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Skyline from S. College St and I-277

Object Title: Skyline from S. College St and I-277 Description: Charlotte Observer Building and Ericsson Stadium Location: Charlotte (N.C.)

521/Johnston Road at Ballantyne Commons Parkway

Object Title: 521/Johnston Road at Ballantyne Commons Parkway

Sears store in SouthPark

Object Title: Sears store in SouthPark Description: The Sears store at South Park. The towers of uptown Charlotte - six miles away - are faintly visible at the extreme left.

Phillips Place

Object Title: Phillips Place Description: Phillips Place opened in 1996 as the Charlotte area's first mixed-use village: apartments, shops, and restaurants close together.

Park and Ride

Object Title: Park and Ride Description: This Park and Ride in east Charlotte has more empty spaces than cars on a Friday morning. Location: Charlotte (N.C.)

South Boulevard

Object Title: South Boulevard Description: This is the view looking south from Archdale. This was one of the first Hispanic business districts in Charlotte.

Shared Space / Community Policing

Object Title: Shared Space / Community Policing Description: The Charlotte Mecklenburg Police share this building at 7901 England St with the Metrolina Kidney Center.

Take a look at how inexpensive it was to rent a house a hundred years ago. This is a copy of an advertisement from the 1903 Charlotte Observer. A family could rent a seven-room house in uptown Charlotte for $25.00 a month in the early 1900s.

Working on the Railroad

The first passenger train arrived in Charlotte in 1852. The second passenger depot was the Southern Railroad Depot that was designed by Frank Milburn in the Spanish Mission style.

Drugstore & Soda Shoppe

This is an interior shot of Fitzsimmons Drugstore. There are twenty pharmacists who own their own stores throughout Charlotte. Fitzsimmons was at 126 South Tryon Street.

And the Band Plays On

Most towns in America support at least one local band. The Charlotte Drum & Bugle Corp, was a popular town booster. Our city’s motto “Watch Charlotte Grow” appears on the bass drums.

Beautiful Old Homes

Grand homes of Charlotte’s most prominent citizens line the streets in uptown Charlotte during the 1900s.

Newspaper Delivery Men

'They Have Made The Caduceus Famous.' These men helped carry the newspaper to a ninety mile radius of Charlotte. The newspaper was selling almost 10,000 copies a week by September, 1918.