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St. James Episcopal Church, Wilmington NC
Creator and copyright holder: Etbecks.
Source: Wikimedia Commons source page.
License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International.
Changes: Cropped to a 16:9 composition, resized to 1,200 × 675, and converted from JPEG to WebP.
The local adaptation is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.
St. James Episcopal Church – Wilmington, North Carolina 04
Creator and copyright holder: Farragutful.
Source: Wikimedia Commons source page.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0.
Changes: Resized to 1,200 × 895 and converted from JPEG to WebP.
The local adaptation is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.
St. James Episcopal Church and Burgwin-Wright House, ca. 1847
Creator: Unknown photographer. Holding institution: Amon Carter Museum of American Art, accession P1981.65.28.
Source: Amon Carter Museum object record.
Status: Public domain. This acknowledgment is voluntary.
Changes: Resized to 1,200 × 1,455 and converted from JPEG to WebP.
Wilmington City Directory (1924), page 219
Creator/publisher: Hill Directory Company. Contributors: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, DPLA, and North Carolina Digital Heritage Center.
Source: Wikimedia Commons source PDF.
Status: Public domain in the United States; source rights statement “No Copyright – United States.” This acknowledgment is voluntary.
Changes: Page rendered at 866 × 1,314 and converted to WebP without upscaling.
Wilmington City Directory (1924), page 628
Creator/publisher: Hill Directory Company. Contributors: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, DPLA, and North Carolina Digital Heritage Center.
Source: Wikimedia Commons source PDF.
Status: Public domain in the United States; source rights statement “No Copyright – United States.” This acknowledgment is voluntary.
Changes: Page rendered at 842 × 1,308 and converted to WebP without upscaling.
Brunswick Town ruins
Creator and copyright holder: found_drama.
Source: Wikimedia Commons source page.
License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic.
Changes: Resized proportionally from the downloaded 1,920 × 1,440 derivative to 1,200 × 900 and converted from JPEG to WebP.
The local adaptation is shared under CC BY-SA 2.0.
Entrance To Oakdale Cemetery
Creator and copyright holder: Banjonosepicker.
Source: Wikimedia Commons source page.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0.
Changes: Cropped to 16:9, resized to 1,200 × 675, and converted to WebP.
The local adaptation is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wilmington’s Oakdale Cemetery
Creator and copyright holder: Geakins.
Source: Wikimedia Commons source page.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0.
Changes: Cropped slightly at the right edge, resized to 1,100 × 852, and converted to WebP.
The local adaptation is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Confederate Soldier Memorial Mound at Oakdale Cemetery
Creator and copyright holder: Banjonosepicker.
Source: Wikimedia Commons source page.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0.
Changes: Resized to 1,000 × 1,333 and converted to WebP.
The local adaptation is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.
The House at Poplar Grove
Creator and copyright holder: BSLRed.
Source: Wikimedia Commons source page.
License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported.
Changes: Cropped to 16:9, resized to 1,200 × 675, and converted to WebP.
The local adaptation is shared under CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map of Wilmington, sheet 10, May 1889
Creator: Sanborn Map Company. Holding institution: Library of Congress Geography and Map Division.
Source: Wikimedia Commons source page.
Status: Public domain / Public Domain Mark 1.0. This acknowledgment is voluntary.
Changes: Cropped to block 156, resized to 1,200 × 1,147, and converted to WebP.
Wilmington Riverwalk flags
Creator and copyright holder: APK.
Source: Wikimedia Commons source page.
License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International.
Changes: Cropped to a 16:9 plaza composition, resized to 1,200 × 675, and converted to WebP.
Trolley on the Wilmington Riverwalk
Creator and copyright holder: APK.
Source: Wikimedia Commons source page.
License: CC BY 4.0.
Changes: Resized proportionally to 1,200 × 845 and converted to WebP.
Waterfront — Wilmington, North Carolina, 1918
Creator: Haines Photo Co. Holding institution: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
Sources: Library of Congress record and Wikimedia Commons.
Status: Public domain / Public Domain Mark 1.0. This acknowledgment is voluntary.
Changes: Resized proportionally to 1,920 × 286 and converted to WebP.
Water Street
Creator and copyright holder: Idawriter.
Source: Wikimedia Commons source page.
License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported.
Changes: Cropped to 16:9, resized to 1,200 × 675, and converted to WebP.
The local adaptation is shared under CC BY-SA 3.0.
Thalian Hall
Creator and copyright holder: APK.
Source: Wikimedia Commons source page.
License: CC BY 4.0.
Changes: Resized proportionally to 1,200 × 872 and converted to WebP.
Market Street in Wilmington, 1855
Creator: Unknown artist. Originally published in “Scenes in North Carolina,” Ballou’s Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion, February 24, 1855.
Source: Wikimedia Commons source page.
Status: Public domain in the United States. This acknowledgment is voluntary.
Changes: Converted from PNG to WebP at the source dimensions of 1,139 × 690; not cropped or upscaled.
Bellamy Mansion in Wilmington, NC
Creator and copyright holder: Billy Hathorn.
Source: Wikimedia Commons source page.
License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported.
Changes: Resized from 4,608 × 3,456 to 1,600 × 1,200 and converted to WebP.
Burgwin-Wright House, Wilmington, North Carolina
Creator and copyright holder: Burgwinwrighthouse.
Source: Wikimedia Commons source page.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0.
Changes: Converted from the 1,500 × 1,200 JPEG to WebP without resizing.
