Color postcard view of Middle Street (looking south) showing a Lucas & Lewis Groceries horse drawn cart, The Peoples Bank, Pepsi-Cola advertisement on the Bradham Drug Co. building, a photography studio, a Trolley Car, early automobiles, and…
Gertrude Carraway wrote: "Not a single day on account of illness has Miss J. Howerton, of New Bern, N.C., ever missed from her duties as a public librarian for 36 years or as city school teacher for 43 years." An early librarian for the New Bern…
A blank receipt from Mother's Coal and Fuel Company. Mother's Coal and Fuel Company does not show up until the 1914-1915 New Bern City Directory leading to the conclusion of the business not running until after 1912. This receipt should date between…
"Here are Mr. and Mrs. George Herman "Babe" Ruth at New Bern, N.C., with 200-pound deer that the Bambino killed near Camp Bryan and the 40 ducks they bagged at Davis, N.C., on their southern hunting trip. Mrs. Ruth brought down one of the ducks…
Image shows a mule cart in the street and several other carts in a grown up lot. According to Valentine this "Picture snapped from Car Window at Plymouth, N.C." A billboard advertises King & Tucker's [illegible] Shows.