Chapter Information

1.  Fun Facts

◾ First Time Events 

◾ New Words 

◾ Cost of Living 

◾ Things Familiar 

◾ Things Unknown 

◾ Winter Wonders 

◾ Holiday Gifts 

2.  Views of the City

◾ Trolley Ride to Adventure 

◾ Various Scenes of Lakewood Park 

◾ YMCA in Charlotte 

◾ Charlotte Auditorium 

◾ “And the Band Plays On” 

◾ Southern Manufacturers Club 

◾ Carnegie Library (Charlotte's First Public Library) 

◾ Drugstore & Soda Shoppe 

◾ Brockman's Book Store 

◾ Good Place to Eat 

◾ Livery Stable 

◾ A New Invention: The Automobile 

◾ Owning a Car Leads to More Freedom. 

◾ Working on the Railroad

◾ Southern Railway Station 

◾ Celebrating Meck Dec Day in Charlotte 

3. Looking Back at Charlotte

◾ North on Tryon 

◾ The Square 

◾ Two Popular Buildings 

◾ 1905 Charlotte 

◾ Realities in 1900 

◾ Rural Life 

◾ Cotton is King 

◾ Cotton to Market 

4.  Work

◾ Occupations 

◾ Work 

◾ How Many Did What 

◾ Banking 

◾ Corner Grocers 

◾ Labor Unions 

◾ Working Women 

5. Fashion

◾ The Clothes We Wore 

◾ Fashion Statements 

◾ Fashion on the Farm 

◾ Details, Details, Details 

◾ Winter Clothes 

◾ Shoes 

◾ School Clothes 

◾ Play Clothes 

◾ Young Ladies in White Dresses 

◾ Gentlemen's Fashions 

◾ The Bee Hive 

◾ The Latest in Boys Knickers 

◾ Belk Brothers 

◾ Beneath the Garments 

◾ Feathers, Ribbons and Bows: The Art of Making Hats 

6. Medicine

 ◾ Early Hospitals 

◾ St. Peter's Hospital 

 ◾ Good Samaritan Hospital 

 ◾ Presbyterian Hospital 

7. Religion 

◾ Churches 

◾ Religious Denominations in Charlotte in 1900 

◾ Number of Charlotte Churches in 1900  

◾ Two St. Peter’s 

◾ Presbyterian Churches 

◾ First Baptist 

◾ First Baptist Church (Black congregation) 

◾ St. Mark's Lutheran Church 

◾ Grace African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church 

◾ Clinton African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church 

8.  Law & Government

◾ "To Serve and Protect" 

◾ Law and Government 

◾ County Courthouse 

◾ United States Post Office & former branch of the US Mint 

 9. Homes & Houseware

◾ Home Sweet Home 

◾ Hezekiah Alexander Homesite 

◾ Phifer House 

◾ Anna Morrison Jackson's Home 

◾ 1900 Residential Rents 

◾ Icebox Instead of Refrigerators  

◾ Ice and Coal Advertisement 

◾ Furniture 

◾ Early Cameras 

◾ Beautiful Old Homes 

10. Schools

◾ South Graded School 

◾ North Graded School 

◾ The Myers Street School 

◾ Baird School For Boys 

◾ Rural Schools 

◾ Reading List 

◾ Elizabeth College 

◾ Presbyterian College for Women 

◾ Higher Education for Men in Charlotte 

◾ Biddle University (Now Johnson C. Smith University) 

◾ North Carolina Medical College 

11. What's There Now?

12. Game & Quiz Fun

◾ Quick Quizzes 

◾ A Farewell View