The local adaptation is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Cotton Exchange Interior
Creator and copyright holder: Edward Orde.
Source: Wikimedia Commons source page.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0.
Changes: Resized proportionally from 1,920 × 1,440 to 1,200 × 900 and converted from JPEG to WebP.
The local adaptation is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.
USS North Carolina-27527
Creator and copyright holder: Ken Thomas.
Source: Wikimedia Commons source page.
Status: Released into the public domain worldwide by the copyright holder. This acknowledgment is voluntary.
Changes: Resized proportionally from 2,000 × 1,000 to 1,280 × 640 and converted from JPEG to WebP without cropping or upscaling.
Fort Fisher, North Carolina. Gun with muzzle shot away
Creator: Timothy H. O'Sullivan. Holding institution: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
Source: Library of Congress catalog record.
Status: Public domain in the United States; the Library of Congress reports no known restrictions on publication. This acknowledgment is voluntary.
Changes: Cropped from the archival scan to exclude the plate border and focus on the gun crew, resized to 1,600 × 1,067, and converted to WebP.
Thalian Hall and Wilmington City Hall, circa 1898
Creator: Unknown. Source: Thalian Hall.
Source record: Wikimedia Commons source page.
Status: Public domain in the United States because the work was published before 1931. This acknowledgment is voluntary.
Changes: Converted from JPEG to WebP at 537 × 363; not cropped, resized, or upscaled.
Bird's-eye view of Wilmington, North Carolina, circa 1898
Creator: Unknown. Holding institution: State Archives of North Carolina, General Negative Collection, item N.55.1.1.
Sources: State Archives record and Wikimedia Commons source page.
Status: Public domain in the United States; also published through Flickr Commons with no known copyright restrictions.
Credit: Courtesy of the State Archives of North Carolina.
Context: This is a period city view, not a photograph of the November 1898 coup or massacre.
Changes: Converted from JPEG to WebP at 1,024 × 1,013; not cropped, resized, or upscaled.
Wilmington, North Carolina, 1898 event montage
Creator: Unknown. Holding institution: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
Source: Library of Congress catalog record.
Status: Public domain in the United States because the photomechanical print was published in 1898; the Library of Congress reports no known restrictions on publication. This acknowledgment is voluntary.
Context: The catalog identifies a five-image montage of Alfred M. Waddell, Manhattan Park, Fourth and Harnett Streets, E. G. Parmelee, and the wrecked Daily Record building with a group of vigilantes.
Changes: Converted the 640 × 496 Library of Congress JPEG to WebP at the same dimensions; not cropped, resized, or upscaled.
USS NORTH CAROLINA during the Gilbert Islands operation, 1943
Photographer: Edward Steichen. Source organization: U.S. Navy.
Source: Wikimedia Commons source page (official U.S. Navy photograph 80-G-K-101).
Status: Public domain in the United States as a work created in the course of official U.S. Navy duties; Public Domain Mark 1.0. This acknowledgment is voluntary.
Changes: Resized proportionally from the 1,920 × 1,253 source derivative to 1,200 × 783 and converted from JPEG to WebP without cropping or upscaling.
Turrets on Battleship NORTH CAROLINA
Creator and copyright holder: DiscoA340.
Source: Wikimedia Commons source page.
License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International.
Changes: Resized proportionally from the 1,920 × 1,440 source derivative to 1,200 × 900 and converted from JPEG to WebP.
The local adaptation is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Fort Fisher traverse after capture
Creator credited by the source: Berean Hunter. Original publication: The Photographic History of the Civil War, volume 5, page 269 (1911).
Source: Wikimedia Commons source page.
Status: Public domain in the United States because the work was published in 1911. This acknowledgment is voluntary.
Changes: Converted from JPEG to WebP at the source dimensions of 1,350 × 806; not cropped, resized, or upscaled.
Fort Fisher State Historic Site, July 2023
Creator and copyright holder: DiscoA340.
Source: Wikimedia Commons source page.
License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International.
Changes: Resized proportionally from the 1,920 × 1,280 source derivative to 1,200 × 800 and converted from JPEG to WebP.
The local adaptation is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Cotton Exchange exterior in Wilmington
Creator and copyright holder: Edward Orde.
Source: Wikimedia Commons source page.
License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International.
Changes: Resized proportionally from the 1,920 × 1,280 source derivative to 1,200 × 800 and converted from JPEG to WebP.
The local adaptation is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Cotton Exchange entrance and stairway
Creator and copyright holder: Edward Orde.
Source: Wikimedia Commons source page.
License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International.
Changes: Resized proportionally from the 1,920 × 1,440 source derivative to 1,200 × 900 and converted from JPEG to WebP.
The local adaptation is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Bellamy Mansion, circa 1935–1938
Photographer: Frances Benjamin Johnston. Holding institution: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
Source: Wikimedia Commons source page (Library of Congress digital ID csas.02920).
Status: Public domain / Public Domain Mark 1.0; the Library of Congress record reports no restrictions on publication. This acknowledgment is voluntary.
Changes: Converted the 768 × 960 JPEG to WebP at the same dimensions; not cropped, resized, or upscaled.
Bellamy Mansion slave quarters
Creator and copyright holder: Bellamy Mansion.
Source: Wikimedia Commons source page.
License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International.
Changes: Resized proportionally from the 1,920 × 1,285 source derivative to 1,200 × 803 and converted from JPEG to WebP.
The local adaptation is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.