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Aerial Views Photographic images that capture views of the city from the tops of buildings or from an airplane.
Agriculture Anything related to farming.
Airplanes Refers to any means of transportation that occurs in the air and has some association with Mecklenburg County.
Airports Refers to the area where planes land, take off and or stored in Mecklenburg County.
Apartments  
Aviation Refers to anything related to airplanes and the personnel who fly them.
Bands Any musical band.
Boats Refers to either a row or sail boat.
Buildings Refers to any structure.
Businesses Refers to any business in Charlotte or Mecklenburg County.
Cabins Any small log or wooden structure.
Camps Usually refers to summer camps, but can refer to military facilities.
Canoe  
Celebrations Refers to any special event that takes place amongst the general population, including parades.
Cemetery Pictures of cemeteries or markers.
Children Images of children by themselves or in group activities.
Churches Any image of a Protestant, Catholic or Greek Orthodox house of worship.
City Life Captures people in various events in the city.
Clubs Private or public organizations. Can include members, buildings and activities of the club.
Construction Refers to any type of construction, ie. road, buildings, etc.
country roads  
country scene  
Courthouses Courthouses in either Mecklenburg County or some city in North Carolina.
Dams Any structure used to hold back water.
Doctors Refers to any practioner of medicine in Mecklenburg County.
Education Refers to schools, universities, teachers, students, etc.
Fairs Usually an annual event where exhibitions of local interest and amusement rides are a common sight.
Farming Anything related to the cultivation of land.
Fire Trucks Equipment used by the local fire department.
Firemen Personnel who work for the Charlotte Fire Department.
Florists  
Funerals  
Garages Another term for gas station that did automobile repairs.
Gardens Used for both private and public gardens.
Government Buildings Refers to all local, state and government buildings
Government Officials Anyone elected to a position in either local, state or national government.
Governors Refers to the head of an individual state.
Historic Houses Houses that are on the National Register of Historic Places. Houses from the 18th & 19th century that are no longer extant. Houses from the 18th & 19th century that are extant. Houses from the 20th century that have signicant historical value.
Historic Monuments Refers to any structure, marker, or monument that describes the historical events that took place at that specific location in Mecklenburg County and North Carolina.
Homefront During War  
Horses  
Hospitals Refers to any medical facility in Mecklenburg County, past and present.
Hotels A business, past or present, whose sole purpose is to provide accomodations for a fee in Mecklenburg County.
Houses  
Industry Any business that deals in manufacturing.
Journalists  
Lakes Refers to any natural or man-made body of water that is enclosed by land.
Lawyers  
Libraries Exterior and Interior shots of libraries.
Mailmen  
Manufacturing  
Medicine Refers to medical personnel, facilities, and schools in Mecklenburg County.
Military Anything associated with the United States military.
Mills Refers to grain or textile mills
Motorcycles  
movie theater  
Museums Any Mecklenburg County institution whose mission is to collect, preserve and exhibit art, history, scientific discoveries, etc.
Music  
Musicians Anyone singing or playing a musical instrument either solo or in a group.
Neighborhoods A designated real estate development with an assigned name.
Orchestras  
Parking Lot An area designated to hold cars while the drivers are working or shopping.
Parks Public and private recreational parks.
People Can refer to a single individual or a group of people.
Physicians Refers to doctors, usually those from Mecklenburg County.
Police Personnel of any rank who worked for the Charlotte Police Department.
Politicians Refers to any elected official that are from Charlotte or are visiting from elsewhere.
Presidential Visits Any visit by a United States President to the city of Charlotte or Mecklenburg County.
Railroad Anything related to the railroads in Charlotte.
Recreation Any type of sport, movie, and social event that is depicted by a group.
Religion Refers to churches,ministers, and religious services.
Restaurant An eating establishment that once existed in Mecklenburg County.
Rivers  
rural scene  
School Children Images of children posing at the school they attended or who participated in a school program.
Schools Refers to schools and colleges and/or universities.
Senator  
Soldiers Refers to any American or foreign soldier visiting or associated with Mecklenburg County.
Sports baseball basketball football racing
Streets Indicates that the street is the main feature of the photograph. Because of the number of buildings on the street, it's hard to distinguish one building over another.
Students Refers to college age students.
Symphonys  
Theaters Refers to any structure used for the presentation of a play, musical performance or movie.
Trains Any form of railroad car.
Transportation Refers to any means of transportation that has existed, including horse and buggy, as well as airplanes.
Trolleys Anything associated with street railroads or streetcars
Women Women who are performing some sort of activity or work.
Work Photograph shows people at work.
Writers