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The home of John Blake's home at 704 North College Street. He operated Blake's Drugstore on the Square. The family is on the frontporch.
Physical Description: 35 mm negative
Publisher: Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County
House on Pine Street, thought to be the first house built by James A. Jones, founder of J.A. Jones Construction.
Physical Description: 35 mm. Negative
Publisher: Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County
Elizabeth College Student playing a guitar in her dorm room.Elizabeth College was located on Hawthorne Road. It opened in 1896. This popular school for girls remained in Charlotte until 1915. The main building is now used by Presbyterian Hospital.
Joseph Graham (1759-1836)The illustration is from General Joseph Graham and his Papers on North Carolina Revolutionary History (1904).
Physical Description: 1 1/2 by 2 1/2
Publisher: Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County
Family portrait: Helen C. Long, Annie Long Smith, Brandon Barringer, Margaret Long Barringer and Lily Webb Long. The photograph was taken on March 22, 1906.
Physical Description: 3x5 print35 mm negative
Publisher: Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County
View of South Tryon Street looking North from the 200 Block with the Piedmont Fire Insurance Building on the left. (Features three arches.)
Physical Description: 5x7 print35 mm negative
Publisher: Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County
Presbyterian College was the precursor to Queens College. This building was located on the corner of College and Ninth Streets. When the school changed its name to Queens, the school moved to the Myers Park area.
Physical Description: 8x10 pearl finish
Monument marking the birthplace of President James K. Polk. It was erected by the local chapters of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
Physical Description: 5x 8 3/4 mounted print35 mm negative
Publisher: Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County
Part of Elizabeth College's campus known as the Midway during the winter of 1902.Elizabeth College was located on Hawthorne Road. It opened in 1896. This popular school for girls remained in Charlotte until 1915.
Physical Description: Original in scrapbook
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Sheet music cover of the song Pride of the South March: Dedicated to the Queen City Drum Corps of Charlotte, NC by Harvey Overcash. Framed print in the the Robinson-Spangelr Carolina Room Music Archives and the original sheet music is housed in the vault.
Located on the 200 block of South Tryon Street, the C.W. Johnston Building was completed in 1924. It was Charlotte's largest office building with 149,000 square feet and 17 stories.
Physical Description: 3 x 5 postcards
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A night time view of the Liberty Life Building in Charlotte at 112 South Tryon Street. Originally known as the First National Bank in 1927, the name changed in 1940 when Liberty Life Insurance Company of Greenville, South Carolina purchased the property.
This building opened as a Ford Motor Company plant in 1924. In World War II it served as a Quartermaster Depot, and as a missile plant and warehouse in the years since. Physical Description: jpg, 1135 X 815 Publisher: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
The City Center Inn began operation at 601 N. Tryon St. in 1992. This photograph was taken just prior to its demolition.
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Publisher: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
Myers Park Baptist Church was organized in 1943. Located at 1900 Queens Road in Charlotte, this traditional Colonial style building was completed in 1952. The church is affiliated with American Baptist Churches - USA.
Notable city leaders who rode the last street car in Charlotte.From left to right: H.W. Harkey, Chairman of the Mecklenburg County Board of County Commissioners: Mayor Ben E. Douglas. Second Row: N.A. Cocke, Vice-President Duke Power. Third Row: Reverend Dr.
Wagons hauling materials to the Myers Park construction site. Myers Park is one of Charlotte's oldest neighborhoods. George Stephens played an instrumental role in the development of Myers Park in the early part of the twentieth century. The land was owned by Stephens's father-in-law, J.S.
Looking north on Tryon Street, you see buildings that vary in architectural styles. Most of them are just a few stories high.
This digital exhibit represents the opinions and emotions surrounding the March For Our Lives event of the people of Charlotte, March 24 2018.