Collection of Photographs of New Bern taken in November 1908 by William Scobie Bowden, former Union Soldier. Bowden had been stationed in New Bern during the Civil War and returned to attend the dedication of the Massachusetts monument in the National Cemetery in November 1908.
The opening of the Massachussetts Monument
A photograph of the New Jersey Monument at the National Cemetery in New Bern.
A photograph of the fallen men at the National Cemetery in New Bern.
Bowden's miscellanious photographs of New Bern. This is a picture of a group of men standing in front of a home on Pollock Street.
Bowden's miscellanious photographs of New Bern. This is a photograph of a young man pulling what seems to be construction supplies with a mule pulled cart off of South Front Street.
Bowden's miscellanious photographs of New Bern. This is what Middle Street looked like in 1908. Bowden captures the Hotel Albert.