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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 Businessmen

Charlotte businessmen pose for a shot at a conference held in Statesville, North Carolina on June 27, 1916.

Physical Description: 4x5 negatives.

Publisher: Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County

Elizabeth College Students

Four women, presumably students, an a man pose on the steps of a building on the campus of Elizabeth College. Caption reads: `A Georgia Cracker.`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 scrapbook 35mm Negative

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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.

Elizabeth College Student With Her Beau

Elizabeth College student and young man in horse and carriage. Caption reads, `Holly and his lady love.`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

Farm Workers

Uncle Issac and his wife (name unknown) pose for a picture in front of their cabin. Physical Description: 4x5 negative Publisher: Unknown

Black farming family

Uncle Issac and his wife (name unknown) in front of their cabin. Physical Description: 4x5 negative Publisher: Unknown

Elizabeth College Student With Her Beau

Elizabeth College student posing with her beau in 1901. Caption below picture reads, The Beginning.

Physical Description: Original in scrapbook

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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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