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This is a program from the December 4, 1977 performance of Handel's Messiah presented by The Charlotte Music Club and WBT-FM. This performance was seen in Ovens Auditorium and heard on WBT-FM.

Photograph from article "Biggest Dome in the World", on page 23 of Charlotte News special section promoting Charlotte in 1954. Shows the construction of the dome of Charlotte Coliseum, which was the largest unsupported steel dome in the world.

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

This article from a special section of the Charlotte News promoting Charlotte N.C. showcases Charlotte's newest entertainment arenas, the Charlotte Coliseum and Ovens Auditorium. These two structures replaced the old Armory Auditorium on Cecil…

Article from the Charlotte Observer in 1990 announcing Miles Davis, the Count Basie Orchestra, and Ahmad Jamal would all be featured in the 1990 Jazz Charlotte Festival.

Hotel Charlotte was a booming recording studio during the 1930's. Featured in this Charlotte Observer article is a 1956 photograph of the Hotel Charlotte.

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…

Program for Charlotte Symphony Orchestra's spring concert to he held at the Armory-Auditorium, April 29th, 1948. The Sypmphony conductor is Guy Hutchins.

Chattie Hatty Leeper was first black female DJ in North Carolina. In this photo she is reporting the news on WGIV in 1963.

A 1956 studio picture of Eugene Potts aka Genial Gene. He was a pioneering DJ with WGIV radio station.