Robinson-Spangler North Carolina Room Image Collection

Street scene in uptown Charlotte showing road repair, construction of the Independence Building, and two streetcars, the Fourth Ward and the Highland Park (North Charlotte). Physical Description: Negative only Publisher:

Carolina Theater (Charlotte)

Parlor Bedroom Bath with Buster Keaton was released in 1931.
The Carolina Theater opened in 1927 on the corner of North Tryon and Sixth Streets. With a seating capacity of 1,800 and beautiful architectural and decorative features, it remained popular entertainment venue for many years. Today part of the theater still stands and efforts are underway to restore the structure to its initial glory.

Physical Description: 4 x 4 prints, 5 x 7 prints and 2 x 2 negatives

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Lakewood Park

View of Lakewood Park with boats and pavilion in the background. See Charlotte Postcard Collection.

Physical Description: negatives only

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Last Street Car

Dignitaries with a streetcar and one of the buses that would replace streetcars on the last day the streetcars went through Charlotte in May 1938.
Duke Power operated both the street car and the bus system at that time. Physical Description: Negative only Publisher:

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Robinson-Spangler North Carolina Room Image Collection