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The Cypress Tree
Broadside, apparently published in 1929, reprinting an 1882 newspaper article detailing the history of the Cypress Tree in New Bern, N.C.
Position: 278 (51 views)
1858 Craven County School Census
List of students names for Craven County Schools for the year 1858.
Position: 15 (123 views)
Billhead, M.E. Whitehurst, Wholesale
A receipt for glassware bought by Mrs. Edw. Wetherington at M.E. Whithurst of New Bern. The receipt confirms that the items were paid in full.
Position: 495 (31 views)
Charter Constitution, By-Laws, and Rules of Order of New Berne Steam Fire Engine Co., No. 1
A steam engine was donated by the state of North Carolina to New Bern. The Constitution was organized on January 1, 1865. The secretary of state, R.W. West, certified the document dating July 12, 1867. Below the certification, begins listing the…
Position: 506 (30 views)
Joseph L. Rhem House
Photograph of the Joseph L. Rhem House on Broad Street.
Position: 207 (80 views)
G.S. Waters in his Buggymobile
A 1943 postmarked real photo postcard of G.S. Waters and wife sitting in the Buggymobile, an automobile built by Waters in 1903. Photo was taken in the 800 section of Broad Street. Broad Street Christian Church is partially visible in the background.
Position: 565 (27 views)
Kitchen, Taylor-Ward House, 228 Craven Street, New Bern, North Carolina
Black and white, real-photo postcard depicting the kitchen of the Taylor-Ward House at 228 Craven Street, ca. 1950.
Position: 681 (21 views)
Vance Academy, broadside
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.
Position: 37 (114 views)
Craven Street, 100 block, west side
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…
Position: 295 (48 views)
Old City Hall
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…
Position: 268 (53 views)
Mill on river
View of a lumber mill along the Neuse River.
Position: 289 (49 views)
Middle Street, 200 block, west side
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.
Position: 396 (37 views)
Broad Street, 200 block, north side
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…
Position: 338 (42 views)
Justice House
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…
Position: 328 (43 views)
Washington House, Pollock Street
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…
Position: 359 (40 views)