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Tryon Street

South Tryon Street showing YMCA and the Trust Building. The latter is the third building from the left. Physical Description: 3x5 Publisher: American News Company

Tryon (North) Street at night

Night scene of North Tryon Street in the twenties. City Hall can be seen on the right as well as a sign for Ivey and Kress. A trolley is coming down the middle of the street. Physical Description: 3x5 Publisher: Carolina Card Company

Tryon Street

Intersection of Trade and Tryon Streets (Square) around the turn of the century. Physical Description: 3x5 Publisher: Leighton & Valentine Company

Queens College

Queens College is located on Selwyn Avenue in the Myers Park neighborhood. Physical Description: 3x5 Publisher: Octochrome

Tryon Street at night

A nighttime view of Charlotte in the 1940s. Physical Description: 3x5 Publisher: Dixie News Company

Soldier returning from a hike at Camp Greene

Soldier returning to Camp Green after a hike. Camp Greene was a World War I training base in Charlotte, North Carolina. Physical Description: 3x5 black and white Publisher: A. M. Simon

Charlotte City Hall (1891)

This is Charlotte's first real City Hall. It was built in 1891, on the corner of Fifth and North Tryon Streets. Physical Description: 3x5 Publisher: Raphael Tuck and Sons

Four Textile Mills

Hoskins Mill (1904) was located at 201 South Hoskins Road. Mecklenburg Cotton Mill (1904) was located at 3401 North Davidson Street in what is now know as the NODA neighborhood. Elizabeth Mill (1902) was on Dowd Road, and the Chadwick Mill (1901) was west of Biddleville. Physical Description: 3x5 Publisher: S H Kress

Soldiers writing home at Camp Greene

Soldiers writing home at the YMCA facility at Camp Greene. The latter was a World War I training camp in Charlotte, North Carolina Physical Description: 3x5 Publisher: Unknown