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Charlotte Postcard Collection

Elizabeth College (Buildings and Grounds)

Four scenes of Elizabeth College, a private womans school at the intersection of Elizabeth and Hawthorne. They include the Main Building, which is now the Presbyterian Hospital: the Gerrard Conservatory of Music, the Main Gate and a view of the campus. Physical Description: 3 x 5 postcard Publisher: Stone and Barringer

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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East Trade Street

 

Veiw of East Trade Street from the Square. Physical Description: color postcard

Publisher: Southern Post Card Company

CP.2005.04.557.000

Y.W.C.A. (Interior View) Charlotte, North Carolina

This an interior view of the  Charlotte Y.W.C.A. that was organized on November 11, 1874. This was the second building constructed by the organization. It was  located next door to the Latta Arcade in the 300 block of South Tryon Street. 

Physical Description: color postcard

Publisher: Stone and Barringer Book Company

CP_2015_04_556_00

Myers Park Country Club in Charlotte, North Carolina

The Myers Park Country Club formed in 1921 with over three hundred members. This is a picture of the first club house.

Physical Description: black and white postcard

Publisher: Dixie News Company, Charlotte, North Carolina

CP_2015_04_555

Mercy Hospital, Charlotte, NC (1952)

In 1906, the Sisters of Mercy first established a hospital in Charlotte in uptown Charlotte near St. Peter's Catholic Church. This facilty opened in 1916 with additional wings added over time. Today, the facility is under the control of the Carolinas Healthcare System and is now called Carolinas Medical Center-Mercy.

Physical Description: Genuine Curteich-Chicago post card

Publisher: Dixie News Company

Uptown Charlotte in the 1920s

An aerial view looking north up Tryon Street in Charlotte, NC."

Physical Description: Postcard

Publisher: S.H. Kress

CP_2002_04_251

Anna Morrison Jackson's House

Anna Morrison Jackson made her home in Charlotte off and on following the death of hersband, General Stonewall Jackson. This was the first home she lived in, and it was located on Trade Street.

Physical Description: 3x5 postcard, black and white

Publisher: Unknown

CP_2002_04_335