The Tate family lived in this elegant home at 504 East 7th Street. Thaddeus Tate opened a barber shop in 1882 which prospered for over sixty years. He co-founded several of Charlotte's leading black businesses, including the Afro-American Mutual Insurance Company and the Mecklenburg Investment Company.
LAURA M. BOOTON.
The Tate Family, c. 1910.Left to right, front row: Aurelia (Midge), William, Thaddeus L. Tate, Sr.,Mildred, Mary Butler Tate, Talmadge, Edwin.Second Row: Thaddeus Jr., Maggie, Estelle, Cora. Inset: Guion.
LAURA M. BOOTON.
Dr. and Mrs. James A. Pethel, in 1910, with their son James Jr. who also became a physician.
NANCY PETHEL.
Rufus and Mary Reid, c. 1915. Rufus Reid worked as a roofer for G. G. Ray and Company. He and his wife lived on Poplar Street.
ANITA BALDWIN.
The Kirkpatrick family on the porch of their farmhouse, c. 1910.
From: The Samuel Kirkpatrick Family by Addie Pettice and Josephine Wade