Robinson-Spangler North Carolina Room Image Collection

The Ratcliffe Florist at 431 South Tryon Street began operations in 1929 when Louis Ratcliffe started the business. This wonderful example of Mediterranean Revival style was designed by William H. Peeps (1868-1950).

Physical Description: 35 mm negative

Publisher: Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County

William A. Graham (1804-1875) served in the United States Senate from 1840-1843: Governor of North Carolina (1845-1849) and as Secretary of the Navy (1850-1852).The illustration is from General Joseph Graham and his Papers on North Carolina Revolutionary History (1904).

Physical Description: 3x5 - two copies35 mm. negative

Publisher: Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County

The conversion of Presbyterian College into apartments. Long known as College Apartments, the college was transformed again some thirty-eight years after the school moved to Myers Park.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

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Machpelah Presbyterian Church in Lincoln County was built in 1848 on land donated by Violet G. and Moses Winslow Alexander.The illustration is from General Joseph Graham and his Papers on North Carolina Revolutionary History (1904).

Physical Description: 4x635 mm negative

Publisher: Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County