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Walter Raleigh. Cox worked as a streetcar employee.
Physical Description: 35mm negative
Publisher: Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County
First Presbyterian Church was organized in 1832. This building opened in 1895.
Physical Description: 3 inch circular mounted35 mm. negative
Publisher: Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County
North Tryon Street as it appeard in 1905.
Physical Description: 6 x 3 3/4 mounted print35 mm negative
Publisher: Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County
Myers ark and Providence Road at one time were in the county.
Physical Description: 6 x 3 1/2 mounted print35 mm negative
Publisher: Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County
From Marie Isabella Matson's scrapbook when she attended Elizabeth College in Charlotte. Caption reads: Ensign William Cash - The Cincinnati.
Physical Description: Original in scrapbook
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Elizabeth College covered in snow. The school was located on Hawthorne Road. It opened in 1896. This popular school for girls remained in Charlotte until 1915.
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Postcard advertisment for F. R. Coal and Oil Company. It was located at 624 South Cedar Street in Charlotte.
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View of uptown Charlotte looking down South Tryon Street in the 1950s. Brownlee Jewelwers is on the left right next door to the Liberty Life Building.
Physical Description: 3 x 5 postcard
Publisher: Dexter Press
The Hezekiah Alexander House is the oldest extant house in Charlotte. It is located off of Shamrock Drive near the Methodist Home.
Physical Description: postcard packet
Publisher: Dexter Press
The Charlotte Lions Club provided the funds for outdoor theater at the park. Many band concerts have taken place there over the years.
Physical Description: 3 x 5 postcard
Publisher: Dexter Press
Freedom Park is located off of East Boulevard in Myers Park. It opened in 1948 and was named in honor of Charlotte's World War II soldiers.
Physical Description: 3 x 5 postcard
Publisher: Dexter Press
Built in 1837, the United States Mint in Charlotte served the community for a number of years in different capacities. In the 1930s, the building was dismantled and moved to Randolph Road.
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Google Fiber converted a century-old warehouse in the 200 block of E. 7th St. to be its local headquarters.
Physical Description: .jpg, 680 X 381
Publisher: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
This photo shows the corner of Poplar and 7th in the spring of 2005.
Physical Description: digital image
Publisher: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
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SEE ALSO Charlotte High School (to 1920), Alexander Graham High School (1921-1923), Garinger High School (1959-present)
The Wilson House was at Caldwell Station. It was built by Andrew Springs. Physical Description: 35 mm. Negative Publisher: Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County
This photo of an unknown group of soldiers was possibly taken at Camp Grant, IL. Eugene Craft of North Carolina, studied music in Europe and was a WW I soldier at Camp Grant.
The North Carolina Medical College was chartered in 1892 at Davidson College. The upper graduates moved to Charlotte in 1903 with the opening of the Presbyterian Hospital. The entire medical college moved into this building Charlotte in 1907. Its address was 215 N.
This cannon was captured by the United States military in the West Indies in 1898 during the Spanish American War. It was manufactured on May 24, 1769. President William McKinley donated the cannon to Charlotte in 1900. It was placed in front of Post Office on West Trade Street.
Born in London, England, William H. Peeps moved with his parents to Michigan in 1872. He studied architecture with Frederick W. Perkins in Chicago.