Robinson-Spangler North Carolina Room Image Collection

Charlotte City Hall (1927)

Charlotte City Hall, located on East Trade Street, was first occupied in 1927.

Physical Description: 3 x 5 postcard

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The Charlotte Municpal Airport opened in 1936 under the auspices of the city of Charlotte. During World War II, the United States Army Airforce took over the management of the airport and established Morris Field Air Base in 1941. The airfield was used by the Third Airforce for antisubmarine patrols and training. After the war, a passenger terminal was added, and the airport was renamed the Douglas Municipal Airport in honor of Mayor Ben E. Douglas (1894-1981).

Physical Description: postcard packet

Publisher: Dexter Press

Camp Greene Inspection

Camp Greene was a military training camp constructed in northwest Charlotte during World War I. Caption on postcards reads, Physical Description: 3 x 5 postcard Publisher: A. M. Simon, 32 Union Square, New York

Queens College

Founded in 1912, today the school is known as Queens University.

Physical Description: 3 x 5 postcard

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House in Fourth Ward, 2005

This photo was taken in the spring of 2005 in Charlotte's Fourth Ward.

Physical Description: digital image

Publisher: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library

Y.W.C.A. (Interior View) Charlotte, North Carolina

This an interior view of the Charlotte Y.W.C.A. that was organized on November 11, 1874. This was the second building constructed by the organization. It was located next door to the Latta Arcade in the 300 block of South Tryon Street.

Physical Description: color postcard

Publisher: Stone and Barringer Book Company

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