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Title: 3143 Fairfax Drive image 4
Creator (Corporate): Charlotte Redevelopment Commission
Date Created: 1958-10
Subjects--Topical: Urban renewal, City planning, Municipal government, Community development, Urban, Lost architecture, Dwellings, Beauty shops
Description: Caption on back: "Frank Packard Residence."

Title: 3143 Fairfax Drive image 5
Creator (Corporate): Charlotte Redevelopment Commission
Date Created: 1958-10
Subjects--Topical: Urban renewal, City planning, Municipal government, Community development, Urban, Lost architecture, Dwellings, Beauty shops
Description: Caption on back: "Frank Packard Residence."

Title: Carson H. Beckwith oral history interview, 2006 December 1
Creator: Beckwith, Carson H. (Carson Hezekiah), 1909-2009
Date Created: 2006-12-01
Subjects--Topical: Beauty operators, Civil rights, Beauty culture--Study and teaching, Beauty culture, Beauty shops, African American businesspeople
Description: In this interview, Carson Beckwith recounts his life and career as a cosmetologist in Charlotte, North Carolina. Mr. Beckwith discusses his upbringing in rural Craven County, North Carolina, his experiences while attending school at the North Caro...

Title: Viola Boyd oral history interview 1, 2004 March 9
Creator: Boyd, Viola, 1911-2009
Date Created: 2004-03-09
Subjects--Topical: African Americans--Segregation, Racism, Beauty operators, Beauty shops, Railroads--Employees, Child labor
Description: Viola Boyd describes her life as an African American woman during segregation and the civil rights movement. Mrs. Boyd describes Matthews, North Carolina, and in particular the Crestdale neighborhood where she lived and grew up. She speaks frequen...