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A picture of the Home Federal Savings and Loan Building prior to its demolition in 1965. Located at the corner of Fourth and Tryon Street, the photograph was taken on April 1, 1965. This building was once the Buford Hotel.
Physical Description: 2x4 negativecontact sheet
A picture of the Home Federal Savings and Loan Building prior to its demolition in 1965. Located at the corner of Fourth and Tryon Street, the photograph was taken on April 1, 1965. This building was once the Buford Hotel.
Physical Description:
A picture of the Home Federal Savings and Loan Building prior to its demolition in 1965. Located at the corner of Fourth and Tryon Street, the photograph was taken on April 1, 1965. This building was once the Buford Hotel.
Physical Description: 2x4 negativecontact sheet
Caption reads, `Cristabel's Room Vocal Studio.`Elizabeth College was located on Hawthorne Road. It opened in 1896. This popular school for girls remained in Charlotte until 1915.
Physical Description: Original in scrapbook35 mm negative
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Midway section of Elizabeth College looking toward the Conservatory after a snowstorm.Elizabeth College was located on Hawthorne Road. It opened in 1896. This popular school for girls remained in Charlotte until 1915.
Physical Description: Original in scrapbook 35 mm negative
Photograph of a sketch of the Eleventh President of the United States, James K. Polk (1795-1849). Born in Pineville, North Carolina, he made his home in Tennessee.
Physical Description: 4x5 negatives
Publisher: Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County
View of North Tryon Street from Trade Street features cars from the 1950s and the shops that existed at that time.
Physical Description: 8x1035 mm negative
Publisher: Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County
United States Mint shortly before its demolition to make way for the new Post Office plans for expansion.
Physical Description: 35mm Negative
Publisher: Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County
Mayor F. Marion Redd and law partner, Leonidas L. Caudle in their law office in the Law Building that once stood on South Tryon Street.
Physical Description: 35 mm Negative
Publisher: Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County
Etching of Indpendence Square, the intersection of Trade and Tryon Streets in 1909, from the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence Souvenir Edition. The original is in the Carolina Room.
Physical Description: 2x4 negative
The home of John Blake's home at 704 North College Street. He operated Blake's Drugstore on the Square. The family is on the frontporch.
Physical Description: 35 mm negative
Publisher: Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County
House on Pine Street, thought to be the first house built by James A. Jones, founder of J.A. Jones Construction.
Physical Description: 35 mm. Negative
Publisher: Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County
Elizabeth College Student playing a guitar in her dorm room.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.
Joseph Graham (1759-1836)The illustration is from General Joseph Graham and his Papers on North Carolina Revolutionary History (1904).
Physical Description: 1 1/2 by 2 1/2
Publisher: Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County
Family portrait: Helen C. Long, Annie Long Smith, Brandon Barringer, Margaret Long Barringer and Lily Webb Long. The photograph was taken on March 22, 1906.
Physical Description: 3x5 print35 mm negative
Publisher: Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County
View of South Tryon Street looking North from the 200 Block with the Piedmont Fire Insurance Building on the left. (Features three arches.)
Physical Description: 5x7 print35 mm negative
Publisher: Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County
Presbyterian College was the precursor to Queens College. This building was located on the corner of College and Ninth Streets. When the school changed its name to Queens, the school moved to the Myers Park area.
Physical Description: 8x10 pearl finish
Monument marking the birthplace of President James K. Polk. It was erected by the local chapters of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
Physical Description: 5x 8 3/4 mounted print35 mm negative
Publisher: Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County
Part of Elizabeth College's campus known as the Midway during the winter of 1902.Elizabeth College was located on Hawthorne Road. It opened in 1896. This popular school for girls remained in Charlotte until 1915.
Physical Description: Original in scrapbook
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Sheet music cover of the song Pride of the South March: Dedicated to the Queen City Drum Corps of Charlotte, NC by Harvey Overcash. Framed print in the the Robinson-Spangelr Carolina Room Music Archives and the original sheet music is housed in the vault.