Flag Day Fleet Parade on King Street

Photograph

Historic Charleston Foundation

a: Fleet Parade at 227-243 King Street (1916)

Origsize: 3.5x5; Origformat: Print-Photographic; Resolution: 150 dpi

Name/Title

Flag Day "Fleet Parade" on King Street

Entry/Object ID

2018.008.1a-b

Description

Two photographic postcards of the 1916 Flag Day "Fleet Parade": a: View looking south on King Street between South Market Street and Beaufain Street, from about 227 to 243 King. Police are marching north on the street. Flags are hung from buildings and stretched across the street. Crowds of onlookers line the street. The most identifiable buildings are 229 King (Jet White Laundry), 231 King, 233 King, 235 King (J.F. Norris Furniture), 237 King, 239 King (Royal Restaurant), 241 King, and 243 King (Siegling Music House). Sign for Louis Cohen & Co. (232 King) is visible at left. Captioned "Fleet Parade, Charleston, S.C." b: View looking north on King Street from just below Wentworth Street. Buildings are decorated with flags for the Flag Day Fleet Parade and the street is blocked off by a vehicle parked across it and two trolley cars. Sidewalks are busy with pedestrians. At left is 273 King with a sign above for a clothing company (J.L. David & Brothers?). Other buildings on the west side of King Street are obscured by decorations and lamp posts. At the right is 266 King (W.P. Cart Company), 268 King (McIntosh Seed House), 270 King (J.S. Pinkussohn), 276 King, and beyond.

Collection

HCF Image Collection

Acquisition

Accession

2018.008

Source or Donor

Eberle, Kevin

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

Courtesy of Kevin Eberle

Made/Created

Artist

Unattributed

Date made

1916

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Postcard

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Writing Media

Nomenclature Class

Written Communication T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 06: Tools & Equipment for Communication

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Flags, Marching, Police, Crowds

Search Terms

Postcards, Postcards, King Street, Parades--South Carolina--Charleston, Streets--South Carolina--Charleston, Historic buildings--South Carolina--Charleston, Antique and classic cars

Dimensions

Height

3-1/2 in

Width

5-1/2 in

Location

Container

Postcard Box 1

Shelf

AV Materials

Room

Margaretta P. Childs Archives

Building

Missroon House

Date

February 7, 2023

Copyright

Copyright Details

Public domain

Created By

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Create Date

June 8, 2018

Updated By

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Update Date

February 17, 2023