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  • Collection: Mary Boyer Postcards

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Recreation of the view established by 1920s Mary Boyer postcard showing West Trade Street, looking east. Tenner's Restaurant, visible in the postcard, burned down long before this photograph was taken and would have originally sat where Morton's is…

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Photograph of the former Mecklenburg County Courthouse. Today, located at 700 E. Trade Street, this building serves as the Mecklenburg Probation and Parole building.

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Recreation of the view established by 1943 Mary Boyer postcard showing S. Tryon Street, looking north. The Fifth Third Bank building is visible in both images on the left side of the street. This building was originally constructed in 1924 as the…

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Photograph of the First National Bank Building, located at 112 S. Tryon Street, Charlotte, N.C.

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Postcard showing a view of West Trade Street looking east in Charlotte, NC. Streetcar tracks run down the center of the street. Parked automobiles line the street.

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Beautiful view of the Charlotte skyline at twilight, a full moon in the background and a setting sun reflecting on the glass of the buildings.

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A glowing nighttime photo of uptown Charlotte, NC with its iconic JFG sign to right. [Pub. by Aerial Photography Services, Inc., Charlotte, NC – Al-1785]

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F & R Coal & Oil Co. office at 600 South Cedar Street in Charlotte, NC. F&R specialized in coal fuel, oil, grease, and lubricants. The company office outer walls were covered in coal, and the roof was red-tiled. Founded in the 1920s, the company also…

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Postcard depicts the Trust Building and the Y.M.C.A of Charlotte, North Carolina. This picture shows the street in front of the two buildings with a horse drawn cart.

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Postcard depicts a house in Charlotte, N.C., where Mrs. Stonewall Jackson lived at one time. The card shows the front and right side of the house as well as two trees in early Spring.
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