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Charlotte Postcard Collection

Main Library (1956)

Evening view outside of the Main Public Library at 310 North Tryon street in the mid-sixties. This was the second library building on this site. It replaced the 1903 Carnegie Library. Physical Description: 3x5 Publisher: Aerial Photography Services, Inc.

South Tryon Business District

Black and white street scene of South Street featuring the Piedmont Building, the Trust Building, the 4Cs Building, the Y.M.C.A., and the Carson Building.. Physical Description: 3x5 Publisher: Unknown

Hotel Charlotte

The Hotel Charlotte opened is doors in 1923. It was located at the corner of West Trade and Poplar Streets. The hotel was the most popular hotel in Charlotte. During the 1920s, the Hotel Charlotte was site of an early recording studio. Bill Monroe, the Delmore Brothers and other country music legends made their early recordings at the hotel. It was demolished in 1988. Physical Description: 3x5 Publisher: Dixie News Company

Elizabeth College (Building and Grounds)

Four scenes of Elizabeth College, a private womans school at the intersection of Elizabeth and Hawthorne. They include the Main Building, which is now the Presbyterian Hospital: the Gerrard Conservatory of Music, the Main Gate and a view of the campus. Physical Description: 3x5 collor postcard Publisher: Stone and Barringer Publishers

Courthouse and Lawyer's Building

Picture of the Courthouse on East Trade Street and the Lawyer's Building which was adjacent.

Physical Description: 3 x5

Publisher: S H Kress

Red Fez Country Club

Local Shriners organized The Red Fez Club in 1915 and opened a three-story country club on Lake Wylie. (Catawba is the name of the River that feeds the lake.) For more information about the Red Fez Club: http://www.redfezshrineclub.com/ClubHistory

Physical Description: 3 x 5 postcard

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Charlotte Municipal Airport

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).

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