Festival of Houses Posters

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

HCF.FOHG.002

Scope and Content

Posters were and continue to be produced to advertise the Festival in local shop windows, etc. They range from photographs, original artwork (silkscreen?), and reproductions of paintings. Some are mounted on board. See Container List for content of collection.

Collection

HCF Institutional Records

Acquisition

Accession

HCF.

Source or Donor

HCF Institutional Records

Acquisition Method

Collected by Staff

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Poster

Nomenclature Class

Advertising Media

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Festivals, Posters

Search Terms

Festival of Houses / FOH, Rainbow Row, South Battery, Historic Charleston Foundation--Tours

Archive Details

Archive Size/Extent

Variety of sizes

Archive Notes

Date(s) Assembled: 1950-present; missing some years Level of Description: Item System of Arrangement: Filed by decade. Within each file, posters are arranged in descending chronological order.

Archive Items Details

Title

1951 Festival Poster (March 19-April 14)

Description

"Historic Charleston Foundation Tours." Image (silkscreen print?) of two buildings; colors are predominantly blue, red, and green. Illustrated by R. Hinchman. HCF headquarters was at 94 Church Street. Measures 20"x14". 4th annual tour. 5 posters.

Creator

Hinchman, R.

Date(s) of Creation

1951

Notes

Location: Missroon/Archives/Cabinet 1

Title

1953 Festival Poster (March 15-April 12)

Description

"Historic Charleston Foundation Tours of Private Homes." Image (silkscreen print?) of houses on Rainbow Row. Illustrated by R. Hinchman, 1953. HCF headquarters was at 94 Church Street. Measures 20"x14". 6th annual tour. 2 posters.

Creator

Hinchman, R.

Date(s) of Creation

1953

Notes

Location: Missroon/Archives/Cabinet 1

Title

1955 Festival Poster (March 13-April 8)

Description

"Historic Charleston Foundation Tours of Private Homes." Image (silkscreen print?) of William Gibbes House (64 South Battery). Illustrated by R. Hinchman. HCF headquarters was at 94 Church Street. Measures 20"x14". 8th annual tour. 1 copy.

Creator

Hinchman, R.

Date(s) of Creation

1955

Notes

Location: Missroon/Archives/Cabinet 1

Title

2000 Festival Poster (March 16-April 15)

Description

"53rd Annual Festival of Houses and Gardens." Water color of front porch and garden by Marty Whaley Adams. 22"x 16". 2 posters.

Date(s) of Creation

2000

Notes

Location: Missroon/Archives/Cabinet 1

Title

1987 Festival Poster (March 19-April 14)

Description

"40th Anniversary Celebration." Painting entitled "View Along East Battery (1831)," courtesy of the Mabel Brady Garvan Collection/Yale University Art Gallery. 16"x24". 2 posters.

Date(s) of Creation

1987

Notes

Location: Missroon/Archives/Cabinet 1

Title

1989 Festival Poster (March 16-April 11)

Description

"11th Festival of Houses." Photograph of a garden. 26"x 17". 2 posters,

Date(s) of Creation

1989

Notes

Location: Missroon/Archives/Cabinet 1

Title

1950 Festival Poster

Date(s) of Creation

1950

Notes

Location: Missroon/Archives/Cabinet 1

Title

1952 Festival Poster

Description

2 posters

Creator

Hinchman, R.

Date(s) of Creation

1952

Notes

Location: Missroon/Archives/Cabinet 1

Title

1954 Festival Poster

Creator

Hinchman, R.

Date(s) of Creation

1954

Notes

Location: Missroon/Archives/Cabinet 1

Title

1957 Festival Poster

Date(s) of Creation

1957

Notes

Location: Missroon/Archives/Cabinet 1

Title

1958 Festival Poster

Date(s) of Creation

1958

Notes

Location: Missroon/Archives/Cabinet 1

Title

1964 Festival Poster

Date(s) of Creation

1964

Notes

Location: Missroon/Archives/Cabinet 1

Title

1965 Festival Poster

Description

2 posters

Date(s) of Creation

1965

Notes

Location: Missroon/Archives/Cabinet 1

Title

1966 Festival Poster

Date(s) of Creation

1966

Notes

Location: Missroon/Archives/Cabinet 1

Title

1967 Festival Poster

Description

2 posters

Date(s) of Creation

1967

Notes

Location: Missroon/Archives/Cabinet 1

Title

1969 Festival Poster

Date(s) of Creation

1969

Notes

Location: Missroon/Archives/Cabinet 1

Title

1970 Festival Poster

Date(s) of Creation

1970

Notes

Location: Missroon/Archives/Cabinet 1

Title

1971 Festival Poster

Date(s) of Creation

1971

Notes

Location: Missroon/Archives/Cabinet 1

Title

1972 Festival Poster

Description

2 posters

Date(s) of Creation

1972

Notes

Location: Missroon/Archives/Cabinet 1

Title

1976 Festival Poster

Description

2 posters

Date(s) of Creation

1976

Notes

Location: Missroon/Archives/Cabinet 1

Title

1978 Festival Poster

Description

2 posters

Date(s) of Creation

1978

Notes

Location: Missroon/Archives/Cabinet 1

Title

1979 Festival Poster

Description

2 posters

Date(s) of Creation

1979

Notes

Location: Missroon/Archives/Cabinet 1

Title

1980 Festival Poster

Description

2 posters

Date(s) of Creation

1980

Notes

Location: Missroon/Archives/Cabinet 1

Title

1981 Festival Poster

Date(s) of Creation

1981

Notes

Location: Missroon/Archives/Cabinet 1

Title

1982 Festival Poster

Description

2 posters

Date(s) of Creation

1982

Notes

Location: Missroon/Archives/Cabinet 1

Title

1983 Festival Poster

Description

2 posters

Date(s) of Creation

1983

Notes

Location: Missroon/Archives/Cabinet 1

Title

1984 Festival Poster

Description

2 posters

Date(s) of Creation

1984

Notes

Location: Missroon/Archives/Cabinet 1

Title

1985 Festival Poster

Description

2 posters

Date(s) of Creation

1985

Notes

Location: Missroon/Archives/Cabinet 1

Title

1986 Festival Poster

Date(s) of Creation

1986

Notes

Location: Missroon/Archives/Cabinet 1

Title

1990 Festival Poster

Description

2 posters

Date(s) of Creation

1990

Notes

Location: Missroon/Archives/Cabinet 1

Title

1992 Festival Poster

Description

2 posters

Date(s) of Creation

1992

Notes

Location: Missroon/Archives/Cabinet 1

Title

1993 Festival Poster

Description

2 posters

Date(s) of Creation

1993

Notes

Location: Missroon/Archives/Cabinet 1

Title

1994 Festival Poster

Date(s) of Creation

1994

Notes

Location: Missroon/Archives/Cabinet 1

Title

1995 Festival Poster

Description

2 posters

Date(s) of Creation

1995

Notes

Location: Missroon/Archives/Cabinet 1

Title

1996 Festival Poster

Date(s) of Creation

1996

Notes

Location: Missroon/Archives/Cabinet 1

Title

1997 Festival Poster

Date(s) of Creation

1997

Notes

Location: Missroon/Archives/Cabinet 1

Title

1998 Festival Poster

Description

2 posters

Date(s) of Creation

1998

Notes

Location: Missroon/Archives/Cabinet 1

Title

1999 Festival Poster

Description

2 posters

Date(s) of Creation

1999

Notes

Location: Missroon/Archives/Cabinet 1

Title

2001 Festival Poster

Date(s) of Creation

2001

Notes

Location: Missroon/Archives/Cabinet 1

Title

2002 Festival Poster

Description

2 posters

Date(s) of Creation

2002

Notes

Location: Missroon/Archives/Cabinet 1

Title

2003 Festival Poster

Description

2 posters

Date(s) of Creation

2003

Notes

Location: Missroon/Archives/Cabinet 1

Title

2004 Festival Poster

Description

2 posters

Date(s) of Creation

2004

Notes

Location: Missroon/Archives/Cabinet 1

Title

2005 Festival Poster

Description

3 posters

Date(s) of Creation

2005

Notes

Location: Missroon/Archives/Cabinet 1

Title

2006 Festival Poster

Description

2 posters

Date(s) of Creation

2006

Notes

Location: Missroon/Archives/Cabinet 1

Title

2007 Festival Poster

Description

Advertises both the Festival and CIAS. 2 posters.

Date(s) of Creation

2007

Notes

Location: Missroon/Archives/Cabinet 1

Title

2008 Festival Poster

Description

Advertises both the Festival and CIAS.

Date(s) of Creation

2008

Notes

Location: Missroon/Archives/Cabinet 1

Title

2009 Festival Poster

Description

Advertises both the Festival and CIAS. 1 poster.

Date(s) of Creation

2009

Notes

Location: Missroon/Archives/Cabinet 1

Title

2010 Festival Poster

Description

Advertises both the Festival and CIAS. 1 poster.

Date(s) of Creation

2010

Notes

Location: Missroon/Archives/Cabinet 1

Title

2011 Festival Poster

Description

2 posters. (CIAS had separate poster this year.)

Date(s) of Creation

2011

Notes

Location: Missroon/Archives/Cabinet 1

Title

2012 Festival Poster

Description

2 posters.

Date(s) of Creation

2012

Notes

Location: Missroon/Archives/Cabinet 1

Title

1988 Festival Poster (March 24-April 19)

Description

Nathaniel Russell House interior room,. Two copies.

Date(s) of Creation

1988

Notes

Location: Missroon/Archives/Cabinet 1

Title

2013 Festival Poster

Description

2 posters.

Date(s) of Creation

2013

Notes

Location: Missroon/Archives/Cabinet 1

Title

2014 Festival Poster

Description

2 posters.

Date(s) of Creation

2014

Notes

Location: Missroon/Archives/Cabinet 1

Title

2015 Festival Poster

Description

2 posters.

Date(s) of Creation

2015

Notes

Location: Missroon/Archives/Cabinet 1

Title

2016 Festival Poster

Description

2 posters.

Date(s) of Creation

2016

Notes

Location: Missroon/Archives/Cabinet 1

Title

2017 Festival Poster [70th Anniversary]

Description

2 posters.

Date(s) of Creation

2017

Notes

Location: Missroon/Archives/Cabinet 1

Location

Cabinet

Storage Cabinet 1

Room

Margaretta P. Childs Archives

Building

Missroon House

Date

February 7, 2023

Location

Building

Missroon Archives/Cabinet 1

Location

Room

Margaretta P. Childs Archives

Building

Missroon House

Relationships

Related Entries

Notes

2008.003.15a-b, 2012.010.094.1-7, HCF.FOHG., HCF.FOHG.001

General Notes

Note

Notes: Posters are currently stored in the first built-in cabinet in the Archives. Only a few posters (Container List) are fully described. Missing 1959-1963, 1968, 1973-1975, 1977, 1991. High resolution TIF files for all posters in collection on DVDs: 1950-1982 (DVD1)

Created By

admin@catalogit.app

Create Date

November 18, 2004

Updated By

sferguson@historiccharleston.org

Update Date

May 24, 2023