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Object Title: Sterling Elementary School
Location: 9701 China Grove Rd.Charlotte (N.C.)
Date Taken: September, 2000
Salem Female Academy opens. In these colonial days, few women can obtain the education afforded to men. Mecklenburg families who want their daughters to receive higher education send the young women to Salem, nearly 100 miles away.
The Charlotte Female Academy opens. Miss Leavenworth teaches young ladies not only academic, or literal, subjects, but those such as needlework, called ornamental subjects. Tuition is $6 to $11 per term.
Miss Fannie Porter's Seventh Grade Class at College Street Elementary School. The latter was located at 600-606 North College Street.
Physical Description: 5x7 mounted, albumen print
Publisher: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
Mrs. Elizabeth Rucker's Seventh Grade Class at College Street Elementary School. The latter was located at 600-606 North College Street.
Physical Description: 5x7 mounted, albumen print
Publisher: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
Miss Evelyn Rucker's Seventh Grade Class at College Street Elementary School. The latter was located at 600-606 North College Street.
Physical Description: 5x7 print mounted, albumen print
Publisher: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
Miss Julia Roberts' Seventh Grade Class at College Street Elementary School. The latter was located at 600-606 North College Street.
Physical Description: 5x7 mounted, albumen print
Publisher: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
The sixth grade class of Miss Lenore Seay at College Street School which was located at 600-606 North College Street Physical Description: 8x10 mounted Publisher: Unknown
The Sixth Grade class of Miss Bertha Wohlfore at College Street Elementary School. The latter was located at 600-606 North College Street.
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.
Physical Description: Original in scrapbook
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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 Selwyn Avenue the Myers Park area.
Physical Description: 8 x 10 glossy
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Elizabeth College was an all girl's school located at the intersection of Elizabeth Avenue and Hawthorne Lane. Physical Description: 3x5 Publisher: Souvenier Postcard Company
The University of North Carolina at Charlotte is located in northeast Charlotte. The school offers programs at all levels. Physical Description: 3x5 Publisher: Dexter Press
A Sunday School Class at 7th Street Presbyterian Church. Dr. D. J. Martin was the teacher. Physical Description: 8x10 Publisher: Unknown
Queens College is located on Selwyn Avenue. Founded in 1912 as a school for young women, it is now a coed university. Physical Description: 3x5 Publisher: McNeil Paper Company
Founded in 1867, Biddle University provided educational opportunities for blacks to learn a trade or profession. Today the school is known as Johnson C. Smith University. Physical Description: 3x5 Publisher: S H Kress