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Thomas S. Franklin (1863-1926)

Born in Raleigh on December 24, 1863 , Thomas Skinner Franklin was the son of an Englishman, and his mother was from Virginia. He came to Charlotte in 1880, and married Luella Lidell in 1891. Franklin owned his own insurance company and was active in local politics. It was Franklin who played an instrumental role in obtaining Carnegie funding for the Charlotte's first public library, which opened in 1903. He served as Mayor of Charlotte from 1908-1910.  Physical Description: 8x10 glossy, 4x5 negative, Publisher: Unknown

Firefighters

Group picture of Charlotte Firemen with Colonel Thomas LeRoy Kirkpatrick, who was Charlotte's Mayor from 1915-1917. Physical Description: 8x10 glossy4x5 negatives - 2 copies Publisher: Unknown

Jimmy Bassinger

Jimmy Bassinger was a popular Charlotte entertainer in the 1940s and 1950s. Physical Description: 8x10 glossy Publisher: Unknown

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Scottish Rite Consistory Class

Scottish Rite Consistory Class posed for this portrait on November 17, 1916. Standing: B. F. Withers, Sr., C.O. Kuester, J.A. Yarbrough, A. J. Crampton, Bob Keelser, Seated: Bob Hardage, W.S. Liddell, Baxter Ross (Others not identified.) Physical Description: 4x5 negative, Publisher: Unknown.

President Woodrow Wilson in Charlotte (1916)

President Woodrow Wilson was invited to Charlotte to speak at the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence Celebration on May 20,1916. To the left of the President is Governor Lockhead Craig and Mayor Thomas LeRoy Kirkpatrick. To the President's right are Governor Richard Manning of South Carolina and Patrolman T. J. ("Tom") Black of the Charlotte Police Department, identified by one of his descendants.

Myers House

The John S. and Mary Myers home at 804 East Avenue. Physical Description: 8x10 glossy Publisher: Unknown

Parade (Corner of Tryon and Third Streets)

A parade view from the southwest corner of Tryon and Third Streets. The original photograph was taken around 1939. This is from a photocopy from the Charlotte Observer, 1980. Physical Description: 8x10 glossy Publisher: Unknown

Mary Anna Morrison Jackson

Mary Anna Morrison Jackson (1831 - 1915) was the second wife of General Thomas `Stonewall` Jackson. She made her home on Trade Street following the death of her husband in 1863. Physical Description: 8x10 glossy4x5 negatives - 2 copies Publisher: Unknown

Clayton Hotel

The Clayton Hotel was located at the northeast corner of Church and Fifth Streets. Built in 1913, the hotel offered one hundred rooms and fifty baths. Merton C. Propst was the owner. The Clayton Hotel was demolished in the mid-1970s to make room for a parking lot. Physical Description: 8x10 glossy Publisher: Unknown

C.D. Kearns

C.D. Kearns House. (Actual location is not known.) Physical Description: 8x10 glossy Publisher: Unknown