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Charlotte City Hall (1927)

Charlotte City Hall, located on East Trade Street, was first occupied in 1927.

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United States Federal Courthouse and Post Office in Charlotte

The Charles R. Jonas Federal Building is an historic two-story, limestone structure in the neo-classical design. Completed in 1915, it is located at 401 West Trade Street, in Charlotte. At various times it has served as a courthouse of the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina, and a United States post office. In 1975, the building was renamed in honor of long-serving North Carolina Congressman Charles R. Jonas, and was transferred to the city in exchange for land in the fall of 2005.

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

Queens College

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

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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

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

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