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The web exhibit, “Charlotte’s Legacy: The Changing Faces of a City,” went online in 1999, as part of the Library’s focus on the theme of “Legacy” on the eve of a new millennium. Here is the original description:
“Charlotte - A Work in Progress” represents a snapshot of the changes that have made the Queen City a major metropolitan area. The photographs show people and their work transforming as Charlotte grows in the postwar period.
Local News from April 1899
Local News from May 1899
Local News from June 1899
In 1867, there were two photographers working in Charlotte. The number increased to twenty by 1930. Photography came into its own in the mid-nineteenth century throughout the United States.
In her opening comments on June 11, 1989, Carla Dupuy, chairman of the Mecklenburg Board of County Commissioners and a former chair of the library board, reflected she was proud of the new library – a Coliseum of the mind – referencing the new sports Coliseum that also opened in 1989.
Hornets' Nest: the Story of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County was published in 1961 by the Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County.
An African American Album: The Black Experience in Charlotte and Mecklenburg County was first published as a book of photographs in 1992. It documented the community's history up to 1950.
The North Carolina Year Book was a business directory published yearly by the News and Observer of Raleigh.
The Carolina Room Staff of the Charlotte and Mecklenburg Library has created this exhibit to tell the story of the city and county during World War I.
When World War II ended in 1945, many of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County, North Carolina's servicemen came home, but some could not. To insure that those who had given their lives to preserve our freedom would not be forgotten, volunteers created files of information about these veterans.
"As we treasure our past, we enrich our todays and strengthen our tomorrows."
Dr. Marjorie Parker
Reverend Billy Graham looks back at special memories of his childhood. The son of a dairy farmer, he lived near the present-day intersection of Woodlawn and Park Roads in Charlotte.
A photographic exhibit of the Highland Park Mill community from the collections of Mrs. Lois Moore Yandle. Click on the image titles below to see them at full size or view them as a slide show in the Image Gallery below.
Plum Thickets and Field Daisies is Rose Leary Love's memoir of her life in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Charlotte.