This building opened as a Ford Motor Company plant in 1924. In World War II it served as a Quartermaster Depot, and as a missile plant and warehouse in the years since. Physical Description: jpg, 1135 X 815 Publisher: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
Frederick Charles Abbott (1862-1959) was born in Connecticut and moved to Charlotte when he was in his thirties. He was the author of Fifty Years in Charlotte Real Estate, 1897-1947.
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At the time of this photograph, Martha Auten lived on Duckworth Avenue with her parents Robert and Duval Auten in the home of her maternal grandfather, Henry Duckworth.
Names of children in photo are as follows:
Girls Seated-Virgil Erane, Rubie Lee Fodd, Martha Autem, Emma Remmie, Margie York, Elizabeth Teameter,
Girls Standing- Mable Nilson, Ethel Godfrey, Doloree Lingle, Idelle Davis, Addie House, Mildred Gardner, Gladis Frazier
Google Fiber converted a century-old warehouse in the 200 block of E. 7th St. to be its local headquarters.
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Publisher: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
The City Center Inn began operation at 601 N. Tryon St. in 1992. This photograph was taken just prior to its demolition.
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Publisher: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
Photo of Harry Golden (May 6, 1902 – October 2, 1981) in his Charlotte home.
Harry Golden was an author, Civil Rights activist and publisher of the Carolina Israelite.
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In 2016, the Carolina Room and the May 20th Society, a local history organization, worked together to organize a display of documents relating to Mecklenburg's Revolutionary history.
The documents themselves came from the Mecklenburg Declaration collection of the Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, UNC Chapel Hill.
The Wilson Library agreed to loan and the Bank of America Heritage Center agreed to display these documents for one day: May 20th, 2016.
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Publisher: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
Martha Auten was born in 1911 and attended Wesley Heights School in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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Organized in 1891, the Charlotte Literary and Library Association was a subscription library located at 22 South Tryon Street in rooms above the Stone and Barringer Bookstore. Bessie Lacey Dewey, the hostess for the association, can be seen in the right bottom corner. The society continued until her death in 1900. Three years later, the Charlotte Public Library opened its doors at 310 North Tryon Street on July 2, 1903.
Physical Description: 5 x 7.5 inches, albumen
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In 2016, the Carolina Room and the May 20th Society, a local history organization, worked together to organize a display of documents relating to Mecklenburg's Revolutionary history.
The documents themselves came from the Mecklenburg Declaration collection of the Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, UNC Chapel Hill.
The Wilson Library agreed to loan and the Bank of America Heritage Center agreed to display these documents for one day: May 20th, 2016.
Physical Description: digital image