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Robinson-Spangler North Carolina Room Image Collection

Fifth Mecklenburg County Courthouse

Charlotte City Hall located at 600 East Trade Street was first occupied in 1927.

Physical Description: 3 x 5 postcard

Publisher: Curteichcolor

Osborne Oak

The Osborne Oak was located at West Trade and Graham Street. It was more than a 100 years old when this photograph was taken in 1906. The home belonged to Dr. Sam Hayes who married an Osborne. A horse drawn cart is in front.

Physical Description: Original 3 x 3

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School Children

Physical Description: 3x5 (heavy silver nitrate visible)

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Tryon Street (South)

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: 5 x 7

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Machpelah Presbyterian Church

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: From an original sketch made in 1902

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School Children

Physical Description: 3x5 (heavy silver nitrate visible)

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Long and Barringer 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.
Photographer information: The Electric Studio was operated by William Morse (1868-1932) and his then partner, W. Carson Davis.

Physical Description: 3x5 evidence of too much silver nitrate

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Senator William A. Graham

 
 
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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: Copy of an original 1860 portrait.

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Signers Monument

The Signer's Monument in front of the Fourth Courthouse was decorated in honor of Meckelnburg Declaration Day.

Physical Description: 8 x 10 black and white

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