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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: 322 (49 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: 64 (115 views)
The North Carolina Booklet: The Stamp Act on the Cape Fear
The North Carolina Booklet examines the Stamp Act of 1765 and its effects on North Carolina.
Position: 936 (9 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: 640 (27 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: 591 (30 views)
Joseph L. Rhem House
Photograph of the Joseph L. Rhem House on Broad Street.
Position: 198 (87 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: 500 (35 views)
Sketch of the life of Richard Dobbs Spaight of North Carolina
A biography of Richard Dobbs Spaight, governor of North Carolina and signer of the United States Constitution.
Position: 969 (4 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: 448 (38 views)
1858 Craven County School Census
List of students names for Craven County Schools for the year 1858.
Position: 13 (133 views)
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: 262 (61 views)
"Neuse River Bridge at New Berne, N.C. River as it appeared frozen, February 1899."
View of the Neuse River Bridge over the frozen river in February 1899. The back of the photograph reads "From Col. John D. Whitford, April 8th, 1899." Someone else has written "To Mrs. W.L. Lewis, scene taken in New Bern, N.C., 1895." [The bridge…
Position: 10 (147 views)
"A. & N.C. R.R. Bridge over Trent River...August 1895...Taken by Reid Whitford."
A view of the Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad Bridge taken from the south side of the Trent River looking back at the city of New Bern. Boats line the waterfront.
Position: 11 (142 views)
East Front Street, 500 block, August 1895
A view of East Front Street looking south shows children sitting along the banks of the Neuse River. The "Yacht Club" (later the public library) can be seen in the distance.
Position: 94 (111 views)
A & N.C. Railroad Depot, August 1895
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…
Position: 86 (112 views)