contestants (1953) VIEW
Fourth of July - Garrison Lawn (1951) VIEW
Fourth of July - Honeymooners - Robert Muncy & Sam Newton (1954) VIEW
Fourth of July - Parade - clowns and jeep (1953) VIEW
Fourth of July Parade - Float with Rose Marie Gregory (McKeithan) and Tommy McGlammery (1953) VIEW
Fourth of July Parade - Merchants Float (1952) VIEW
Fourth of July Parade - SHS Band (1952) with Paul Pittinger VIEW
Fourth of July Parade - SHS Band with Carol Smith, Betty McGlammery, Carol Stanley (1953) VIEW
Fourth of July - Queen Latitia Hickman with Gloria Hewett (1952) VIEW
Fort Caswell - promotion photo C. early 1950s VIEW
Franklin Square Court Motel (Bennett family) C. 1950s VIEW
Frying Pan Lightship C. 1950s VIEW
Frazier Boat Works - vier from the water VIEW
Fullwood Store at 100 N. Howe c. 1950s VIEW
Gause and Sutton Groceries and Hardware c. 1940sGause Building on S. Howe Street C. 1950s VIEW
George W. Rappleyea plastic experimentation C. 1952 VIEW
Gertrude Loughlin's retirement as secretray of the Brunswick County library C. 1950s VIEW
Gloria Hewett Queen of the Fourth of July c. 1951 VIEW
Graham-Key blueberry farm C. 1950s VIEW
Graham-Key Farms - packing blueberries C. 1952 VIEW
Graham-Key Farms packing shed C. 1954 VIEW
Gloria Hewett Queen of the Fourth of July c. 1951 VIEW
Green Swamp - Riegel Paper cattle C. 1950s VIEW
Hardee Shrimp Dock C. 1950s VIEW
Hoggard, Lara with Brooke Newton (Priek), James Harper, Leila Pigott C. late 1950s VIEW
Honoring of County Librarian Dorothy Dickey by C.D. Pickerrall C. 1960 VIEW
Howe SStreet view rom City dock C. 1960 VIEW
Hurricane Hazel at the corner of Bay and Lord streets (10-15-1954) VIEW
Hurricane Hazel aftermath on West Bay Street (1954) VIEW
Hurricane Hazel on Brunswick Street (1954) VIEW
Hurricane Hazel - Corps of Engineers boated grounded by (1954) VIEW
Hurricane Hazel - damage to Pilot's Tower (1954) VIEW
Hurricane Hazel - damage to Whittler's Bench (1954) VIEW
Hurricane Hazel - Hewett's store c. 1954 VIEW
hurricane Hazel - Oak Island - Restoring the dunes (Oct. 1954) VIEW
Hurricane Hazel - the day after at Oak Island (October 16, 1954) VIEW
Hurricane Hazel - waterfront damage (October 15, 1954) VIEW
Hurricane Hazel (10-15-1954) trawler's Dorothy and Leila left high and dry VIEW
Hurricane preparation C. 1960 VIEW
J. Arthur Dosher Hospital c. early 1950s VIEW
Jessie Stevens Taylor holding black hurricane signal flag C. 1950s VIEW
King Mackerel Fishing (Fred Fulford) C.1960 VIEW
Bill Keziah roving reporter C. early 1950s VIEW
"Lady Pirates" by Lew Hardee - cast and crew (1955) VIEW
Leggett's Drug Store Mourners C.Early 1950's VIEW
LITTLE GINNIE derelict at the foot of Lord Street C. 1950s VIEW
Long Beach Post Office (Ellen Gilmore, Dan Shannon) C.1960's VIEW
Magnolia Dairy aerial by Art Newton C. 1950s VIEW
Lou Mallison Lewis with Ruby Gentry star Jennifer Jones C. 1950s VIEW
Menhaden boats C. early 1950s VIEW
Menhaden boats docked at the foot of Kingsley St. C. 1950s VIEW
Menhaden boats grounded (October, 1954) VIEW
Menhaden boats moored at the Southport waterfront C. 1950s VIEW
Menhaden - Brunswick Navigation Co. C. 1955 VIEW
Military Ocean Terminal at Sunny Point - 2,000 ft. Wharf (1955) VIEW
Miitary Ocean Terminal at Sunny Point (MOTSU) Dedication Ceremony (10.29.1955) VIEW
Military Ocean Terminal Sunny Point (MOTSU) Improvement C. 1950's VIEW
Miller Hotel first mdern restaurant in Southport destroyed by fire in late 1950s VIEW
Oak Island - Aerial view of area location of the Blue Point Marina post Hurricane Hazel in 1954 VIEW
Oak Island - Aerial view prior to Hurricane Hazel (1953) #1 VIEW
Oak Island - Aerial view prior to Hurricane Hazel C. (1953) #2 VIEW
Oak Island - aftermath of Hurricane Hazel (1954) VIEW
