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The skyline of Charlotte as seen from Myers Park. Physical Description: 3x5 Publisher: Carolina Card Company
View of Charlotte from the Trust Building Building on Tryon Street. Card shows the Selwyn Hotel, the Realty Building and City Hall. Physical Description: 3x5 Publisher: S H Kress
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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Eastward view from Realty Building, possibly looking down Trade Street. Physical Description: 3x5 Publisher: Unknown
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.
Tryon Street in the 1950s with its many office buildings and shops. Physical Description: 3x5 Publisher: Dexter Press
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
The Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) in Charlotte started on November 11, 1874. It moved into this stunning gray building at 206 South Tryon Street in 1888.
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.
In 1905, Charlotte has:
3 Car Dealerships
6 Stables
41 Secret and Benevolent Societies
15 Saloons
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