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Oscar Jackson Certificate

Grand Master's Certificate of Appointment to Mr. Oscar Jackson. Physical Description: Publisher: Unknown

Excelsior Club

This band broadcasted from the Excelsior Club every Sunday night. Physical Description: Publisher: Unknown

Tate Sons

Front: Talmadge Tate, William Tate: Standing: Edwin Tate, Thaddeus Tate, Jr., and Guion Tate. Occasion: after mother's funeral in 1928. Physical Description: Publisher: Unknown

Evelyn and Virginia Wallace

Evelyn Wallace Byrd and Virginia Wallace Keogh in 1950. Greenville neighborhood, Horne Drive. Physical Description: Publisher: Unknown

Tate Family

From left to right: Thad Tate, Sr., Maggie Tate Trent (1887-1934), Thaddeus Tate, Jr. (1893-), Estelle Tate Tyson (1891-1938), Dewitt Talmadge Tate (1896-1935), Cora Tate Booton (1892-1979), William Tate (1901-), Mildred Tate Pettis (1898-1983), Edward S. Tate (1903-1969), Aurelia (Midge) Tate Henderson (1900-1997), Don Guion Tate (1908-1982) attending the funeral of their mother Mary L. Butler Tate in July of 1928.

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Publisher: Unknown

Thaddeus Lincoln Tate (1865-1951)

Artist's sketch of Thad L. Tate who was one of Charlotte's earliest and most prominent African American businessmen. He came to Charlotte as a barber. In 1882, he opened his own shop, an enterprise that he would operate for 61 years.
In addition to a his own business Tate was prominent in banking in Charlotte. He served as director of the Mechanics' Perpetual Building and Loan Company. He founded the Mecklenburg Investment Company.