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SEE ALSO Charlotte High School (to 1920), Alexander Graham High School (1921-1923), Charlotte High School (1924-1958)
U. S. National Guard Cantonment, Camp Greene, Charlotte, N. C.; View of Camp, Showing Charlotte, N. C. in Distance
Charlotte School Children in costume for class play.
Physical Description: 3x5
Publisher: Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County
Charlotte School Children, appears to be a First Grade Class.
Physical Description: 3x5
Publisher: Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County
This photo was taken in the spring of 2005 in Charlotte's Fourth Ward.
Physical Description: digital image
Publisher: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
This photo was taken in the spring of 2005 in Charlotte's Fourth Ward.
Physical Description: digital image
Publisher: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
This photo was taken in the spring of 2005 in Charlotte's Fourth Ward.
Physical Description: digital image
Publisher: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
This photo was taken in the spring of 2005 in Charlotte's Fourth Ward.
Physical Description: digital image
Publisher: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
This photo was taken in the spring of 2005 in Charlotte's Fourth Ward.
Physical Description: digital image
Publisher: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
This photo was taken in the spring of 2005 in Charlotte's Fourth Ward.
Physical Description: digital image
Publisher: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
This photo was taken in the spring of 2005 in Charlotte's Fourth Ward.
Physical Description: digital image
Publisher: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
SEE ALSO Charlotte High School (to 1920), Alexander Graham High School (1921-1923), Charlotte High School (1924-1958)
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He was declared missing in action in the Charlotte newspaper on 10/5/1942. His name is listed on the 1946 YMCA Honor List for Mecklenburg County. His parents are listed as both in Charlotte and Fayetteville in the newspaper.
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He was listed as killed in action in France. In this article, his mother is listed in The Charlotte News as a former resident of Charlotte.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
Charlotte's first steel-frame skyscraper is the tallest building in the state. The Independence Building towers 12 floors above the intersection of Charlotte's Trade and Tryon streets, called the Square.
Two Boy Scouts assist one of the attendees of the Confederate Reunion that was held in Charlotte in 1929. This image was donated by the Charlotte Observer on November 18, 1975.
Physical Description: black and white glossy
Publisher: Charlotte Observer
Street scene in uptown Charlotte showing road repair, construction of the Independence Building, and two streetcars, the Fourth Ward and the Highland Park (North Charlotte).
Physical Description: 35 mm Negative
Publisher: Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County
Ben Douglas, Sr. (1884-1981)was mayor of Charlotte from 1935 to 1941. He came to Charlotte in 1926 and became a partner in the Douglas and Sing Mortuary and was later founder and owner of Douglas Furs in Charlotte.
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Article in the Jul 27, 1944 Charlotte Observer that he was killed.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He was killed in action. His burial or memorial marker is in Jonesville AME Zion Cemetery in Charlotte.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library