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Charlotte City Life (1910s)

Wonderful street life scene in uptown Charlotte along North Tryon Street. Features great detail regarding transportation, dress, and names of local businesses.

Physical Description: 8x10 and 5x7 prints2 4x5 negatives

Publisher: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library

Charlotte Street Scene

View of Charlotte street scene featuring horse-drawn wagons and two women walking along the sidewalk under a parsol.

Physical Description: 35mm negative

Publisher: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library

Doc Crowell's Garage

Doc Crowell's Garage was located in the 200 block of North College Street. It was the First Ford garage in Charlotte.Same as:H.2000.01.415.20

Physical Description: 35mm 8x 10 in Hornet's Nest Collection

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Charlotte Street Scene

Wonderful view of North Tryon Street in the mid-1920s. Image features businesses, including the Kress and Ivey's, cars, people, and streetcars.

Physical Description: black and white

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Elizabeth College Students

Image of two Elizabeth College students possibly walking near the Square. The caption reads, The Trysting Place.
Elizabeth College was located on Hawthorne Road. It opened in 1896. This popular school for girls remained in Charlotte until 1915.

Physical Description: Scrapbook with negative

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Independence Square

Souvenir drawing of Independence Square, intersection of Trade and Tryon Street for the Centennial Celebration of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence.

Physical Description: Original etching

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Independence Square

Etching of Indpendence Square, the intersection of Trade and Tryon Streets in 1909, from the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence Souvenir Edition. The original is in the Carolina Room.

Physical Description: Original etching

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Charlotte Street Scene

Taken at the same time as MIC.2004.08.0011.00. This is a more detailed view of North Tryon Street in the mid-1920s. Image features a close-up of the Independence Building, businesses, including Bon Marie's,  Kress and Ivey's Department Stores,  cars, people, and streetcars. Physical Description: black and white Publisher:

Tryon Street (North)

View of North Tryon Street from Trade Street features cars from the 1950s and the shops that existed at that time.

Physical Description: 8 x 10 black and white

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Tryon Street (North)

Looking north on Tryon Street from Fourth Street.

Physical Description: 8x10 black and white glossy.

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