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View of Charlotte from the Daniel Augustus Tompkins Tower. He was a textile magnate and owner of the Charlotte Observer.
Physical Description: Panorama 4x5 negative - 2 copies
Publisher: Unknown
The Charlotte residence of Zebulon B. Vance, who was both the Governor of North Carolina during the Civil war and later a United States Senator.
Physical Description: 3 x 535 mm negative
Publisher: Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County
West Charlotte High School Senior Prom, 1950.
JAMES G. CROSBY.
The Junior Band, West Charlotte High School, 1943.
ANITA BALDWIN.
The Daily Charlotte Observer had this special edition for women on May 20, 1896.
This portrait of Queen Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz by Allan Ramsay (1713-1784) was given to the Mint Museum of Art in 1936 by Mrs. Westray Battle. The painting captures Charlotte in her coronation robe. Born in 1774, she was the consort to King George III of England.
Photo from an outside street view of the Red Circle Club in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Sewing class, West Charlotte High School, 1943.
ANITA BALDWIN.
West Charlotte's All-Star Champion Basketball Team, 1950, with coach Minnie Alma Blake.
MINNIE ALMA BLAKE.
In 1891, the Charlotte Literary and Library Association was a subscription library located above Stone and Barringer's Bookstore. This means the library customers had to pay to use the library. After it closed, it became obvious that a city the size of Charlotte needed a public library.
The Charles R. Jonas Federal Building is an historic two-story, limestone structure in the neo-classical design. Completed in 1915, it is located at 401 West Trade Street, in Charlotte. An addition was built in 1934.
The Charles R. Jonas Federal Building is an historic two-story, limestone structure in the neo-classical design. Completed in 1915, it is located at 401 West Trade Street, in Charlotte.
The Charles R. Jonas Federal Building is an historic two-story, limestone structure in the neo-classical design. Completed in 1915, it is located at 401 West Trade Street, in Charlotte.