Firemen
Firemen meet for dinner on the second floor of the City Hall in 1916. Physical Description: 8x10 gloss, Publisher: Unknown
Image Negative: 1
Print: 1
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Charlotte City Hall
This is Charlotte's first real City Hall. Built in 1891, 1, on the corner of Fifth and North Tryon Streets.
ID Number: H_2000_01_222_30
Image Year: 1900
Physical Description: 8x10 glossy
Category: Hornets' Nest
Format: Black and White
Image Negative: 1
Print: 1
Donor: Simmons
Copyright: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
Publisher: Unknown
Photographer: J.W. and Mary Moon
Scottish Rite Consistory Class
Scottish Rite Consistory Class posed for this portrait on November 17, 1916. Standing: B. F. Withers, Sr., C.O. Kuester, J.A. Yarbrough, A. J. Crampton, Bob Keelser, Seated: Bob Hardage, W.S. Liddell, Baxter Ross (Others not identified.) Physical Description: 4x5 negative, Publisher: Unknown.
President Woodrow Wilson in Charlotte (1916)
President Woodrow Wilson was invited to Charlotte to speak at the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence Celebration on May 20,1916. To the left of the President is Governor Lockhead Craig and Mayor Thomas LeRoy Kirkpatrick. To the President's right are Governor Richard Manning of South Carolina and Patrolman T. J. ("Tom") Black of the Charlotte Police Department, identified by one of his descendants.
Fifth Mecklenburg County Courthouse
The fifth Mecklenburg County Courthouse is located at 700 East Trade Street. It first opened in 1928. Shipp Monument is in front. Physical Description: 8x10 glossy Publisher: Unknown
Image Negative: 1
Print: 1
Mary Anna Morrison Jackson
Mary Anna Morrison Jackson (1831 - 1915) was the second wife of General Thomas `Stonewall` Jackson. She made her home on Trade Street following the death of her husband in 1863. Physical Description: 8x10 glossy4x5 negatives - 2 copies Publisher: Unknown
Jimmy Bassinger
Jimmy Bassinger was a popular Charlotte entertainer in the 1940s and 1950s. Physical Description: 8x10 glossy Publisher: Unknown
Image Negative: 1
Print: 1
Parade (Corner of Tryon and Third Streets)
A parade view from the southwest corner of Tryon and Third Streets. The original photograph was taken around 1939. This is from a photocopy from the Charlotte Observer, 1980. Physical Description: 8x10 glossy Publisher: Unknown
Don Richardson
Violinist Don Richardson was originally from Clinton, North Carolina, but made his home in Charlotte beginning in 1900 at the age of 22. For ten years, he lived in New York City and worked as a conductor. He is reported to have taught 2,900 students during his career. Richardson was active in the Charlotte music community for fifty years. Physical Description: 8x10 glossy, 4x5 negatives - 2 copies