New Bern Photo Album, ca. 1901
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Title
New Bern Photo Album, ca. 1901
Subject
New Bern (N.C.)
Description
Photograph album of various scenes around New Bern, North Carolina, taken about 1901.
Date
1901
Contributor
New Bern Photo Album, ca. 1901
Rights
This item is presented courtesy of the New Bern-Craven County Public Library for research and educational purposes. Prior permission from the New Bern-Craven County Public Library is required for any commercial use.
Language
English
Identifier
Photo.LI
Coverage
New Bern, Craven County, North Carolina
Collection Items
Launch of the Charles G. Blades, January 1901.
Side view of the launch of the Charles G. Blades on January 16, 1901. Named for Blades Lumber Company vice-president Charles G. Blades, the vessel measured 175 feet long with a beam of 28 feet 8 inches, a depth of hold of 12 feet 6 inches, a draft of…
Launch of the Charles G. Blades, January 1901.
View of the launch of the Charles G. Blades, lumber barge, taken from the deck of the barge. The Neuse River Bridge can be seen to the right.
Centenary Methodist Church
View of Centenary Methodist Church in the 500 block of New Street. A fence surrounds the building as several children stand in front of the fence. A bicycle leans against the fence.
United States Courthouse and Post Office
View of the United States Courthouse and Post Office (present day City Hall) before the clock tower was added.
300 block, Johnson Street, Snow scene
Children play in the snow along the 300 block of Johnson Street. In the distance a horse-drawn wagon can be seen.
Rooftop view of New Bern, looking toward the northwest
View of New Bern looking northwest from the top of the U.S. Courthouse and Post Office. Just to the left of center is the spire of First Presbyterian Church. Right of center is the spire of St. Paul's Catholic Church.
U.S. National Cemetery
A man with a cane stands beside a tree near tombstones in New Bern National Cemetery.
Fire horse [?] at City Hall
![Fire horse [?] at City Hall](https://kellenberger.mycprl.org/digital/files/square_thumbnails/2a63bbe62be789bfde20b48bd1fc2a58.jpg "Fire horse [?] at City Hall")
An African American man holds the reins of a horse (possible fire horse) in front of City Hall on Craven Street.
Ladies on shoreline, Neuse River [?], possible earthworks in background
![Ladies on shoreline, Neuse River [?], possible earthworks in background](https://kellenberger.mycprl.org/digital/files/square_thumbnails/7b29f25f4bee2bb656cdb132372dcbcc.jpg "Ladies on shoreline, Neuse River [?], possible earthworks in background")
Six women on a river or lake beach
African American women in field, possibly inside old Fort Totten
Five African American women and one African American man standing in a field. Farm buildings can be seen in the background.
Stimson House, 600 block, East Front Street
View of the Stimson house in the snow, 600 block, East Front Street. The house was demolished in 1975.
United States Revenue Cutter Boutwell
View of the US Revenue Cutter Boutwell along the Neuse River waterfront in New Bern.
New Bern Graded School, with students in yard
Students standing in front of the buildings of the New Bern Graded School, Hancock Street.
New Bern Graded School, snow scene
A view of the New Bern Graded Schools in the snow, Hancock Street
400 block, East Front Street, showing the Two Brothers (boat)
Five young boys and a man pose along the 400 block of East Front Street. One of the boys aims a rifle while propped on a tree. Also propped on the tree is a bicycle. The boat Two Brothers sits on the shore line.
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