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Cornelius Branch

The Cornelius Branch first opened in the mid-1930s. Today this area is served by North County Regional Library.

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Publisher: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library

Charlotte Open Air School

Open Air School in Charlotte. (Public School Superintendent Harry P. Harding is in the background.)

Physical Description: 8x10 glossy4x5 negatives - two copies

Publisher: Unknown

Dennis Apartments

H.D. Dennis Apartments were located at Hopedale and Granville Road.Another copy exists

Physical Description: 8x10 glossy

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Charlotte School Board

The 1916 Charlotte School Board. 

Front row, left to right: Guy M. Beaty, T. T. Smith, J. D. McCall, Mayor T. L. Kirkpatrick, Arthur Wearn, Plummer Stewart. Back row: unidentified, M. J. Green, S. F. Tomlinson, J. H. Wilson, J. Landrum Brown, unidentified, Harry P. Harding, D. M. Abernethy, and D. R. Yarboro.

For more information about the history of education in Charlotte, please check vertical files and Harding's "History of Charlotte Schools," which are both located in the Carolina Room.

Queen Charlotte Sophia Mecklenburg-Strelitz Hanover (1744-1818)

Queen Charlotte Sophia Mecklenburg-Strelitz Hanover, wife of King George III. Original portrait hangs in the Mint Museum of Art in Charlotte, North Carolina. The city of Charlotte and the county of Mecklenburg was named in her honor.

Physical Description: 8x10 glossy

Publisher: Unknown

Anna Morrison Jackson's House

Anna Morrison Jackson's second was located at 306 West Trade Street. She was the widow of General Stonewall Jackson.

Physical Description: 8x10 glossy

Publisher: Unknown

Aerial View of Charlotte from Tompkins Tower

View of Charlotte from the Daniel Augustus Tompkins Tower. He was a textile magnate and owner of the Charlotte Observer.

Physical Description: Panorama 4x5 negative - 2 copies

Publisher: Unknown

Tryon Street (North)

Tryon Street as it appeared at the turn of the century. This scene is looking north down Tryon with Charlotte's City Hall, the tall domed building, on the right.

Physical Description: 8x10 glossy4x5 negatives - 4 copies

Publisher: Unknown

Square, The

Northwest corner of the Square. (Intersection of Trade & Tryon Streets.)

Physical Description: 8x104x5 negative - 3 copies

Publisher: Unknown