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Image of Sandlin Battery and Vulcanizing Company

Booklet of poetry compiled by Pamlico County native, Leo Turrell Brinson (1898-1976). All of the poems were written by Rev. G.A. Studdert Kennedy, a World War I British Army chaplain, and were published in his Rough Rhymes of a Padre in 1918. The…

A letterhead from the 1890s of the partnership Bradham and Smith. Caleb D. Bradham, one of the principal partners, invented Pepsi-Cola in 1898.

Billhead for Bradham and Smith, Brokers and Commission Merchants, on Craven Street in New Bern. The principal owners were Caleb D. Bradham, inventor of Pepsi-Cola, and William J. Smith.

Hand-colored, engraved map: West Indies [cartouche] Cartouche includes two merchants dealing with a native. Attributed to Emanuel Bowen, this map of the West Indies shows the area from southern Maryland to northern South America. It charts the…

Hand-colored engraved map: An Accurate Map of the West Indies. Drawn from the best Authorities, assisted by the most approved modern Maps and Charts, and Regulated by Astronomical Observations. By Eman: Bowen. [cartouche]. | No. 57 [lower left,…

Pamphlet describing the school, teachers, and courses of the Bourdelais School of Music, which began operation in New Bern in 1913. The school continued until shortly before the death of Mr. Bordelais in October 1932.

Broadside detailing the participants and selections of music in the Bourdelais School of Music Annual Concert Recital for 1927.

Colored engraving: Navigation [title] | To ye Honble Arthur Herbert Esqr Admiral and commander in chiefe of his Majestys fleet in ye Mediterra=nean and one of the Commissioners of the Admiralty &c. This plate is Humbly dedicated by Ricd Blome. [top…

Hand-colored engraving: Geography [title]. | To the Rt Honble George Berkeley Ld Berkeley, Mawbray, Seagrave & Bruce, Baron of Bruce Castle, & Earle of Berkeley, & one of the Lords of his Majestyes most Honble Privi Councell &c. Anno Dom. 1678 This…