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Robinson-Spangler North Carolina Room Image Collection

Ovens Auditorium (Interior View)

Ovens Auditorium is located on Independence Boulevard. Completed in 1955, it was named for cultural leader, David Owens. Physical Description: 3x5 Publisher: Dexter Press

Queen Charlotte Sophia Mecklenburg-Strelitz Hanover (1744-1818)

Queen Charlotte Sophia Mecklenburg-Strelitz Hanover, wife of King George III. Original portrait hangs in the Mint Museum of Art in Charlotte, North Carolina. The city of Charlotte and the county of Mecklenburg was named in her honor.

Physical Description: 8x10 glossy

Publisher: Unknown

Aerial View of Charlotte

Aerial shot of uptown Charlotte in 1966. Physical Description: 3x5 Publisher: Aerial Photography Services, Inc.

Loading Cotton onto Rail Cars

Shows workers trucking cotton on the Old City Platform. Physical Description: 3x5 black and white Publisher: Stone and Barringer Publishers

School Children

School children from an unknown school in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Physical Description: 8x10 glossy4x5 negative

Publisher: Unknown

Myers Park

Workmen for the George Stephen's Company constructing a roadbed. The streetcar that traveled from uptown to Charlotte to Myers Park is in the background.

Physical Description: 8x10 4x5 negative 1 copy

Publisher: Unknown

Steam Fire Engine

Steam Fire Engine from Engine Company Number Seven in a parade.

Physical Description: 8x10 glossy4x5 negative

Publisher: Unknown

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.

Myers Park Laying Streetcar Tracks

Employees of the George Stephen's Company laying the tracks for the street cars that would travel from uptown Charlotte to Myers Park.

Physical Description: 8x10 glossy4x5 negative

Publisher: Unknown