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Top: Lester Newell’s store evolves from a simple drink stand and sandwich shop to
a much larger entity in the early 1940s. Above: A Tidewater Power and Light beach
trolley passing Newell’s, approaching Station One. Left: Lester “Pop” Newell.
Above: Newell’s at Station One around 1929. Right: This is where Newell’s
Soda Shop was located. Opposite: The front of Newell’s Soda Shop, late 1930,
Tidewater Power and Light’s Station One trolley line stop.
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BILL CREASY COLLECTION, WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH MUSEUM OF HISTORY
BILL CREASY COLLECTION, WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH MUSEUM OF HISTORY
BILL CREASY COLLECTION, WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH MUSEUM OF HISTORY
WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH MUSEUM OF HISTORY
BILL CREASY COLLECTION, WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH MUSEUM OF HISTORY
