South Tryon Street
Postcard captions reads Wall Street of Charlotte, looking South Physical Description: 3x5 Publisher: Dixie News Company
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Tryon Street
View of Tryon Street looking South from Seventh Street. On the left is the First Baptist Church, the Carengie Library and the City Hall. On the right is the Tryon Street Methodist Church and the Realty Building can be seen in the distance. Physical Description: 3x5 Publisher: Observer Printing House
Main Library (1956)
Evening view outside of the Main Public Library at 310 North Tryon street in the mid-sixties. This was the second library building on this site. It replaced the 1903 Carnegie Library. Physical Description: 3x5 Publisher: Aerial Photography Services, Inc.
South Tryon Business District
Black and white street scene of South Street featuring the Piedmont Building, the Trust Building, the 4Cs Building, the Y.M.C.A., and the Carson Building.. Physical Description: 3x5 Publisher: Unknown
Elizabeth College (Building 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: 3x5 collor postcard Publisher: Stone and Barringer Publishers
First National Bank Building
The First National Bank was located at 112 South Tryon Street. It merged with the American Trust Company in 1958. Physical Description: color postcard Publisher: Tichnor Brothers
Realty Building
The Realty Building was located at the corner of Trade and Tryon and was built in 1907. It was renamed the Independence Building in 1920 and was torn down in 1970. Physical Description: 3x5 Publisher: Observer Printing House
Realty Building (View from South Tryon Street)
The Realty Building was located at the corner of Trade and Tryon and was built in 1907. It was renamed the Independence Building in 1920 and was torn down in 1970.A trolley can be seen going down the street. Physical Description: 3x5 Publisher: S H Kress
Uptown Charlotte
Tryon Street in the 1950s with its many office buildings and shops. Physical Description: 3x5 Publisher: Dexter Press
Clayton Hotel
The Clayton Hotel was located at the northeast corner of Church and Fifth Streets. Built in 1913, the hotel offered one hundred rooms and fifty baths. Merton C. Propst was the owner. The Clayton Hotel was demolished in the mid-1970s to make room for a parking lot. Physical Description: 8x10 glossy Publisher: Unknown