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Last Street Car

A group of dignitaries whorode the last streetcar in Charlotte posing in front of a streetcar. Taken in March 1938.
Donated by Jean Ivey, wife of George Ivey, Jr. on 12 September 1974 Physical Description: 8 x 10 black and white Publisher:

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. The home belonged to Dr. Sam Hayes who married an Osborne.

Physical Description: 3 x 3 mounted original (silver nitrate evident)

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School Children

Physical Description: 3x5 (heavy silver nitrate visible)

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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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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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School Children

Physical Description: 3x5 (heavy silver nitrate visible)

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Joseph Graham

Joseph Graham (1759-1836)
The illustration is from General Joseph Graham and his Papers on North Carolina Revolutionary History (1904).

Physical Description: Original painting was made in 1820

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School Children

Physical Description: 3x5 (heavy silver nitrate visible)

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Violet G. Alexander

Illustration of Violet G. Alexander, daughter of Joseph Alexander.  She married Dr. Moses Winslow Alexander, who was the son of J. McKnitt Alexander. Violet Alexander died in 1868 and is buried a the Hopewell Presbyterian Church.  The illustration was appears to have been done in mid-1850s.
The illustration is from General Joseph Graham and his Papers on North Carolina Revolutionary History (1904). Physical Description: Copy of an original 1850 portrait. Publisher: