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Stuart Warren Cramer (1868-1934)

Textile Industrialist, Stuart Warren Cramer was born in 1868 in Thomasville, North Carolina. He designed a number of textile mills and villages in the Charlotte region, including the area now known as the North Davidson Historic District. Upon his death in 1934, he served on the Board of Directors of the Cramerton Mills. Physical Description: 5x7 glossy Publisher: Unknown

Unknown man

Unknown man Physical Description: Publisher: Unknown

Lakewood Park

Photograph taken from a postcard image of Lakewood Park. Physical Description: 8x10 glossy, not a good image for reproduction Publisher: Unknown

Dr. Furman L. Brodie

Dr. Furman L. Brodie was the pastor of Brooklyn Presbyterian Church. Physical Description: 5x7 glossy Publisher: Unknown

Elizabeth College Student

Elizabeth College Student - original in yearbook and papers of Elizabeth College.Elizabeth College was located on Hawthorne Road. It opened in 1896. This popular school for girls remained in Charlotte until 1915. Physical Description: Publisher: Unknown

Women driving buggy

Two women driving a horse and buggy from Thomas B. Hoover's Livery Stable. This picture was taken in front of the Church Street entrance of the Selwyn Hotel. Physical Description: 8x10 glossy Publisher: Unknown

Colonel William R. Myers

Colonel William R. Myers donated the land for Biddle University around 1867. This school is known today as Johnson C. Smith University Physical Description: 8x10 glossy Publisher: Unknown

Elizabeth College Student

Photograph of unknown Elizabeth College Student. Original in Elizabeth College Papers.Elizabeth College was located on Hawthorne Road. It opened in 1896. This popular school for girls remained in Charlotte until 1915. Physical Description: negative shows original was albumen print on mount. Publisher: Unknown

Wallace or Wallis House detail

A detail of the Wallis (Wallace) House.The Wallis or Wallace house was built around 1756. It was located on Albemarle Road, the house collapsed during an attempt to move the house to another site in the 1960s. Physical Description: 5x7 glossy Publisher: Unknown

Vance Park

Vance Park was located on West Fourth and Mint Streets, behind the United States Post Office. This image was copied from Art Work in Charlotte, p. 49. The final 1905 Temperance Meetings in Charlotte, took place at this gazebo. Physical Description: 5x7 glossy Publisher: Unknown