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Reception room in an Elizabeth College Dormitory.Elizabeth College was located on Hawthorne Road. It opened in 1896. This popular school for girls remained in Charlotte until 1915. The main building is now used by Presbyterian Hospital.
The North Carolina Medical College was chartered in 1892 at Davidson College. The upper graduates moved to Charlotte in 1903 because of the new Presbyterian Hospital. The entire medical college moved into this building Charlotte in 1907.
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 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.
October 28, 1852. The first passenger train arrives in Charlotte from Columbia, South Carolina! The entire town and many visitors celebrate with fireworks, barbecue and a musical band.
Labels from early recordings of Charlotte gospel groups.
CHARLOTTE MUSIC ARCHIVES, PLCMC.
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Crewman aboard a B-17 Flying Fortress that crashed soon after takeoff at Fort Bliss, TX. Crouch Funeral Home is handling the arrangements. Funeral services at Oakhurst Baptist church on Mar 4, 1943.
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: While on his 5th mission, his plane was disabled by enemy fire. US Bombers saw several men parachute from the plane. German Govt informed Red Cross that he was dead.
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: His mother is listed as a Gold Star Mother in The Charlotte Observer on 11-12-1943.He was a member of the crew of a ship that was sunk as a result of enemy action during the battle of Savo Island.
Age at Death: 17
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Parachuted from fighter plane after accident and drowned. Memorial Program given by Hopewell Lions Club Nov 10, 1943. Military funeral on Oct 26, 1943 at Hawthorne Lane Methodist Church, internment at Elmwood Cemetery, Charlotte.
Age at Death: 27
<p>Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Was on guard duty when a German shell hit and killed him at Lemberg, Holland. Buried in Fosse, Belgium Plot D Row 6 Grave 117. Came to Charlotte in 1930 to visit his sister Mrs. A.G.
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: A prayer was said, in the name of Pvt. Charles Fesperman of Charlotte, at the 23rd National Convention of Disabled American Veterans in Denver, Colo., Sept. 12-15, 1944.
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He was the only Mason in Charlotte who died in World War II. Included in his file are several letters to a girlfriend named Emily (Duncan?), in which he indicated that he thought he would come home to her.
Age at Death: 21
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He died suddenly from a heart attack in a Washington hospital. His body was brought to Hovis Funeral Home in Charlotte. His memorial service was held at First Baptist Church on July 14, 1946.
Age at Death: 35
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: There are conflicting names given for probably the same individual. The Honor Roll published by the War Dept. listed Silas V. Hargett, as dying from non-battle related causes. The Y.M.C.A.
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He was killed in a plane crash near White Oak, NC while on a cross-country navigation flight between Walnut Ridge, Ark. and Charlotte. His memorial service was at Brevard St. Methodist Church on 4-28-1944. His burial was at Sharon Memorial Park.
Tom Hanchett is the author of the definitive study, Sorting Out the New South City: Race, Class, and Urban Development in Charlotte, 1875-1975, now in a second edition (UNC Press, 2019).
Internationally renowned jazz violinist Stuff Smith got his start with a scholarship to Charlotte's Johnson C. Smith University in the 1920s. Dr.
An 1852 honors graduate of Davidson College, this Mecklenburg native came from one of Charlotte's most prominent families. He was descended from Rev. Alexander Craighead and Mecklenburg patriot John McKnitt Alexander.
Herbert Hill Baxter (May 31, 1894 - October 26, 1967) was the mayor of from from 1943-1949. Before becoming mayor, he served on the city council from 1935-1941.