United Fruit Company Dock After the 1938 Tornadoes

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

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

Name/Title

United Fruit Company Dock After the 1938 Tornadoes

Entry/Object ID

2013.026.29

Description

Silver gelatin photograph of the United Fruit Company dock after the September 29, 1938, tornadoes.

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

Gelatin Silver

Context

The United Fruit Company operated from Southern Railway Pier 2 located on Concord Street between Society and Laurens Streets.

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

Docks

Search Terms

Lost Architecture, Demolished buildings, lost buildings, Lowcountry Digital Library, Tornadoes--South Carolina--Charleston, Tornado damage--South Carolina--Charleston, Charleston (S.C.)--Buildings, structures, etc., Lost architecture--South Carolina--Charleston, Piers

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

2018.005.32a-b National Weather Service website, http://www.weather.gov/chs/1938CharlestonTornadoes

Related Publications

Notes

See Tornado edition of the News & Courier (2007.003.9).

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.

Created By

admin@catalogit.app

Create Date

November 7, 2013

Updated By

sferguson@historiccharleston.org

Update Date

September 6, 2023