Through the Eyes of a Tourist

This image shows a place of commerce beside a community center building, revealing the intersectionality of city life.

Electrical lines garnish the sidewalk as merchants show their wares under colorful awnings. Even though the facade of each building is connected, there is a clear delineation between each structure through its architectural style and construction.

As early as 1921, visitors could marvel at the burgeoning heights of Charlotte's skyline along Tryon Street.

Visitors could also glimpse the products of the developing textile industry in Charlotte, such as this coal and oil company office during the 1920s.

Walk the streets of Charlotte as a visitor to the city would have during the beginning of the twentieth-century. Gaze at the architectural stylings of the buildings, as well as the technology of new types of transportation through the busy streets, such as the trolleycar seen on Tryon Street in 1921. Visitors could send home images of Charlotte that revealed its development, progress, and industrial productivity.