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South Tryon Street

A view of South Tryon Street in the early 1900s. The Academy of Music can be seen on the left. Physical Description: 3x5 black and white Publisher: Rotograph Company

Independence Square

Independence Square is the intersection of Trade and Tryon Streets. Physical Description: 3x5 Publisher: E. C. Kropp Company

Carnegie Library of Charlotte

The Carnegie Library in Charlotte at 310 North Tryon Street opened in the summer of 1903. This building was demolished for a new library which was later remodeled and expanded in the late 1980s. Physical Description: 3x5 Publisher: Stone and Barringer Publishers

Aerial view of Charlotte

`Bird's Eye view, looking North, Charlotte, NC. Shows City Hall, Second Presbyterian, and the library. Physical Description: 3x5 Publisher: Asheville Postcard and Pennant Company

Aerial view of Charlotte

`Birdseye [sic] view, Looking West, Charlotte, NC. Physical Description: 3x5 Publisher: Octochrome

Charlotte skyline

Charlotte skyline. Physical Description: 3x5 Publisher: Dexter Press

Tryon Street

Looking south down Tryon Street. Physical Description: 3x5 Publisher: Curteichcolor

First Methodist Church

The First Methodist Church formed in 1927 with the merger of Tryon Street Methodist and Trinity Methodist. This particular building was completed in 1927 at a cost between $8000,000 and $900,000. It houses a four-manual organ, tower chimes, a 1560 seat auditorium and and a educational building. Physical Description: 3x5 Publisher: Genuine Curteich