Three Children
Three young men, possibly brothers, unidentified, posing for a portrait.
Physical Description: 4x5 negatives4x4 print
Publisher: Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County
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United States Assay Office (Mint)
United States Mint shortly before its demolition to make way for the new Post Office plans for expansion.
Physical Description: 35mm Negative
Publisher: Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County
Lake scene
Lake scene from Marie Isabelle Matson's scrapbook.Elizabeth College was located on Hawthorne Road. It opened in 1896. This popular school for girls remained in Charlotte until 1915. The main building is now used by Presbyterian Hospital.
Physical Description: Original in scrapbook35mm negative
Publisher: Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County
Aerial view of Charlotte
Southern view of Charlotte taken in April 11, 1916 from Dr. James Gibbon's Office in the Independence Building. The latter was located on North Tryon Street.
Physical Description: 4x5 & 35 mm negative
Publisher: Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County
Family (Unknown)
Mecklenburg County family, name unknown.
Physical Description: 4x5 negative
Publisher: Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County
Elizabeth College Student With Her Beau
Elizabeth College student and young man on boat. Elizabeth College was located on Hawthorne Road. It opened in 1896. This popular school for girls remained in Charlotte until 1915.
Physical Description: Original in scrapbook35mm negative
Publisher: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
Funeral for Fire Chief J. Harvey Wallace & Charlotte Gun Club
Image is of two different subjects.The first image on top is of the funeral procession for Fire Chief J. Harvey Wallace, who was killed in an explosion on July 1, 1914.Below are members of the Charlotte Gun Club from the 1880s. Seated on the first row, from left to right: George A. Howell, Walter Brem, Walter Brem, Jr., E. R. Dodge, Charles M. Creswell, Frank Dowd, Sr. Standing John Carson, John W. Todd, Hamilton Justice, Colonel J. T. Anthony, Winston D. Adams, and Douglas Fox.
Physical Description: 4x5 negative
Dome of the Charlotte Courthouse
Dome of the Mecklenburg Courthouse at the corner of South Tryon and East 3rd Streets.
Physical Description: 35 mm Negative
Publisher: Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County
Elizabeth College Student With Her Beau
Couple in canoe. Caption reads, `Some more canoe-bial bliss.) Elizabeth College was located on Hawthorne Road. It opened in 1896. This popular school for girls remained in Charlotte until 1915.
Physical Description: Original in scrapbook35 mm. Negative
Publisher: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
Dedication of the D.H. Hill School Marker
Photograph of the Dedication of a stone marker for the D. H. Hill School which stood at South Boulevard and Morehead Street.To the right of the marker is D. H. Hill IV, Carolina Platt and D. H. Hill, III. To the left of the marker is a child (unknown), North Governor Angus McLean and Cornelia Fore, Charlotte's leading historian of her day. Her papers are housed in the Robinson-Spangler Carolina Room.To the far left, the bearded soldier is possibly named Mason, grandfather of Lillian Crosland. The granite boulder was manufactured by Piedmont Marble Company, and has since been lost.