Cook's Earthquake Views of Charleston and Vicinity

Archive

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Historic Charleston Foundation

Name/Title

Cook's Earthquake Views of Charleston and Vicinity

Entry/Object ID

2008.010.2

Scope and Content

Photographs and photocopies of photos showing destruction caused by the 1886 earthquake in Charleston, SC. The series contains over 250 views including also Summerville, Dorchester, Ten Mile Hill, and Goose Creek, S.C. This particular collection includes 45 of the 250 views (some need identification): North side, Market Street (Charleston Port Society) Corner, Tradd and Friend [Tradd and Legare] Church Interior Residence of Col. Inglesby (possibly 14 Meeting) 14 Legare Archdale Plantation (exterior and interior) 15 Broad (Smith Building) Meeting Street above Hasell East Bay, corner of Central Wharf (Geo. V. Hecker & Co.) East Bay below Tradd Corner, Meeting and Chalmers (108 Meeting) Old City Jail and Roper Hospital Major R.C. Gilchrest, Bee Street Courthouse, City Hall, Fireproof Building Corner, King and Reed Streets Medical College, interior Mariner's Church (near Water and Church Streets) 26 South Battery 68 Meeting King Street [looking north] 132 Smith Street (northeast corner, Smith and Vanderhorst) 213 King Street (Bel-Air Hotel) 60-64 Broad (Confederate Home) Vendue Range Market Hall, Corner of Meeting and Market Club House, Otranto Bedon's Alley First Scots Presbyterian Church, Rear, South Side Wm. Ravenel House, East Bay (rear) Wilmot Porcher House, East Battery Adgers Wharf Storehouses A Family Tent 119 Meeting* Hibernian Society (105 Meeting)

Collection

1886 Earthquake Collection

Acquisition

Accession

2008.010.

Source or Donor

1886 Earthquake Collection

Acquisition Method

Collected by Staff

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Print, Photographic

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

Historic buildings--Earthquake effects--South Carolina--Charleston--Photographs, Church buildings--South Carolina--Charleston--Photographs, Dwellings--South Carolina--Charleston--Photographs, Streets--South Carolina--Charleston--Photographs, Charleston (S.C.)--Pictorial works, Photographers--South Carolina--Pictorial works, Charleston Earthquake, S.C., 1886--Photographs, Charleston Earthquake, S.C., 1886--Pictorial works

Archive Details

Creator

Cook, George LaGrange

Archive Size/Extent

One file folder containing 29 photographs from negatives, 16 copies of photographs, and a copy of an index for photographs 102-152.

Archive Notes

Date(s) Created: Taken after the 31st of August, 1886 Level of Description: Item

Location

Location

Container

Earthquake Collection Box

Shelf

General Research

Room

Margaretta P. Childs Archives

Building

Missroon House

Category

Permanent

Date

February 7, 2023

Relationships

Related Entries

Notes

2005.003.0027, 2005.003.0028, 2005.003.0172, 2005.003.0211, 2005.003.0212, 2005.003.0224, 2005.003.0242, 2005.003.0275, 2005.003.0276, 2006.002.0017, 2006.002.0076, 2008.002.0059, 2008.002.0178, 2008.005.2, 2008.005.3, 2008.010., 2008.010.1, 2008.010.3, 2008.010.4, 2008.010.5, 2008.010.6, 2008.010.7, 2008.010.8, 2009.002.060, 2012.017.15

Copyright

Notes

Photographs are property of The Valentine Richmond History Center in Richmond, Virginia. They must not be used without permission.

General Notes

Note

Notes: *Photograph of 119 Meeting removed from John Laurens files, 2011.022.1.

Created By

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Create Date

July 9, 2008

Updated By

kemmons

Update Date

June 18, 2020