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Robinson-Spangler North Carolina Room Image Collection

F. C. Abbott

 
Frederick Charles Abbott (1862-1959) was born in Connecticut and moved to Charlotte when he was in his thirties. He was the author of Fifty Years in Charlotte Real Estate, 1897-1947.

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Martha Auten 4th grade class photo

At the time of this photograph, Martha Auten lived on Duckworth Avenue with her parents Robert and Duval Auten in the home of her maternal grandfather, Henry Duckworth.
Names of children in photo are as follows:
Girls Seated-Virgil Erane, Rubie Lee Fodd, Martha Autem, Emma Remmie, Margie York, Elizabeth Teameter,
Girls Standing- Mable Nilson, Ethel Godfrey, Doloree Lingle, Idelle Davis, Addie House, Mildred Gardner, Gladis Frazier

Google Fiber

 
Google Fiber converted a century-old warehouse in the 200 block of E. 7th St. to be its local headquarters. 

Physical Description: .jpg, 680 X 381

Publisher: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library

City Center Inn

The City Center Inn began operation at 601 N. Tryon St. in 1992. This photograph was taken just prior to its demolition.

Physical Description: 1456 X 2592 pixels

Publisher: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library

Harry Golden

 
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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Charlotte Observer Building

 
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

Display of Mecklenburg Declaration Documents

 
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

Literary and Library Association

 
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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