Town and City Scenes--Charlotte

Color postcard from circa 1907-1911 depicting Cochran Avenue, circa 1890-1900, looking south from Lawrence Avenue in Charlotte, Michigan.

Black and white photo postcard from circa 1907-1915 of Cochran Avenue (circa 1900-1910), looking north from between Seminary and Lovett Streets in Charlotte, Michigan.

Black and white copy print of a photograph from approximately 1899 of a steam-tractor-pulled mobile photographic studio in Charlotte, Mich.

Black and white photograph from circa 1907-1915 depicting a street scene in front of Collins' Drug House and the First National Bank in Charlotte, Michigan.

Black and white copy print of a photograph from circa 1895-1905 of Cochran Avenue, looking south from Lawrence Avenue in Charlotte, Michigan.

Black and white copy print of a photograph from circa 1895-1905 of Cochran Avenue, looking south from Lovett Street in Charlotte, Mich.

Black and white postcard from approximately 1907 depicting Cochran Avenue, looking south from Lawrence Avenue in Charlotte, Michigan. The large Pythian Temple building is on the left.

Black and white clipping of a lithograph from "The County of Eaton, Michigan" published in 1895. According to "Past and Present of Eaton County," published in 1915 by the Historical Publishing Co. in Lansing (Mich.), the building was owned by Miss Marinthia Kinne, a prosperous and well regarded single woman in Charlotte in the late 19th and early 20th Centuries. She referred to the building facetiously as the "Old Maid" block. The building housed the dry goods store Harmon Pennington.

Black and white photo postcard from circa 1910-1915 depicting the view from atop the Eaton County Courthouse, looking south. The building on the far left is on the corner of Cochran Avenue and Lawrence Avenue. The eagle in the foreground was one of three that once adorned the roof of the courthouse.

Black and white clipping from "The County of Eaton, Michigan" (published 1895) depicting the S. T. Green building in Charlotte, Michigan.

Black and white clipping of the Reynolds Brothers dry goods store storefront and post office storefront in Charlotte, Michigan.

Black and white photo postcard from circa 1907-1915 of an 1890-1900 scene on Cochran Avenue in Charlotte, Michigan. The image shows the businesses along Cochran looking north from Lovett Street, as well as shoppers and a street sweeper.

Black and white copy print of a lithograph offering a view of Charlotte, Michigan in 1870 from above. Charlotte's main street, Cochran Avenue can be seen clearly, as well as the Peninsular Railroad tracks around the town.

Black and white copy print of a photograph from circa 1888-1892 depicting the Charlotte Tobacco House, opened in 1888 in Charlotte, Michigan.

Tinted postcard from approximately 1914 depicting a busy street scene on Cochran Avenue in Charlotte, Michigan. The image is from circa 1890-1900, and shows several carriages and persons shopping at the numerous stores on the street.

Color postcard from circa 1908-1914 depicting farms on a river or lake near Charlotte, Michigan.

Color postcard from approximately 1909 depicting a view of Cochran Avenue, looking north from Seminary Street in Charlotte, Michigan. The building on the right on the corner of Cochran Ave. and Seminary St. is the Masonic Temple.

Color postcard from circa 1907-1915 depicting the stork fountain on Pleasant Street and the bend where Lawrence Avenue becomes Lansing Street in Charlotte, Michigan.

Black and white photograph of the ceremonial laying of the cornerstone of the Eaton County Courthouse on July 4, 1883 in Charlotte, Michigan.

Black and white postcard from circa 1904-1906 of Cochran Avenue, looking south from Lawrence Avenue in Charlotte, Michigan.

Color postcard from circa 1900-1906 depicting Cochran Avenue, looking south in Charlotte, Michigan.