Ben Dixon MacNeill Photographic Collection, 1911-1960 (bulk circa 1920s-1960)

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Ben Dixon MacNeill Photographic Collection, 1911-1960, (bulk circa 1920s-1960)

Ben Dixon MacNeill Photographic Collection, 1911-1960 (bulk circa 1920s-1960)

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Ben Dixon MacNeill wrote for several North Carolina newspapers, including the and the He also had an interest in photography and photographed events he was covering on assignment for the newspapers. He also captured other images of scenes and people around North Carolina. MacNeill retired from the newspaper business in the 1940s and moved to Cape Hatteras, N.C., where he served as publicity director for the dramatic production, wrote several books on the people of eastern North Carolina, and periodically contributed stories and images to regional newspapers. He died in 1960 at his home in Buxton-at-Hatteras, N.C. Wilmington Star-News Raleigh News and Observer. Lost Colony The collection includes 2144 images of events, scenes, and people in North Carolina. Included are many images of people and scenes around Cape Hatteras and Dare County. There are also images of the 1923 dedication of the Wright Brothers Memorial at Kitty Hawk, including a few images of Amelia Earhart and Orville Wright; the 1927 celebration of the Battle of Bentonville; the 1925 Cumnock coal mine disaster in Lee County; the 1923 Spruce Pines riot; the 1928 inauguration of Governor Max Gardner; images taken in the 1920s during prohibition; and early images of the planning for the Blue Ridge Parkway and other events across North Carolina.

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. North Carolina Collection Photographic Archives.