Aerial View of Charlotte from Tompkins Tower
View of Charlotte from the Daniel Augustus Tompkins Tower. He was a textile magnate and owner of the Charlotte Observer.
Physical Description: Panorama 4x5 negative - 2 copies
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Hornet's Nest
Tryon Street (North)
Tryon Street as it appeared at the turn of the century. This scene is looking north down Tryon with Charlotte's City Hall, the tall domed building, on the right.
Physical Description: 8x10 glossy4x5 negatives - 4 copies
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Square, The
Northwest corner of the Square. (Intersection of Trade & Tryon Streets.)
Physical Description: 8x104x5 negative - 3 copies
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Brown & Weddington Hardware Store
The Brown and Weddington Hardware Store was located on Trade Street between College and Tryon Streets. It firsts appears in the Charlotte City Directory in 1884.
Physical Description: 8x10 glossy4x5 negatives - 2 copies
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Independence Square
The northwest corner of the Square, the intersection of Trade and Tryon Streets, was once known as Old Osborne Corner. It was named for a Mary A. Osborne, widow of Marshall Osborne, who owned a large amount of property in the uptown area.
Physical Description: 8x10 4x5 negatives - 5 copies
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Fourth Mecklenburg County Courthouse
The Fourth Mecklenburg County Courthouse stood on the site of Liberty Hall on the southeast corner of Tryon and Third Streets.
Physical Description: 8x104x5 negatives - 5 copies
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Sugaw (Sugar) Creek Presbyterian Church
Sugaw or Sugar Creek Presbyterian Church is located on North Tryon Street. Founded in 1755, it is one of the oldest Presbyterian churches in Mecklenburg County. The Reverend Alexander Craighead served as the first minister. This photograph is of the current church on this site and was taken on April 25, 1934. It was built in 1870.
Physical Description: black and white glossy
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Fourth Mecklenburg County Courthouse
The fourth Mecklenburg County Courthouse was located at Third and Tryon Streets.
Physical Description: 8x10 - 4x5 negative - 1 copy
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Cannon seized during Spanish American War.
This cannon was captured by the United States military in the West Indies in 1898 during the Spanish American War. It was manufactured on May 24, 1769. President William McKinley donated the cannon to Charlotte in 1900. It was placed in front of Post Office on West Trade Street. This photograph was taken on May 16, 1958. Today it is located at the Charlotte Museum of History on Shamrock Drive.
Physical Description: black and white glossy
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Third Mecklenburg County Courthouse
The Third Courthouse was located at Church and Trade Streets. Each of the tall, white columns were made from a single pine tree then stuccoed after being milled. It gave the appearance of marble. When the courthouse was torn down, no one recalled this fact, and the workers were surprised to discover perfectly preserved trees beneath the stucco. It was torn down in 1898.
Physical Description: 8x10 - 4x5 negatives - 2 copies
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