The Ford Motor Company Assembly Plant on Statesville Road was completed in 1924. Four hundred cars could be assembled at this facility in one day. The building was constructed at a cost of 2 million dollars. Albert Kahn designed the building. (E.C. Ball of Detroit is also given credit for assisting with the architectural design.) Charlotte contractors, MacDevitt-Flemming built the plant. Physical Description: 8x104x5 negative Publisher: Unknown
Passengers boarding an Eastern Air Transport plane in Charlotte. Physical Description: 4x5 negative Publisher: Unknown
Two women driving an early automobile. Physical Description: 8x104x5 negative Publisher: Unknown
Thomas B. Hoover is shown driving one of the horse and buggies from his livery stable.
Behind him is the Parker House, which is on the National Register of Historic Places. It was built in 1904, shortly before this photograph was taken, and became 901 Central Avenue once the road was named and the houses numbered. The owner of the house, Charles Parker, operated the Parker Gardner Music Store in Charlotte for a number of years.
Physical Description: 8x104x5 negative Publisher: Unknown
The Rozelle Ferry Bridge connecting Mecklenburg and Gaston Counties. Physical Description: 8x10 Publisher: Unknown
Prior to the completion of the bridge, Rozelle Ferry provided a connection between Mecklenburg and Gaston Counti across the Catawba River. Physical Description: 8x10 Publisher: Unknown
New bridge crossing the Catawba River. Physical Description: 8x10 Publisher: Unknown
Wonderful street life scene in uptown Charlotte along North Tryon Street. Features great detail regarding transportation, dress, and names of local businesses.
Physical Description: 8x10 and 5x7 prints2 4x5 negatives
Publisher: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
View of a dirt-covered, tree-lined street with an unhitched buggy somewhere in Charlotte.
Physical Description: 35 mm. negative
Publisher: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
Charlotte Streetcar coming down the tracks.
Physical Description: 35 mm Negative
Publisher: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library