Remembering Charlotte

"Journey back in time with this colorful album evoking the Charlotte of bygone days. From early hand-colored cards printed in Germany to photographic views in both color and black and white, coauthor Mary Boyer's extensive collection of postcards yields a unique glimpse of the Queen City during the time of extraordinary growth that underpins today's dynamic city.". "The extensive captions go well beyond simply describing the scene on each postcard. Readers will learn, for example, that evangelist Billy Graham's parents met at an amusement park in Charlotte, that opossum was offered on the 1889 Thanksgiving menu of a favorite restaurant, and that the post office boxes in the 1891 postal building featured beveled French glass.". "The resulting pictorial history forms a charming visual record of a Charlotte that has largely vanished, one that will be treasured by long-term and new residents of the city and welcomed by the legions of postcard collectors all over the world."--BOOK JACKET.