020488 Hatteras Lighthouse
with full moon
{see
more lighthouse images below) |
Ernest H. Robl stock photos:
North Carolina symbols and icons
North Carolina
is a major stock photo specialty. This page shows a
few of the many variations of images of some of North
Carolina's most important symbols.
This page
supplements an existing page of sample North
Carolina stock photos.
An addition
page focuses on Aviation & military subjects from North
Carolina.
This page
contains a mix of recent and older images. In many
cases, I have newer images of the same subjects, but
the older images, such as those of the Cape Hatteras
Lighthouse before its move, show how something looked
at a given time (and why, in this case, the move
inland was necessary).
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Lighthouses
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The image at left above shows one of
America's best-known landmarks, the Cape Hatteras lighthouse before
the 1999 move inland. The photo shows why the move was necessary,
with waves creeping increasingly closer to the base of
lighthouse. The other N.C. lighthouses shown are the Bodie Island
Lighthouse (center), Currituck Lighthouse (right), and Ocracoke
Lighthouse (far right). This is just a small sample of a wide
range of lighthouse photos made over many years.
Squirrels
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The gray squirrel is the state mammal. This
athletic animal is also found in almost all states of the eastern
U.S.
Pine trees
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The long-leaf and loblolly pine are the two
predominant pine species in North Carolina. The long-leaf pine is
the state's official tree, and an award given out at the
discretion of the state governor is called The Order of the Long
Leaf Pine. (Ernest H. Robl is a recipient of this award from Gov.
Bob Scott in for news coverage of N.C. government in the early
1970s, while working for United Press International.)
Above, from left: State park ranger at
Weymouth Woods Sandhills Nature Preserve (near Southern Pines)
describing the features of the long-leaf pine (the preserve
visitor center is in the background); forest floor in the
Sandhills Nature Preserve.
Wright Brothers /
First flight
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Above row:
2003 updates from Wright Brothers National Historic Site,
N.C. Outer Banks.
The visitor center at the site reopened at the end of
May, 2003, after renovations. |
A sand dune at Kill Devil Hills on North
Carolina's Outer Banks was the site of the first powered flight
by the Wright Brothers. That event took place December 17, 1903,
and will be commemorated in a huge centennial celebration in
2003.
Above, from left, first row: The memorial,
in the form of a pair of folded wings; replica of the plane that
made the first powered flight (the original is in the
Smithsonian) at the visitor center; the North Carolina quarter,
with the Wright Brothers' first flight.
The second row shows interiors of the
visitor center after completion of the 2002-2003 renovations and
views from a commemorative marker toward the workshop buildings
and the main memorial.
Please
see also my North Carolina aviation and military subject page.
Elizabeth II /
"Lost Colony"
In the early 1980s, the state of North
Carolina contracted for the construction of a replica of the ship
that brought the first English-speaking colonists to North
Carolina, resulting in the famous "Lost Colony." That
ship, the "Elizabeth II" is fully capable of being
sailed, though it now spends most of its time docked at Manteo,
N.C. These images are of the ship's introduction in 1984, with it
out in a bay near Manteo. Costumed crew members both work the
ship and provide tours to visitors. (I also have more recent
images of the ship in Manteo, though the 1984 images probably
work best for history and geography books, showing the ship
without modern surroundings.)
Blue Ridge Parkway
Other state historic
sites
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040062 Bennett Place
State Historic Site, Durham, N.C., after an early
2004 snowfall. This restored farmstead was the site
of a major surrender at the end of the U.S. Civil
War. I have extensive coverage of this site from over
many years.
I have coverage of many state
(and national) historic sites in various parts of the
state, including historic reenactors at many of the
sites. I also have background information on these
sites, allowing me to provide detailed captions or
features about the location.
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State government
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990646 Great Seal of
the state of North Carolina in front of the state
Legislative Building in Raleigh.
In addition to various views of
the state Legislative Building, state Capitol (no
longer used for normal legislative sessions), and the
Governor's Mansion, I also have images of state
museums in downtown Raleigh (Museum of Natural
Sciences, Museum of History), and various memorials
in the downtown area.
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Much more
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images that you need? Give me a call or send e-mail.
Remember, the images on my site are just samples of
many thousands more available from my files.
Link to additional N.C.
flag images
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Carolina stock photos.
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sample images from the:
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(North
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