Ocracoke Sources

Here's a list of all the contents of each envelope including historical document credits to the original source, where possible. All other media used have been either created by us or licensed through royalty-free stock image web sites, such as DepositPhotos. All letters are 1 sheet unless otherwise noted.

Envelope 1:

1) Welcome Card
2) Note from Ryan
3) Invite Card
4) Joebell Card
5) Natalie Letter (2 sheets)
6) Map (From 1950s-era visitor map. Originally on yellow paper with green lines and text. Credit: Ocracoke Island Journal, Public domain)
7) Picture
8) Postcard
9) R.M. Letter
10/11) Two watercolor prints -pre-paid orders only. (Artist: Cathryn A. Murphy)

Envelope 2:

1) Natalie Letter (2 sheets)
2) Diary Entry (Picture on back of Diary Entry: Aerial photo of Ocracoke Village, 06-17-1955. Credit: CapeHatterasNPS (Flickr), Public domain - No claim to original U.S. Government works.)
3) Puzzle
4) Postcard
5) Business Card

Envelope 3:

1) Natalie Letter
2) Kitty Hawk Bay Postcard (Artist: S.P. James (1951). Scanned from our private vintage postcard collection. Public domain.)
3) Recipe
4) R.M. Letter

Envelope 4:

1) Natalie Letter
2) Diary Entry (Picture: North Carolina State Flower postcard. Scanned from our private vintage postcard collection. Public domain. Originally published by The Asheville Post Card Co.)
3) Info Sheet
4) Picture

Envelope 5:

1) Natalie Letter
2) Letter
3) Newspaper Clipping (Top Image Artist: Cathryn A. Murphy / "Surfcasters" and "Boat and Motor Repair" Ads from October 15, 1941 issue of Ocracoke Island Beacon. Public domain.)
4) Puzzle

Envelope 6:

1.) Natalie Letter
2.) Newspaper Clipping ("Ocracoke Island Chamber Of Commerce" Ad from October 15, 1941 issue of Ocracoke Island Beacon. Public domain.)
3.) Postcard (Scan of antique seed packet, Wayne Bash Seed Co., Fort Wayne, Ind. Public domain)
4.) R.M. Letter

Envelope 7:

1.) Natalie Letter
2.) Diary Entry (Picture: "Wreck of the "Ghost Ship," Ocracoke Island, North Carolina." in Durwood Barbour Collection of North Carolina Postcards (P077), North Carolina Collection Photographic Archives, Wilson Library, UNC-Chapel. Public domain.)
3.) Picture (Artist: Cathryn A. Murphy)
4.) Recipe

Envelope 8:

1.) Natalie Letter
2.) Diary Entry
3.) Note
4.) R.M. Letter
5.) Postcard (Scanned from our private vintage postcard collection. Public domain. Originally published by Hugh Morton.)

Envelope 9:

1.) Natalie Letter
2.) Diary Entry
3.) Kitty Hawk Postcard (Artist: S.P. James (1951). Scanned from our private vintage postcard collection. Public domain.)
4.) Picture
5.) Aleta Sketch/Info. (Artist: Ryan M. Murphy - Sketch based off of vintage photo of the mail boat Aleta at the dock in Ocracoke.)

Envelope 10:

1.) Natalie Letter
2.) Diary Entry
3.) R.M. Letter
4.) Picture (Artist: Cathryn A. Murphy)

Envelope 11:

1.) Natalie Letter
2.) Newspaper Clipping (Top Image from October 18, 1954 issue of The Wallace Enterprise. Public domain. / "Pamlico Inn" Ad from November 1, 1941 issue of Ocracoke Island Beacon; "Pamlico Inn" Ad from October 15, 1941 issue of Ocracoke Island Beacon. Public domain.)
3.) Flyer
4.) Postcard (Scanned from our private vintage postcard collection. Public domain. Originally published by Elizabeth City News Co.)
5.) Recipe

Envelope 12:

1.) Natalie Letter
2.) Diary Entry
3.) Picture (Artist: Cathryn A. Murphy)
4.) R.M. Letter

Envelope 13:

1.) Natalie Letter
2.) Diary Entry
3.) Annabel Letter
4.) Newspaper Clipping ("Ocracoke Mail Boat," "Sportsmen," and "Betts Breads" Ads from October 15, 1941 issue of Ocracoke Island Beacon. Public domain.)
5.) Postcard (Scanned from our private vintage postcard collection. Public domain. Originally published by Elizabeth City News Co.)

Envelope 14:

1.) Natalie Letter
2.) Diary Entry
3.) Guestbook
4.) Rate Card (Scanned from our private vintage ephemera collection and professionally reproduced. Public domain.
5.) Postcard

Envelope 15:

Coming soon...