Google Fiber
Google Fiber converted a century-old warehouse in the 200 block of E. 7th St. to be its local headquarters.
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Publisher: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
Google Fiber converted a century-old warehouse in the 200 block of E. 7th St. to be its local headquarters.
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Publisher: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
The City Center Inn began operation at 601 N. Tryon St. in 1992. This photograph was taken just prior to its demolition.
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Publisher: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
Photo of Harry Golden (May 6, 1902 – October 2, 1981) in his Charlotte home.
Harry Golden was an author, Civil Rights activist and publisher of the Carolina Israelite.
Physical Description: 3 x 8 black and white, mounted
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The Charlotte Observer headquarters took up the entire block at Tryon and Stonewall when it was built in 1971. This picture shows the side that faced the first block of West Stonewall Street still intact but the rest of the building already demolished.
Publisher: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
In 2016, the Carolina Room and the May 20th Society, a local history organization, worked together to organize a display of documents relating to Mecklenburg's Revolutionary history.
The documents themselves came from the Mecklenburg Declaration collection of the Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, UNC Chapel Hill.
The Wilson Library agreed to loan and the Bank of America Heritage Center agreed to display these documents for one day: May 20th, 2016.
Physical Description: digital image
Publisher: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
Martha Auten was born in 1911 and attended Wesley Heights School in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Physical Description: black and white postcard
Publisher: Unknown
CP_2015_04_558_00
Organized in 1891, the Charlotte Literary and Library Association was a subscription library located at 22 South Tryon Street in rooms above the Stone and Barringer Bookstore. Bessie Lacey Dewey, the hostess for the association, can be seen in the right bottom corner. The society continued until her death in 1900. Three years later, the Charlotte Public Library opened its doors at 310 North Tryon Street on July 2, 1903.
Physical Description: 5 x 7.5 inches, albumen
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Founded in 1874, the Commercial National Bank was one of the precusors to what is today Bank of America.
Physical Description: color postcard
Publisher: S.H. Kress
multiple copies
In 2016, the Carolina Room and the May 20th Society, a local history organization, worked together to organize a display of documents relating to Mecklenburg's Revolutionary history.
The documents themselves came from the Mecklenburg Declaration collection of the Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, UNC Chapel Hill.
The Wilson Library agreed to loan and the Bank of America Heritage Center agreed to display these documents for one day: May 20th, 2016.
Physical Description: digital image
Veiw of East Trade Street from the Square. Physical Description: color postcard
Publisher: Southern Post Card Company
CP.2005.04.557.000