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This postcard depicts the beautiful home of Cotton Mill tycoon R. M. Miller, Jr., who opened Elizabeth Cotton Mills in 1901. While an appealing display of Neoclassical architecture, the postcard also promotes the industrialization of the "New…

This postcard depicts two streetscapes in the neighborhood of Dilworth, Charlotte, N.C.

Originally designed and built by C. C. Hook in 1915 for J. B. Duke, this villa was bought by C. C. Coddington (a Buick automobile distributor) after Duke's death in 1925. This postcard is one of two which features the same house. The other postcard…

Street view of the J. L. Villalonga house ca. 1902 as it was featured in "Some Designs by Hook and Sawyer."

Front view of the Duke Mansion as it looked in the early twentieth century. The famous "Wonder Fountain" was yet to be built when this picture was taken. It is possible that this photograph dates to before the Duke's bought and added onto the house.

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.

Postcard of three homes in Charlotte, N.C.: the Stuart Cramer House, New Hawley Residence, and Home of R.O. Alexander.