Home in Ruins After the 1938 Tornado

Photograph

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Historic Charleston Foundation

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

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

Name/Title

Home in Ruins After the 1938 Tornado

Entry/Object ID

2013.026.30

Description

Silver gelatin photograph of the destruction of a house done by the tornadoes of September, 29, 1938. Possibly in the Fiddlers' Green neighborhood on Hagood Avenue near the Ashley River.* Two men lean against the ruins, while another man climbs a a nearby telephone pole.

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

Search Terms

Lost Architecture, Demolished buildings, lost buildings, Fiddlers' Green, Lowcountry Digital Library, Dwellings--South Carolina--Charleston, Charleston (S.C.)--Buildings, structures, etc., Tornadoes--South Carolina--Charleston, Tornado damage--South Carolina--Charleston, Lost architecture--South Carolina--Charleston, African American men

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.

Created By

admin@catalogit.app

Create Date

November 7, 2013

Updated By

sferguson@historiccharleston.org

Update Date

September 6, 2023