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The North Carolina Medical College was chartered in 1892 at Davidson College. The upper graduates moved to Charlotte in 1903 because of the new Presbyterian Hospital. The entire medical college moved into this building Charlotte in 1907.
The Charlotte Municpal Airport opened in 1936 under the auspices of the city of Charlotte. During World War II, the United States Army Airforce took over the management of the airport and established Morris Field Air Base in 1941.
The Charlotte Municpal Airport opened in 1936 under the auspices of the city of Charlotte. During World War II, the United States Army Airforce took over the management of the airport and established Morris Field Air Base in 1941.
Labels from early recordings of Charlotte gospel groups.
CHARLOTTE MUSIC ARCHIVES, PLCMC.
Object Title: Recreation Center
Description: This center is on Albemarle Road in east Charlotte.
Location: Charlotte (N.C.)
St. Peter's Episcopal Church was first built in 1857 then rebuilt between 1880 and 1892. Located at the corner of 7th and North Tryon Streets, it is the oldest Episcopal Church in Charlotte. Physical Description: 8x10 glossy Publisher: Unknown
St. Mark's Lutheran Church is the oldest Evangelical Lutheran Church in Charlotte. Worship services were first held in 1859. The church occupied a number of facilities, including a church on North Tryon Street prior to moving to Queens Road.
Mount Holly, N. C. (not N. J.) 12 miles from Charlotte on the line of the Seaboard R. R. although the tanks of the 'Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey' makes you feel nearer to home than you are.
Scene at Camp Greene, Charlotte, N.C. It is postmarked 12/19/1917. "Arrived to-day. My address is Co. L 7th Inf. U. S. A. Camp Greene N. C. Am well & hope
Co. #21 Camp 4, Camp Greene, Charlotte, N. C., Oct. 4th, 1918. Lieut. Elmer Young, Comdg.
"Mr. Harvey H. Orr`s White Steamer, which Represented Charlotte Chapter, D.A.R. in the parade. 1,500 white snowballs were utilized in its decoration. It is a fair example of the many elaborately decorated items in the parade." (No date)
Many old Charlotte buildings are shown in Frank Leslie`s Illustrated Newspaper, 5/24/1884, celebrating the 109th Anniversary of Meck Dec.
“The First Firecracker” - Caption indicates Mecklenburg’s claim to be the first to declare independence from the British. The Charlotte News, May 20, 1907
In the year following the publication of William Hoyt's skeptical 1907 study, The Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence, the Charlotte News printed this defiant cartoon.
Dr. Roy S. Wynn was Charlotte's first black ophthalmologist, opening his office in 1941, and the first black citizen to serve on the board of the Charlotte Housing Authority.
MARIA WYNN
Mary Lou Williams was an American jazz pianist, composer and arranger. Williams wrote hundreds of compositions and arrangements, and recorded more than one hundred records She is seen here playing with the Andy Kirk band in Charlotte during the early 1940s.
NC State Society of the Cincinnati convened in Charlotte at the Southern Manufacturer's Club on April 15, 1916. Sitting: Commodore W.S. Hogg, USN, Washington, DC: Brig. General Charles L. Davis, USA, Schenectady, NY: Rt. Rev. Joseph Blount Cheshire, Raleigh, Hon. Wilson G. Lamb. Pres.
Tryon Street as it appeared at the turn of the century. This scene is looking north down Tryon with Charlotte's City Hall, the tall domed building, on the right.
Physical Description: 8x10 glossy4x5 negatives - 4 copies
Publisher: Unknown