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Choir practice at church, Ocracoke Island, North Carolina, 1955.

Choir practice at church, Ocracoke Island, North Carolina, 1955.
Item Number:
ULPA SONJ 80717
Description:
Choir practice at the Ocracoke Methodist Church.
Date Original:
1955-07
Subject:
Men, Choirs (Music), Churches, Methodist churches, Singers, and Women

Cars boarding ferry, Ocracoke Island, North Carolina, 1955.

Cars boarding ferry, Ocracoke Island, North Carolina, 1955.
Item Number:
ULPA SONJ 80684
Description:
The Hatteras Inlet ferry coming into the northern most tip of Ocracoke Island. Some ten miles of sand flats and dunes separate the ferry landing from the village of Ocracoke which is clustered around Silver Lake, an inlet from Pamlico Sound.
Date Original:
1955-07
Subject:
Men, Ferries, Transportation, Water, and Automobiles

Writing letter, Ocracoke Island, North Carolina, 1955.

Writing letter, Ocracoke Island, North Carolina, 1955.
Item Number:
ULPA SONJ 80693
Description:
Cass Williams, one of the oldest inhabitants of Ocracoke and a fisherman for 57 years, writes a letter to his son with the help of his young great granddaughter.
Date Original:
1955-07
Subject:
Men, Family, Rooms & spaces, Children, Girls, and Writing

Captain talking to oil distributor, Ocracoke Island, North Carolina, 1955.

Captain talking to oil distributor, Ocracoke Island, North Carolina, 1955.
Item Number:
ULPA SONJ 80696
Description:
The Captain of the delivery boat figures out the amount of oil he has just delivered to Jesse Garrish, the Ocracoke distributor.
Date Original:
1955-07
Subject:
Men, Conversation, Boat & ship industry, and Boats

Entering into the lake and village, Ocracoke Island, North Carolina, 1955.

Entering into the lake and village, Ocracoke Island, North Carolina, 1955.
Item Number:
ULPA SONJ 80711
Description:
Entering Silver Lake from Pamlico Sound on the Esso delivery boat. The village of Ocracoke is clustered around the lake.
Date Original:
1955-07
Subject:
Men, Passengers, Boat & ship industry, Villages, and Boats

Sitting in living room, Ocracoke Island, North Carolina, 1955.

Sitting in living room, Ocracoke Island, North Carolina, 1955.
Item Number:
ULPA SONJ 80694
Description:
Sunday afternoon in the living room of Stacy Howard, a descendant of one of the first inhabitants of Ocracoke, with his daughter, a clerk for the Esso distributor, and his grandson. Mr. Howard is a fisherman.
Date Original:
1955-07
Subject:
Men, Women, Family, Rooms & spaces, and Children

Owners of general store and their granddaughter, Ocracoke Island, North Carolina, 1955.

Owners of general store and their granddaughter, Ocracoke Island, North Carolina, 1955.
Item Number:
ULPA SONJ 80703
Description:
Mr. and Mrs. William Stryon and their granddaughter. The Stryons own the general store on the other side of Silver Lake around which the village of Ocracoke is built.
Date Original:
1955-07
Subject:
Men, Women, Family, Rooms & spaces, Children, and Girls

Bus backing off inlet ferry, Ocracoke Island, North Carolina, 1955.

Bus backing off inlet ferry, Ocracoke Island, North Carolina, 1955.
Item Number:
ULPA SONJ 80701
Description:
Ocracoke bus backing off the Hatteras Inlet ferry. When word comes by the Coast Guard phone that there are too many islander for the mail truck to carry, Jack Williams, the bus driver gets his bus out and goes over for them. Sometimes its two or three weeks between trips for him.
Date Original:
1955-07
Subject:
Men, Ferries, Transportation, Water, and Automobiles

Village fisherman, Ocracoke Island, North Carolina, 1955.

Village fisherman, Ocracoke Island, North Carolina, 1955.
Item Number:
ULPA SONJ 80765
Description:
Village fisherman.
Date Original:
1955-07
Subject:
Men, Water, Piers & wharves, Buildings, Fishermen, and Boats

Village shrimper, Ocracoke Island, North Carolina, 1955.

Village shrimper, Ocracoke Island, North Carolina, 1955.
Item Number:
ULPA SONJ 80756
Description:
Village shrimper, Lawrence Gaskill.
Date Original:
1955-07
Subject:
Men, Water, Piers & wharves, Fishermen, and Boats