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…
Colored, engraved map made of two joined sheets:“L’Europe Divisée Selon L’Etendue de Ses Principaux Etats Et subdivisés en leurs principales Provinces Dressèes sur differents memoires. (Translation: Europe divided according to the scope of its…
Colored, engraved map, made of two joined sheets: “L’Asie Divisée selon tous ses Etats Empires et Royaume &c. Dressèe sur differents memoires. A Lyon Chez Daudet rue mercierre 1752.” (Translation: Asia divided according to states, empires and…
Family Bible Records for the King and Hinnant families from a damaged Bible in the Lane Family Papers at the New Bern-Craven County Public Library. No title page exists for the Bible, of which only portions of the Old Testament survive. The entries…
Image of the Green-Guion (also Kilburn-Guion) house on the north side of the 300 block of Broad Street. House has been demolished. A lady can be seen riding a bicycle.