A calendar for the New Bern Cotton Oil and Fertilizer Mills depicts a young man speaking to a swooning young woman with hat in hand . The saying for this calendar says "all's not grist that comes to the mill." The portrait was drawn in 1910 and the…
A calendar for the New Bern Cotton Oil and Fertilizer Mills depicts a young couple looking over plans and blueprints with a feminine cupid onlooking their plans. The saying for this calendar says "plans and specifications." The portrait was drawn in…
A young Charles Duffy, Sr. is pictured standing next to a currently unidentified man. The clothing and style points to early twentieth century. Duffy wears clothing more in the twenties, while the man to the right of Duffy is in more of the 1910's…
The Neuse Lumber Company was owned by the Blades family in the early twentieth century. James Vernon Blades is depicted here as the president of the lumber company at the time. Neuse Lumber Company does not show up in the New Bern business directory…
The Neuse Lumber Company was owned by the Blades family in the early twentieth century. James Vernon Blades is depicted here as the president of the lumber company at the time. Neuse Lumber Company does not show up in the New Bern business directory…
A photograph of the New Bern Academy that was founded in 1766. The building itself was not completed until 1810. The school building was in use until after March 14, 1862, The Battle of New Bern, when New Bern became under federal control during the…
In this program, The Eastern District of the Old Eastern Missionary Baptist Association is convening a session at the First Baptist Church. Reverend T.L. Bynum, who was pastor of First Baptist Church, is heading up the session. This three-day…
The Sabbath School pupils and Pollock Street M.E. Chapel are hosting a Christmas event in 1878. The managers are E.G. Newbegin and J.A. Suydam, Jr. The ticket is to admit the bearer, Mrs. M.E. Brinn.
A $25 promissory note from William J. Clarke to R.H. Roundtree & Co dated August 7, 1875. The note was paid on January 5, 1876. Collateral used for the note included coupons on bonds for the North Carolina Railroad.
Mrs. Jennie Shotwell published a song written by her brother-in-law in 1866 to be sung for the benefit of the "Stonewall Cemetery." An article in the May 12, 1903, News & Observer states that the poem "had never been published until Mrs. Jennie…
The opening of St. Anne's Church in Jacksonville was dedicated to Reverend Thomas C. Darst (second clergymen to the right) with the speakers Reverend Williams (not identified yet), and Reverend Noe (pictured to the far right in front of the officer).…
Christ Church of New Bern's choir is pictured out front of St. Anne's Episcopal Church in Jacksonville. The clergyman all the way to the left, facing the camera, is Reverend Darst.
St. Thomas's Church in Bath, North Carolina is the oldest church in use in North Carolina, being built in 1734. Pictured here is the walkway leading to the church between two hedges.