photographs Archives

Jun 13, 2014
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Scouting for Food

Source: Boy Scouts of America, East Carolina Council Records, MC #1199 Staff Person: Nanette Hardison This photo (1990) is from the Boy Scouts of America, East Carolina Council Records; a collection...

Mar 28, 2014
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Texaco Service Station

Source: Minges Collection (Manuscript Collection #1136) Staff Person: Dale Sauter Description: Tripp Texaco Service Station, U.S. Hwy 13, Greenville, NC with Pepsi-Cola bottle outdoor display case, circa 1950s-1960s.

Feb 07, 2014
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USS Sarda (SS488)

Source: USS Sarda entering Havana, Cuba  Call Number: 818.os1.1 Staff Person: Ken Harbit Description: USS Sarda (SS-488), was a Tench-class submarine.  Financed by bonds purchased by the residents of Lynn,...

Nov 15, 2013
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Photo of General Eisenhower

Source: Jerome R. Worsley Papers (Manuscript Collection #1214) Staff Person: Martha Elmore Description: Jerome R. Worsley, a Bethel, N.C., native and 1949 graduate of East Carolina Teachers College, served in...

Sep 13, 2013
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Posthumous Wartime Award

Source: Hugh Elroy Best Family Collection, Manuscript Collection #894.1 Staff Member: Nanette Hardison Description: This U.S Army photograph, taken on June 20, 1969 by C. Gene Tyree, DAC at Fort Bragg,...

Jul 01, 2013
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O’Neal Foundation Papers and the Daniels Murder Case 1949-1953

Source:  O'Neal Foundation Papers. #20.1.a Staff Person:  Jonathan Dembo At first sight, the photograph above shows a typical, normal, prosaic, civic event: the ground-breaking ceremonies for a new building; a...

Jun 14, 2013
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Virgil “Gus” I. Grissom

  Source: Oscar David MacMillan Papers (#548.3 Photo 548/15) Staff Person: Lynette Lundin Description: Virgil Ivan Grissom (April 3, 1926 to January 27, 1967) was one of the original NASA...

May 06, 2013
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Kitty Hawk

Source: Misc. Photograph Collection (East Carolina Manuscript Collection) Staff Person: Ralph Scott Description: The USS Kitty Hawk (CVA-63) was laid down by the New York Ship Building Corporation in Camden,...

Mar 25, 2013
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Nursing staff out on the Yukon

Source: Lula M. Disosway Papers, 1897-1977  (E C Manuscript collection #447) Staff Member: Nanette Hardison Lula Disosway was a native North Carolinian (born in New Bern) who became both a...

Feb 12, 2013
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Officers Standing at Attention

Source: Leslie Avery Shaw Papers, #992 Staff Person: Nanette Hardison This image dated 1945 is among the personal papers of Leslie Avery Shaw who served as a Captain in the 11th...