Ruins on King Street After the 1938 Tornadoes

Photograph

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Historic Charleston Foundation

Ruins at King Street at Huger Street: Origsize: 4.25x2.25; Origformat: Print-Photographic; Resolution: 300 dpi
Ruins at King Street at Huger Street

Origsize: 4.25x2.25; Origformat: Print-Photographic; Resolution: 300 dpi

Name/Title

Ruins on King Street After the 1938 Tornadoes

Entry/Object ID

2013.026.23

Description

Silver gelatin photograph of the ruins of a building on King Street after the tornadoes of September 29, 1938. Shows the debris of a completely demolished structure, possibly the Rectory of the Church of the Sacred Heart* at King and Huger Street. Three men stand on the sidewalk facing the debris.

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

Gelatin Silver

Context

*Description based on photograph in Tornado edition of the News & Courier (2007.003.9).

Collection

HCF Image Collection

Acquisition

Accession

2013.026.

Source or Donor

Ms. Mary Walker Kehl

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

Gift of Mary Walker Kehl

Made/Created

Artist

Losse, Ernest

Date made

1938

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, People

Search Terms

Lost Architecture, King Street, Demolished buildings, lost buildings, Lowcountry Digital Library, Tornadoes--South Carolina--Charleston, Tornado damage--South Carolina--Charleston, Lost architecture--South Carolina--Charleston

Dimensions

Dimension Notes

4.25" x 2.25" print on 5" x 3.25" paper

Location

Location

Container

PhotoBox 15

Shelf

AV Materials

Room

Margaretta P. Childs Archives

Building

Missroon House

Category

Permanent

Date

February 7, 2023

Relationships

Related Entries

Notes

National Weather Service website, http://www.weather.gov/chs/1938CharlestonTornadoes

Provenance

Notes

Donor found photographs among relatives' belongings; she believes that the photographs were taken by her relative (uncle?).

Copyright

Copyright Details

HCF copyright.

General Notes

Note Type

Cataloging Note

Note

Photographs are printed on paper with deckled edges; paper is embossed with print centered within depressed area. Image #2 is from Boston Public Library "South Carolina Postcards" collection on Flickr, www.flickr.com/photos/boston_public_library/sets/72157628620189351/with/6636159245/.

Created By

admin@catalogit.app

Create Date

November 5, 2013

Updated By

sferguson@historiccharleston.org

Update Date

September 6, 2023