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This picture of the Charlotte Sanitarium was copied from a 1909 postcard. The Charlotte Sanitarium operated from 1907 to 1942. This 100 room, privately owned hospital was located on the southeast corner of Seventh and Church Streets.
View of Charlotte skyline looking southeast from the Sanatorium X-Ray room at North Church and Seventh Streets. Photograph taken on April 10, 1916.
Physical Description: 4x5 negative and print
Publisher: Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County
Demolished in 1988, the Hotel Charlotte was located at 239 West Trade Street. It was here that Victor Records recorded some of Country Music's early stars, including Bill Monroe and the Carter Family. Physical Description: 8x10, 5x7 Publisher: Unknown
View of a dirt-covered, tree-lined street with an unhitched buggy somewhere in Charlotte.
Physical Description: 35 mm. negative
Publisher: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
This is an aerial view of the Charlotte Speedway, Inc, when it was located nine miles south of Charlotte at Pineville and Park Roads, near the Southern Railway tracks. The actual track was a mile and a quarter long. It was made entirely of wooden planks and could seat 20,000 people.
View of Charlotte skyline with North Carolina National Bank, now the Bank of America and Wachovia Bank in the foreground.
Physical Description: 8x1035 mm. Negative
Publisher: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
View of streetcars on a Charlotte street.
Physical Description: 35 mm Negative
Publisher: Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County
The Charlotte Symphony was founded in 1932. The director/conductor at the podium is Guillermo S. DeRoxlo, who served in the position until 1945.
Physical Description: 11x14 framed in Carolina Room
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Charlotte Streetcar coming down the tracks.
Physical Description: 35 mm Negative
Publisher: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
The Charlotte Symphony was founded in 1932. The director/conductor at the podium is Guillermo S. DeRoxlo, who served in the position until 1945.
Physical Description: 11 x14 Print hangs in the Charlotte Music Archives35 mm negative
Publisher: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
Charlotte Firemen pose for a photograph in front of the Fifth Street Firehouse which was behind the City Hall on North Tryon Street. In the center is J. A. Jones (the gentleman in the dark coat) was a local contractor and a fire commissioner. The man in the light coat is Mayor Frank McNinch.
Photo of drivers and crowd at the inaugural race at Charlotte Speedway1924
Physical Description: 4 x 9.5 inches Black and White
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Members of a parade to celebrate Mecklenburg Declaration Day in 1915.
Physical Description: 35mm negative
Publisher: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
Taken at the same time as MIC.2004.08.0011.00. This is a more detailed view of North Tryon Street in the mid-1920s. Image features a close-up of the Independence Building, businesses, including Bon Marie's, Kress and Ivey's Department Stores, cars, people, and streetcars.
Charlotte doctors who served in the Howard University ROTC, c. 1920. Left to right: W. E. Hill, Russell Lewis, Hobart T. Allen, Lawrence McCrorey, J. N. Seabrooks, R. M. Wyche, Connie Jenkins.
Wonderful view of North Tryon Street in the mid-1920s. Image features businesses, including the Kress and Ivey's, cars, people, and streetcars.
Physical Description: 8x10
Publisher: Unknown
The Charlotte Boys Choir during a trip to Daytona, Florida. Physical Description: 8x10 glossy Publisher: Unknown
The Charlotte Police Department posed for this photograph in 1910. Seated, from left to right: Hugh Shields, Cliff Bell, J.T. Farrington, J.D. Johnson, B.J. Summerow. Standing left to right: M.M. Earnhart, Charles Ayers, Lee Hargett, J.E. Crowell and J.M. Earnhart.
Charlotte Pipe and Foundry was established by Willis Frank Dowd, Dr. in 1900. It was located on Park Avenue.
Physical Description: Two - 4x5 negativesOne print - 8 x 10
Publisher: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library