We talk with longtime Wilmington resident Elaine Henson about what shopping downtown in the 1950s and '60s was like: Where the department stores were, who had the most magical display windows, where the toys could be found, and where you might see Santa Claus.
Film documentary 'McKinley's Guns' digs into 1898 coup
'Race, Place and Memory': Wilmington's troubled racial history
When Shell Island was an island, and a Black beach resort
Revisiting The Barn: a legendary Wilmington jazz club and dance hall
A brief history of Eagles Island and Wilmington's 'west bank'
Wilmington corner stores, gone but not forgotten
Roots of the GOAT: Michael Jordan's history in Wilmington
Train tracking: The lost Wilmington, Brunswick & Southern Railroad
Losing, and preserving, Black historic sites in Wilmington
Photographic memories: Wilmington's history in photos
Wilmington's Temple of Israel: storied past, building a future
The curious case of the Christmas flounder
Preserving history, one window and door at a time
Commemorating 1898, and the search for descendants
The bridges of New Hanover County
Ideal location: Wilmington film history and the Ideal Cement factory
Century club: Wilmington's 100-year-old businesses
Wilmington goes to the movies: bygone theaters and drive-ins
Historic Wilmington Foundation takes the past into the future
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