Lithograph: Topographical map of “North Carolina New Bern Quadrangle.” Printed above map: US. Geological Survey/ Charles D. Walcott, Director [upper left corner] | J. A. Holmes, State Geologist S. L. Patterson Commissioner of Agriculture. [center] …
Lithographed fifty-dollar bill printed in black on a reddish network background; narrow borders on all four sides with “FIFTY 50 FIFTY 50…” Central vignette: Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederacy. Main text: “50” in seal in upper left and…
Lithographed twenty dollar bill printed in black on (faded) redish network background; wide borders on left and right sides; on left side “TWENTY”; on right side “20” in a seal (upper right) and a portrait of Alexander Stephens, vice president of the…
Lithographed ten-dollar bill printed in black on red fiber paper; wide borders on left and right sides; on left side “TEN”; on right side “10” in a seal (upper right) and a portrait of R.M.T. Hunter, a CSA cabinet member (lower right). Main text:…
The house photographed is allegedly Thomas Tomlinson's home on the corner of Hancock and Johnson Street. Tomlinson was the first headmaster at the New Bern Academy established in 1766.
A photograph of the Frazier-Mayhew House, built circa 1822. Originally built in the present-day 400 block of Middle Street (412), the house was moved to 217 Change Street in 1973.
This 1971 photograph shows the house as The Phone Booth, a club for…
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…
Hand-colored, engraved map: The State of NORTH CAROLINA from the best Authorities &c. by Samuel Lewis. Engraved by Vallance. [cartouche]
Map includes a notation on the placement of “Gov. H[ouse]” at New Bern.
A native of Scotland, engraver John…