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Program for September 26th 1907 show at The Academy of Music titled Joe Weber's Production of "Dream City" with Grand Opera Prima Donna, Mm Lilian Blauvelt.

This photograph of the Old Salem Orchestra, is from a book called "The Salem Band", by Bernard J. Pfohl. In the photograph fourteen bandmenbers can be seen and their names are listed below:
Seated: H.V. Leinbach, W.P. Ormsby, George F. Markgraff,…

This image, from a promotional section of Charlotte News 1954, shows the architect's model of Charlotte Colliseum and Oven's Auditorium.

Charlotte Symphony Orchestra Tenth Anniversary Program, 1931-1941, cover and eight interior pages. The program lists members of the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra Society Inc. There is a full page photograph or painting of the founder and director of…

View from the balcony of the interior of Ovens Auditorium on Independence Boulevard in Charlotte, NC. The auditorium was dedicated in 1955 and named for David Ovens. Ovens was the manager of J.B. Ivey's Department Store in downtown Charlotte. He was…

Color postcard of Armory Auditorium built in 1929 on King's Drive close to East Seventh Street. The Armory served as Charlotte's only public city auditorium between 1929 and 1954 when it burned down, though school auditoriums were often used for…

This panoramic photograph from a Charlotte Chamber of Commerce pamphlet "Sketches of Charlotte" published in 1904 shows a view of South Tryon Street in 1902. The photograph is taken from the top of the City Courthouse at Third and Tryon Street. The…

Potograph of Presbyterian College for Women which was located on College Street at Phifer Avenue between Ninth and Tenth Streets. This site was originally occupied by Charlotte Female Institute which was erected in 1857. This school was closed in…

This picture postcard shows the scene looking north on South Tryon Street from Third Street. To the left of the photograph can be seen the Piedmont Building and next door the taller Trust Building which housed the Academy of Music. Beyond this can…

This is a detail from a photograph of the east block of South Tryon Street between Fourth and Third Streets showing the Opera House. The Opera House was a wide brick front gable building with businesses downstairs and an auditorium upstairs. The…