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Aldridge Kirk Hardee oral history interview, 1996 May 3
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Creator
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Hardee, Aldridge Kirk, Jr., 1913-2002
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Date Created
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1996-05-03
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Subjects--Topical
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Drugstores, Soda fountains, Pharmacists, Cities and towns
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Description
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Aldridge Kirk "Doc" Hardee discusses his career and business, Hardee's Pharmacy in Charlotte, North Carolina, and his connection with the family of Reverend Billy Graham. He describes his drug store, including the soda fountain, lunch counter, and...
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Bobbie Nell Earnhardt oral history interview 2, 2002 April 2
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Creator
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Earnhardt, Bobbie Nell, 1921-2003
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Date Created
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2002-04-02
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Subjects--Topical
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Cities and towns, Cities and towns--Growth, Farms, Farm life, Police, Chain gangs, African Americans--Segregation, African Americans--Social conditions, Race relations, Alcohol trafficking, Prohibition, Bookkeeping
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Bobbie Nell Earnhardt was born on Graham St. in Charlotte, North Carolina; she discusses growing up in Charlotte in the 1930s and shares her family's stories. She tells about her mother working at the handkerchief factory, which turned into the Ol...
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Camp Greene, plan 4
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Date Created
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1917-11-01
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Subjects--Topical
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Maps, Military training camps, Cities and towns
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Description
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Description on map: "Copy from the National Archives. Record group 92."
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Charlotte skyline from West Dunbar Street
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Creator
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Sumner, William Hoke, Jr., 1912-1993
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Date Created
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1949-01-06
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Subjects--Topical
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Cities and towns, Industrial buildings, Buildings, Views
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Description
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Industrial buildings next to the railroad track on West Dunbar Street. The Charlotte skyline is in the background. There is a small, flat roofed white block building in the foreground with "Office" painted next to the door.
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Charlotte skyline from Wilmont Road
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Creator
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Sumner, William Hoke, Jr., 1912-1993
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Date Created
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1949-01-06
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Subjects--Topical
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Cities and towns, Dwellings, Buildings, Neighborhoods, Views
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Description
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A photograph taken from Wilmont Road just inside the Charlotte city limits, with the Charlotte skyline in the distance. The sky is overcast but three tall buildings can be seen and two lower ones. There also appear to be about four towers. Most of...
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Chris Folk oral history interview 3, 1998 October 15
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Creator
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Folk, Chris Evans, 1930-2010
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Date Created
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1998-10-15
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Subjects--Topical
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Education, Depressions, Mills and mill-work, Cities and towns, Poliomyelitis, Epidemics, Newspapers
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Dr. Chris Folk, former associate superintendent of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, recounts his childhood growing up in the Charlotte area during World War II and his experiences attending Duke University in the 1940s and 1950s. The son of a textil...
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Christmas decorations on square in downtown Charlotte
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Creator
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Sumner, William Hoke, Jr., 1912-1993
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Date Created
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1951
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Subjects--Topical
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Cities and towns, Christmas decorations, Christmas lights, Cross of Lorraine, Pedestrians
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Description
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A nighttime view of Christmas decorations in downtown Charlotte. The sidewalk is crowded with people; there are are several cars and a bus in the street. Richard's Jewelers is on the left side of the photograph with a Coca-Cola billboard above it....
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Duke Power Company bus and car collision image 1
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Creator
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Sumner, William Hoke, Jr., 1912-1993
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Date Created
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1948-11-18
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Subjects--Topical
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Bus accidents, Traffic accidents, Cities and towns
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Description
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A Duke Power Company bus that had collided with the passenger side of a car at the intersection of West Trade Street and Poplar Street. The door to the bus is open. A hubcap is lying on the street next to the car. The road appears to be wet.
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Duke Power Company bus and car collision image 3
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Creator
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Sumner, William Hoke, Jr., 1912-1993
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Date Created
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1948-11-18
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Subjects--Topical
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Bus accidents, Traffic accidents, Cities and towns
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A Duke Power Company bus that had collided with the passenger side of a car at the intersection of West Trade Street and Poplar Street. The door to the bus is open. A hubcap is lying on the street next to the car. The road appears to be wet.
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George A. Wearn oral history interview, 1979 May 23
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Creator
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Wearn, George A. (George Alexander), 1894-1985
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Date Created
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1979-05-23
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Subjects--Topical
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Circus, Cities and towns, Families--Social life and customs, Amusements
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Description
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George A. Wearn discusses life in Charlotte, North Carolina during the early and mid-twentieth century, his education at preparatory school Charlotte University School, and his employment with the textbook division for Charlotte City Schools. Othe...
