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Robinson-Spangler North Carolina Room Image Collection

Civic Leaders on the Last Trolley

Notable city leaders who rode the last street car in Charlotte.From left to right: H.W. Harkey, Chairman of the Mecklenburg County Board of County Commissioners: Mayor Ben E. Douglas. Second Row: N.A. Cocke, Vice-President Duke Power. Third Row: Reverend Dr. Luther Little, Pastor of First Baptist Church: and E.C. Marshall, Vice-President of Duke Power. Photograph donated by Mrs. George Ivey on 12 September 1974.

Physical Description: 5x7 Image and 35 mm Negative

Publisher: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library

Morehead Street Bridge

Morehead Street Bridge

Physical Description: 35mm Negative

Publisher: Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County

Portrait of Elizabeth College Students

Group portrait of Elizabeth College students.MIC.2004.08.0067.22

Physical Description: Original in scrapbook35 mm negative

Publisher: Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County

Elizabeth College Tennis Team

Tennis Team at Elizabeth College.Elizabeth College was located on Hawthorne Road. It opened in 1896. This popular school for girls remained in Charlotte until 1915.

Physical Description: 35 mm Negative

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Morehead Street Bridge

Morehead Street Bridge

Physical Description: 35 mm Negative

Publisher: Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County

Student playing instrument

Elizabeth College Student playing a guitar in her dorm room.Elizabeth College was located on Hawthorne Road. It opened in 1896. This popular school for girls remained in Charlotte until 1915. The main building is now used by Presbyterian Hospital.

Physical Description: Original in scrapbook35mm negative

Publisher: Unknown

Charlotte Parade

Members of a parade to celebrate Mecklenburg Declaration Day in 1915.

Physical Description: 35mm negative

Publisher: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library

Man on a motorcycle

Man on a motorbike or motorcycle

Physical Description: 35 mm Negative

Publisher: Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County

Elizabeth College Students in Dorm Room

Female student, captions reads, `her running mate.`Elizabeth College was located on Hawthorne Road. It opened in 1896. This popular school for girls remained in Charlotte until 1915.

Physical Description: 35mm Negativeoriginal in Elizabeth College scrapbook

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Aerial View of Queens College, now University

Queens College is located on Selwyn Avenue. Founded in 1912 as a school for young women, it is now a co-ed university.

Physical Description: 35 mm Negative

Publisher: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library