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Shrine Bowl at Memorial Stadium

Every year, the best high school football players from North and South Carolina meet to play at the Shrine Bowl.

Physical Description: postcard packet

Publisher: Dexter Press

Queens College

Founded in 1912, today the school is known as Queens University.
 

Physical Description: 3 x 5 postcard

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Camp Greene Inspection

Camp Greene was a military training camp constructed in northwest Charlotte during World War I. Caption on postcards reads, Physical Description: 3 x 5 postcard Publisher: A. M. Simon, 32 Union Square, New York

Douglas Municipal Airport

The Charlotte Municpal Airport opened in 1936 under the auspices of the city of Charlotte. During World War II, the United States Army Airforce  took over the management of the airport and established Morris Field Air Base in 1941. The airfield was used by the Third Airforce for antisubmarine patrols and training. After the war, a passenger terminal was added, and the airport was renamed the Douglas Municipal Airport in honor of Mayor Ben E. Douglas (1894-1981).

Physical Description: postcard packet

Publisher: Dexter Press

First National Bank aka Liberty Life Building

Located att 112 South Tryon Street, the above building was originally known as the First National Bank in 1927, the name changed in 1940 when Liberty Life Insurance Company of Greenville, South Carolina purchased the property. Physical Description: 3 x 5 postcard Publisher: Dixie News

Mint Museum of Art

Built in 1837, the United States Mint in Charlotte served the community for a number of years in different capacities. In the 1930s, the building was dismantled and moved to Randolph Road.

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Ovens Auditorium

Physical Description: postcard packet

Publisher: Dexter Press