Men Being Deputized After Hyde vs. Grace Runoff Election Riots

Photograph

Historic Charleston Foundation

Men Being Deputized, ca. 1915

Name/Title

Men Being Deputized After Hyde vs. Grace Runoff Election Riots

Entry/Object ID

2013.003.10

Description

Photograph (scan) of a group of men standing in front of a building, possibly the old police station on St. Philip Street, to be deputized by the police after the Hyde versus Grace runoff election riots. Edward L. Wells Jr., brother of Sabina Elliott Wells, is left of center, in profile, fifth from left.

Context

Edward L. Wells was the brother of Sabina Elliott Wells whose photographs are in HCF's collection.

Collection

HCF Image Collection

Acquisition

Accession

2013.003.

Source or Donor

New Photos Catalog Records (2013)

Acquisition Method

Found in Collection

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1915

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Men, Police, Police stations

Location

Building

Digital File

Date

February 7, 2023

Relationships

Related Entries

Notes

2006.016.07, 2006.016.07.1, 2006.016.07.2, 2006.016.07.3, 2006.016.07.4, 2006.016.07.5

Provenance

Notes

Framed print owned by Daniel Crooks, author, city tour guide, historian; loaned to HCF to scan for reference purposes and to compare to another photograph for identification purposes. Photograph is originally from the News & Courier.

Copyright

Copyright Details

Reference use only.

General Notes

Note Type

Cataloging Note

Note

Description provided by owner of the photo. Need to identify the building. Photograph was scanned in its frame. Edward L. Wells is possibly the same man who is in 2011.003.05, nos. 30-31.

Created By

admin@catalogit.app

Create Date

June 3, 2013

Updated By

sferguson@historiccharleston.org

Update Date

September 1, 2023