Trade Street
Trade Street with the Selwyn Hotel on the right. Physical Description: 3x5 Publisher: S H Kress
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Tompkins Tower
The Tompkins Tower, named for its owner, Daniel A. Tompkins was located at 133-135 South Church Street. It was built around 1905 and housed the Charlotte Observer newspaper between 1914 and 1923. This photograph was taken on January 2, 1906 from a water tower on North Church Street. Physical Description: 8x10 glossy Publisher: Unknown
Wachovia Bank Building
The Wachovia Bank Building on South Tryon Street. Physical Description: 8x10 glossy Publisher: Unknown
East Trade Street
By looking east down Trade Street, once can see the Belk Brother's Department Store on the left. Physical Description: 8x10 glossy Publisher:
Trade Street (West)
Looking west on Trade Street, past the Church Street intersection, one can see the Selwyn Hotel on the right. Physical Description: 8x10 glossy Publisher: Unknown
First National Bank
This is a architectural drawing by Louis Asbury of the First National Bank, which later became the Bank of North Carolina. This building was erected in the late 1920s. At one time, it was the tallest building in the Carolinas. Physical Description: 8x10. glossy Publisher: Unknown
Tryon Street
Looking north from South Tryon and First Streets in the mid-1930s. Physical Description: 8x10 glossy Publisher: Unknown
Ivey's Department Store
The J.B. Ivey and Company was located at Tryon and Fifth Streets. Completed in May 1924, it was designed by William Peeps and cost $1,250,000. Today the building is used for condominiums and shops. Physical Description: 8x10 glossy Publisher: Unknown
Gem Restaurant
The Gem Restaurant was located in the Central Hotel at 7 South Tryon Street. Physical Description: 8x10 glossy. Not a good image. Publisher: Unknown
Sanitary Laundry Truck
Rowland Stewart Ferguson (1889-1966) stands by his laundry truck at 210 North Cecil Street. (The latter is now known as Kings Drive.) Physical Description: 8x10 glossy Publisher: Unknown