Oak Island - area near location of the Blue Point Marina post Hurricane Hazel in 1954 VIEW
Oak Island - Capel cottage looking toward west end of the island C. 1950s #1 VIEW
Oak Island - Capel cottage looking toward west end of the island C. 1950s #2 VIEW
Oak Island - Capel cottage looking toward west end of the island C. 1950s #3 VIEW
Oak Island - Dan Shannon with Billy Newton C. 1950s VIEW
Oak Island - Dancing at the Pavilion at Long Beach C. 1950s VIEW
Oak Island - Lighthouse early construction (October 1957) VIEW
Oak Island - lighthouse in construction (October, 1957) VIEWOak Island - lighthouse dedication with Caprtain Charlie Swan (1958) VIEW
Oak Island - lighthouse receiving lantern (12/18/1957) VIEW
Oak Island - McKinnon cottage after Hurricane Hazel (Oct, 1954) VIEW
Oak Island - Miniature Golf at Long Beach Pavillion C. 1951 VIEW
Oak Island - Oceanview Methodist Church - groundbreaking with Gib Barbee and LD Hayman (1959) VIEW
Oak Island - Photograph taken looking westward from the top of "Big Hill" (1950) VIEW
Oak Island - Restoring the dunes after Hurricane Hazel (Oct. 1954) VIEW
Oak Island - the day after Hurricane hazel (October 16, 1954) VIEW
Oak Island - view of the strand after Hurricane Hazel (1954) VIEW
Oak Island - Westward view from 58th Street (1952) VIEW
Oral Polio vaccine with Mrs. Ella Aldridge, Robert Willis and others c. 1950s VIEW
Performers Barbara McLeod, Waters Thompson and Tommy Harrelson c. 1950s VIEW
Phil King's trout catch (Dan Shannon) C. 1954 VIEW
Pigott and Hardee shrimp docks C. 1950s VIEW
Pilot Tower (wood structure) after Hurricane Hazel VIEW
Plasmofalt-George Rappleyea C. 1950s VIEW
Prices Creek Lighthouse C. early 1950s VIEW
Prices Creek Lighthouse C. early 1950s VIEW
Quack's Sea Food at the Yacht Basin (1954) VIEW
Robert Ruark visiting UNC C. 1950s VIEW
Rob Thompson's Esso fuel dock no site of the American Fish Co. c. 1951 VIEW
Sawdust Trail - businesses C. 1950s VIEW
Schooner - passing the Davis Street C. 1950s VIEW
SEA BELLE constructed for Lewis J. Hardee Sr. by Lewis Spaulding C. 1953 VIEW
SEA BELLE grounded after Hurricane Hazel C. 1954 VIEW
Shrimp boat FINEST KIND being built at the foot of Lord Street by Herman Sellers c. Early 1950s VIEW
Shrimp trawlers being built on the Southport waterfront C. early 1950s VIEW
Small Boat Harbor (now Southport Marina) C. 1950s VIEW
Southport Churches C. late 1950s VIEW
Southport, England - Gardening Club C. 1950 VIEW
Southport Garden Club - flappers Leatha Ward, Amarellia Prevatte, Dorothy Hardee C. 1959 VIEW
Southport - Aerial View of Southport C. 1955 VIEW
Southport - Aerial View of waterfront just before Hurricane Hazel C. 1954 VIEW
Southport - Aerial view from the water tower C. 1960 VIEW
Southport - Downtown view of taken from Pilot Tower C. 1953 VIEW
Southport - Government Dock - Coast Guard 83 footer VIEW
Southport - Government Dock - US Dredge and 83 footer C. 1960 VIEW
Southport High School Band (July 4, 1952) VIEW
Southport High School - Halloween Festival - Virginia Phillips, Frankie Watts C. 1952 VIEW
Southport High School basketball team (1952-53) VIEW
Southport High School basket boys basketball team (1953-1954) VIEW
Southport High School - Basketball team (1955-56) VIEW
Southport High School football team C. early 1950s VIEW
Southport High School football team C. mid 1950s VIEW
Southport High School - Hula dancers C. 1951 VIEW
Southport High School - King and Queen of Hearts c. early 1950s VIEW
Southport High School - 2nd grade class (1955) VIEW
Southport High School - Old-timer's Basketball Game at Southport High School C. Early 1950's VIEW
Southport High School - senior class trip to Luray Caverns (1953-54) VIEW
Southport High School - Valentine's Day Frankie Watts and Virginia Phillips C. 1954 VIEW
