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A broadside (ca. 1880s) advertising the rates and services of Vance Academy, a private school in New Bern, located in the Simpson-Oakesmith Home at the south-eastern corner of Pollock and East Front Streets.

View of the west side of the 100 block of Craven Street. On the left, a man stands in the doorway of a building. Next two men stand in front of the Burrus & Gray Company, while a cat is in the street nearby. To the right, a man walks down Craven…

View of the east side of the 200 block of Craven Street showing Hyman Supply Company, the old City Hall, and the Isaac Taylor House. A cart sits in front of Hyman Supply while two men stand in the doorway. Across the street, two men stand near a…

View of a lumber mill along the Neuse River.

View of the west side of the 200 block of Middle Street showing O. Marks and Son; First Baptist Church; A. Block, Merchant Tailor; and other businesses. The Elks Temple can be seen in the distance.

Three men stand in front of a house in the 200 block of Broad Street. Herbert E. Valentine describes the house as the quarters for Company I, 23rd Massachusetts, during the Civil War. Valentine states the men are A.D. Trout, a "colored man [that] was…

Four men pose in front of the Justice House (221 East Front Street). Herbert E. Valentine identifies the men from left to right as "Trout, Swasey, Alley, & Chaplin, all 23d". Valentine also identifies the house as the quarters for Company B, 23rd…

View of the north side of the 200 block of Pollock Street showing part of the George Waters House (214 Pollock), the Dr. John R. Justice House (216 Pollock), portions of the Rudolph Ulrich House (218 Pollock), and the David F. Jarvis House (220…

Jones-Jarvis House at 528 East Front Street

View of the Craven County Courthouse at the corner of Craven and Broad Streets with the County Jail next door. A flag flies atop the courthouse as women (one pushing a baby carriage) walk along Broad Street. A man in a horse cart drives along Craven…