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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.

Children play in the snow along the 300 block of Johnson Street. In the distance a horse-drawn wagon can be seen.

View of the United States Courthouse and Post Office (present day City Hall) before the clock tower was added.

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.

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.

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…

View of construction workers laying sidewalks with cement mixers and other construction equipment in the street. Advertisements for Alsop & Peirce Contracting Engineers, Edison Cement, and New Bern Building Supply can be seen in various locations…

An 1895 view of Bessie Whitford (Mrs. George) Slover, Sophia Stevenson (Mrs. William) Whitford, and Mary Ely Vaux (Mrs. Reid) Whitford having tea on the back porch of the home of George Slover (now 209 Johnson Street)

John D. Whitford with his walking stick. Photograph taken by Bayard Wootten. An inscription on the back of the photograph reads "Col. John D. Whitford (at 79) Father of Reid Whitford grandfather of Mary Vaux Whitford Col Whitford was born in New Bern…

A view of several men standing around the depot of the Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad. Three men can be seen on the engine of the train. Men identified in the photograph include Samuel L. Dill (far left), Albert Powell (second from left), and…