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Kokichi Mikimoto (Japanese: 御木本 幸吉, Hepburn: Mikimoto Kōkichi, 25 January 1858 – 21 September 1954) was a Japanese entrepreneur who is credited with creating the first cultured pearl and subsequently starting the cultured pearl industry with the establishment of his luxury pearl company Mikimoto.
Reeds Jewelers is a U.S. retail jewelry company founded in 1946 by Bill and Roberta Zimmer in Wilmington, North Carolina. [1] Reeds Jewelers sells diamonds and precious gems, fine jewelry, brand-name watches, Pandora charms, Swarovski crystal, and jewelry accessories in its chain of retail stores primarily located in shopping malls and its online store Reeds.com. [1] In May 2008, "National ...
Lower Market Street Historic District is a national historic district located at Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware. It encompasses 132 contributing buildings the central business district of Wilmington. It includes attached commercial and commercial/residential structures dating from the mid-18th to the early-20th century.
Allison Ballard, Wilmington StarNews December 19, 2023 at 10:19 AM Rx Restaurant and Bar first opened in 2012 in the historic Hall's Drug Store building along Castle St. in Wilmington, N.C.
Mikimoto (written: 幹本, 美樹本 or 御木本) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: Notable people with the surname include: Kokichi Mikimoto ( 御木本 幸吉 , 1858–1954) , Japanese businessman and creator of the first cultured pearl
Alton Lennon Federal Building and Courthouse, also known as the Customs House, is a historic Federal building and courthouse located at Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina. It was designed by the Office of the Supervising Architect under James A. Wetmore and built between 1916 and 1919.
Mikimoto developed the island as a center for pearl production. In 1951, Mikimoto renamed it Mikimoto Pearl Island and set up a company to develop it for tourism. A commemorative museum of the life of Mikimoto was established in 1958 and a Pearl Museum in 1962. A bridge connecting the island to the mainland was completed in 1970.
Bancroft Mills is an abandoned mill complex along Brandywine Creek in Wilmington, Delaware, United States.It has been the site of some of the earliest and most famous mills near Wilmington and was the largest and longest running complex along the Brandywine.