Panorama of Wilmington, North Carolina, 1918 – Vintage Wall Art
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Panorama of Wilmington, North Carolina, 1918 comes to life in this historic image, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
Library of Congress record: Panorama of Wilmington, N.C.
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Panorama of Wilmington, North Carolina, 1918
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Wilmington, North Carolina, in 1918 was a river port on the Cape Fear, shipping naval stores, lumber, cotton, and tobacco out through its harbor while the city's cotton mills and shipyards gave work to a large share of its residents. The First World War had made the port more important, and the Atlantic Coast Line and Seaboard Air Line railroads carried freight and passengers through town toward the coast and the interior. Wilmington was also a segregated city, with a large Black population whose churches, schools, and businesses formed a dense community of their own, and the racial hierarchy of the era shaped its civic life. Residents of 1918 knew the town as the largest city in the state's east, a place where the river, the rail yards, and the wharves set the rhythm of daily work.
| Created / published | 1918 |
|---|---|
| Creator | haines photo co. (conneaut, ohio) |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--North Carolina |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 946 px · prints to 18 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Panorama of Wilmington, N.C. |
| Reference | NC 1918 Panorama of Wilmington |
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