167-169 East Bay Street (Roper-Melchers Building)

Photograph

Historic Charleston Foundation

Melchers & Co. Building (ca. 1900)

Origsize: 5x7; Origformat: Print-Photographic; Resolution: 150 dpi

Name/Title

167-169 East Bay Street (Roper-Melchers Building)

Entry/Object ID

EBAY.167-169.4

Description

Photographic reprint of ca.1900 century photograph of the Melchers & Company Whole Sale Grocers building (167-169 East Bay Street) showing the front (east) elevation and the southeast corner of the building. Also shows the street corner (East Bay and Queen Streets). Barrels are laid out on the sidewalk in front of the building and some individuals are standing near the entrances. Original source not indicated.

Collection

Historic Charleston Foundation Property Records

Acquisition

Accession

EBAY.167-169.

Source or Donor

167-169 East Bay Street (Roper-Melchers Building)

Acquisition Method

Collected by Staff

Made/Created

Artist

Unattributed

Date made

circa 1900

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

East Bay Street, Easement Property, Street corner, Queen Street, Historic buildings--South Carolina--Charleston, Commercial buildings--South Carolina--Charleston

Dimensions

Height

5 in

Width

7 in

Location

Cabinet

Photo File Cabinets

Room

Margaretta P. Childs Archives

Building

Missroon House

Date

February 7, 2023

Relationships

Related Entries

Notes

2011.022.036, 2011.022.75a-b, 2011.022.93, EBAY.167-169.1, EBAY.167-169.2, EBAY.167-169.3a-d, EBAY.167-169.5

Copyright

Copyright Details

Public domain.

General Notes

Note

Notes: Provided by Ronald Ramsey (noted on back).

Created By

admin@catalogit.app

Create Date

August 24, 2011

Updated By

admin@catalogit.app

Update Date

February 16, 2023