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Casa Rancho was a motel on US 29 North, five miles north of uptown Charlotte. It was owned by CA Breeze. Physical Description: 3x5 Publisher: E. C. Kropp Company
Construction across Martin Luther King, Jr., Blvd. from the NASCAR Hall of Fame.
Publisher: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
The YWCA in Charlotte was first organized in 1902 by the Charlotte Woman's Club. Helen Sherman Ogden Liddell (1863-1961) served as the first President. This picture is of the second YWCA building that opened in 1914.
The Trust Building on South Tryon Street housed the Charlotte Opera House (1902-1922) on the first floor. A number of other businesses had offices in the Trust Building, including Southern Power Company
Physical Description: 8x10 and two 4x5 negatives
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The El Rancho Motel was once located at 4815 Wilkinson Boulevard in Charlotte. They offered central heat and air conditioning. televisions in the room and a color television in the lobby.
Same Name, Different Game
Basketball, baseball or football. The team nickname, Hornets, has been used several times
Jordan's Drug Store was located in the first block of North Tryon Street at the Square.
The mood of the people as expressed in handmade signs, 1960-1993
Signs of Segregation and Desegregation
The sixth grade class of Miss Loma Squires at College Street Elementary School. The latter was located at 600-606 North Tryon Street.
Rescue workers of three different decades illustrate the increased sophistication of the emergency medical worker.
The people in this image are identified as Woodall and Shepherd Graduates in Pharmacy. The information on the back of this photograph indicates it was the Fitzsimmons Drugstore.
Casa Rancho Motor Lodge was located at 6001 North Tryon Street. Physical Description: 3x5 Publisher: W. N. Creech