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The Industrial Loan and Investment Bank was located in the 100 block of South Church Street.
ID Number: H_2000_01_256_26.jpg
Image Year: 1929
Physical Description: 8x10 glossy
Category: Hornet's Nest
Format: Black and White
Image Negative: 1
The Standard Shoe Store was located at 32 East Trade Street. This is an interior shot of the store. People identified in the shot include Mr. Barnes, Marion Trapp, Mr. True, Ed Gallagher, and Z.C. Leonard. Second from the left is the manager, Frank N. Littlejohn.
Once located at the corner of Alexander and First Streets, Second Ward High School was the first public high school for blacks in Charlotte-Mecklenburg. It opened in 1923.
An interior shot of the Earl W. S. Draper House around 1928. He was the resident landscape architect for Myers Park.
ID Number: H_2000_01_268_00
Image Year: 1928
Physical Description: 8x10 glossy
Category: Hornet's Nest
Format: Black and White
Trade Street looking east from Brevard Street toward Caldwell Avenue.
Physical Description: 8x10
Publisher: Unknown
The Piedmont Building was located at 222 South Tryon Street. Designed by Frank P. Milburn, it was considered the finest office building in North Carolina for its time. Built around 1898, it was demolished in 1957. Physical Description: 8x10 glossy, 4x5 negative -Publisher: Unknown
A photograph of the Square, the intersection of Trade and Tryon Streets, in the late 19th century. P
hysical Description: 8x10 glossy
Publisher: Unknown
Peter M. Brown's home was located at 300 East Avenue. Brown (1859-1913) was a real estate executive and businessman. The John Van Landingham House was located at 500 East Trade Street. Van Landingham (1848-1873) was a cotton broker.
Physical Description: 8x10 glossy 4x5 negative
The Jacksons and McKees at the opening of the Excelsior Club. Physical Description: Publisher: Unknown
Panorama shot of the Pisgah Lodge #266 mortgage burning on 17 October 1943. The lodge was located at 311 South Caldwell Street. Physical Description: Panorama shot is located in the oversize photograph box. Publisher: Unknown
A photo of the southwest corner of Tryon and Third Streets highlights an Esso gas station in the center.. Physical Description: 8x10 glossy Publisher: Unknown
Scottish Rite Consistory Class posed for this portrait on November 17, 1916. Standing: B. F. Withers, Sr., C.O. Kuester, J.A. Yarbrough, A. J. Crampton, Bob Keelser, Seated: Bob Hardage, W.S. Liddell, Baxter Ross (Others not identified.) Physical Description: 4x5 negative, Publisher: Unknown.
This is the entrance to the tunnel or underpass that once connected South Boulevard and East Morehead Street. It enabled students from Alexander Graham Jr. High School to cross the street safely. The building in the background is the Dowd Flats.
A photograph of the intersections of East Morehead Street, Kings Drive and Baldwin Avenue around 1947. The entrance to the Boar's Head Restaurant is located in the lower right of the photograph. Physical Description: 8x10 glossy Publisher: Unknown
The Gem Restaurant was located in the Central Hotel at 7 South Tryon Street. Physical Description: 8x10 glossy. Not a good image. Publisher: Unknown
Dalton Avenue looking northeast toward the intersection with Tryon Street. Physical Description: 8x10 Publisher: Unknown
Independence Boulevard curving past Caldwell Street and heading toward Morehead Street. Physical Description: 8x10 Publisher: Unknown
Independence Boulevard looking north from Morehead Street toward the Caldwell Street connector on the right and the intersection in the center. Stonewall Avenue did not cross through at this time. Physical Description: 8x10 Publisher: Unknown