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Camp Battle, PX
A photograph of the canteen at Camp Battle, New Bern, North Carolina.
Position: 1007 (2 views)
Charles L. Abernethy Jr.'s traveling campaign headquarters, parked in front of his home at 608 Pollock Street
A description by Gertrude Carraway reads:
"Adapting to the modern trend towards living and working on wheels to politicking on wheels, Charles L. Abernethy, Jr., of New Bern, has equipped a traveling headquarters in a mammoth trailer for his…
"Adapting to the modern trend towards living and working on wheels to politicking on wheels, Charles L. Abernethy, Jr., of New Bern, has equipped a traveling headquarters in a mammoth trailer for his…
Position: 1007 (2 views)
F. T. Patterson
Photograph of Frank T. Patterson, former city clerk of New Bern, standing in front of the steps of City Hall.
Position: 1007 (2 views)
Edward R. Stanly House
Photograph of the Edward R. Stanly House (502 Pollock Street) showing additions to the home that are no longer there.
Position: 1007 (2 views)
Bellair Plantation House
"Six miles northwest of New Bern, N.C., is the ancient brick mansion, 'Bellair,' where once lived William Blount, one of the three North Carolina signers of the Federal Constitution. Later Blount moved to Tennessee, where he became a United States…
Position: 1007 (2 views)
Miss Frances J. Howerton, New Bern Teacher and Librarian
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…
Position: 1007 (2 views)
James Adams' Floating Theatre
Photograph of the James Adams' Floating Theatre taken in Elizabeth City, North Carolina. This floating theatre was the inspiration for the book, Showboat, by Edna Ferber. The boat is docked between a standing business and what looks like a…
Position: 1007 (2 views)
Montford Point, Camp Lejeune, New River, North Carolina, United States Marine Corps
Yearbook of Montford Point Camp depicting the officers and soldiers during their training and leisure.
Position: 380 (69 views)
Elks Temple, New Bern, N.C.
1920s postcard of the Elks Temple building at the corner of Middle and Pollock Streets in New Bern, North Carolina.
Position: 380 (69 views)
Otway Burns: Patriot, Privateer, and Legislator
Otway Burns was a commander of the war schooner Snap Dragon during the War of 1812, as well as a merchant, politician, and patriot. Born in Swansboro, he worked with recruits from New Bern and sailed as far north as Portland, Maine, during the war.…
Position: 571 (56 views)
Tuscarora Mills Advertisement
An advertisement for the Tuscarora Mills Company, owned by James A. Bryan, a dealer in Yellow Pine. Bryan owned many businesses in New Bern as well as being a banker in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Position: 454 (63 views)
Tuscarora Mills trade card
Trade card, typeset on card stock, for Tuscarora Mills sawmill, New Berne, North Carolina
Position: 601 (54 views)
Fire Department parade showing steam engines and hose wagons, 200 block Craven Street, east side, ca. 1900
A photograph depicting New Bern Fire Department's firefighting equipment including horse-drawn steam engines and hose wagons. The lineup of equipment is in front of Old City Hall, Craven Street, New Bern, North Carolina.
Position: 78 (143 views)
Pine Cone Troop, Girl Scouts, New Bern, N.C., ca. 1920
Girls of Pine Cone Girl Scouts Troop before an ivy-covered building. Two girls hold trumpets, three hold the troop flag, and four hold a 48-star United States flag.
Position: 40 (153 views)
McSorley's Soda Fountain, ca. 1935
Mr. McSorley dispenses a soda from his soda fountain, about 1935.
Position: 151 (130 views)