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Charlotte's skyline with view of Charlotte City Hall, the Realty Building and the Selwyn Hotel. Physical Description: 3x5 Publisher: S H Kress
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
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
On December 3, 1968, the City of Charlotte began a year-long celebration of the 200th anniversary of its chartering by the colonial assembly of North Carolina.
At age 17, Charlotte Sophia of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1744-1818) in Germany became the bride of England's King George III. Queen Charlotte bore 15 children, including George IV, who succeeded his father to the throne.
Charlotte Kelly (August 31, 1897 - January 30, 1988) was a professional astronomer. She graduated from Wellsley College in 1919. Her first position was at the Observatory of the Univerity of Virginia's Leander McCormick Observatory.
March 27, 1838 - For the first time, coins are manufactured from Mecklenburg gold at the Charlotte Mint. A half-eagle is worth $5.00; a quarter-eagle is worth $2.50. Each gold piece is stamped with a C to show it was minted at Charlotte.