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Turn of the 20th Century
Welcome to our time-travel website for Charlotte, NC during the early 1900s. Discover what life was like over one hundred years ago. You will learn about how people dressed, how they lived, what foods they ate, where they worked, what games children played, new inventions and a whole lot more.
| First Time Events |
| New Words |
| Cost of Living |
| Things Familiar |
| Inventions After 1900 |
| Winter Wonders |
| Occupations in the 1903 Charlotte City Directory |
| Work |
| How Many Did What |
| Banking |
| Corner Grocers |
| Labor Unions |
| Working Women |
| Early Hospitals |
| St. Peter's Hospital |
| Good Samaritan Hospital |
| Presbyterian Hospital |
| "To Serve and Protect" |
| Law and Government |
| County Courthouse |
| United States Post Office & former branch of the US Mint |
| Looking Back At Charlotte |
| North on Tryon |
| The Square |
| South Tryon Street |
| 1905 Charlotte |
| Realities in 1900 |
| Rural Life |
| Cotton is King |
| What Does That Mean? Slang in 1900. |
| What's There Now? |