Southport Library - visit by Mayor of Southport, England VIEW
Southport Lion's Club C. 1955 VIEW
Southport - Miller Hotel from the pilot tower C. 1951 VIEW
Southport Post Office dedication (1958) VIEW
Southport - Looking east on Moore Street c. 1907 VIEW
Waterfront - Aerial of high tide between Lord and Caswell Streets C. late 1950s VIEW
Waterfromt - aerial by Art Newton C. 1951 VIEW
Waterfront before Hurricane Hazel C. early 1950s VIEW
Waterfront after Hurricane Hazel VIEW
Waterfront - November 7, 1952 photo by Art Newton VIEW
Waterfront - boat ramp at the foot of Howe Street C. 1955 VIEW
Waterfront - boat ramp and dock at the foot of Howe Street C. 1957 VIEW
Waterfront - USAF boat docked at the Government Dock C. early 1950s VIEW
Southport waterfront - from 105 E. Bay Street C. early 1950s VIEW
Southport waterfront - barge leaving taking old cars to create artifical reef c. 1950s VIEW
Waterfront - Looking upriver from Pilot Tower c. 1950 VIEW
Waterfront - looking westward from the foot of Howe St, by Art Newton VIEW
Southport Woman's Club - Hatday Party - Margaret Harper and many others C. 1950s VIEW
Southport waterfront - aerial of high tide between Lord and Caswell Streets C. late 1950s VIEW
Southport waterfromt - aerial by Art Newton C. 1951 VIEW
Southport waterfront - barge leaving taking old cars to create artifical reef c. 1950s VIEW
Southport waterfront - looking westward from the foot of Howe St, by Art Newton VIEW
Southport - Weather Tower and Survey Tower c. 1950s VIEW
Southport - Yacht Basin - Captain John Potter with grandchildren and sons unloading catch C. 1950s VIEW
Southport -Yacht Basin photo by Art Newton C. early 1950s VIEW
Southport - Yacht Basin pre Hurricane Hazel (1954) shrimp boats docked on the river at current location of Fishy Fishy c. late 1940s VIEW
Yacht Basin - Trawler Sandy Bee owned by Frank Hutton at the Fraser Boat Works c. 1950s VIEW
Southport - Yacht Basin - Wells shrimp boats C. 1950s VIEW
Southport Yacht Basin in February C. 1951 VIEW
Sport Fishermen make a remarkable one-day catch C. 1950s VIEW
Standard products menhaden plant c. early 1950s VIEW
Strawberry Season at Magnolia Dairy Farm VIEW
Street scene looking down Howe St. to Pilot Tower C. 1954 #1 VIEW
Street scene looking down Howe St. to Pilot Tower C. 1954 #2 VIEW
Sunny Point construction of one of the piers c. 1954 VIEW
Sunny Point Dedication Ceremony 10-29-1955 VIEW
Swan, Captain Charlie C. 1950s VIEW
Mrs. Jessie Stevens Taylor VIEW
Tap-Pat School of Dance - Jean Gilbert, Betty Ann Lester, Joyce St. George (1952) VIEW
Tar Heel Sport Shop with sharks C. 1960 VIEW
Trawler DIXIE DOODLE on Wells marine rail C. 1950s VIEW
Trawler FINEST KIND 69 foot trawler under construction at the foot of Lord Street c.1953 VIEW
Trinity Methodist Church C. 1951 VIEW
Trinity Methodist Church children's choir C. late 1950s VIEW
Trinity Methodist Church - choir C. 1952 VIEW
Trinity Methodist Church - class party C. 1951 VIEW
Trinity Methodist Church - Community Cantata (Easter, 1955) VIEW
Trinity Methodist Church Homecoming Celebration C. 1951 VIEW
Trinity Methodist Church - snow covered C. 1953 VIEW
USAF rescue boat at Government Dock C. 1950s VIEW
Variety Show - Bette Leggett, Red Martin, Charles Trott C. 1950s VIEW
VALENTINE near Fraser boat works with Gib Creech and unidentified woman (1954) VIEW
Variety Show - Cast of 'Lizzie Borden" (1959) VIEW
Vessels moored at Fraser Boat works C. 1950s VIEW
U.S. Air Force - air boat on the Cape Fear River c. 1950s VIEW
Whittlers Bench with poplar trees c. 1955 VIEW
Winnabow Volunteer Fire Department (1959) VIEW
Yaupon Beach - young ladies at the beach (1956) VIEW
Yacht Basin after Hurricane Hazel c.1955 VIEW