Meeting Street Sidewalk / Charleston Orphan House

Photograph

Historic Charleston Foundation

a: Meeting Street

Origsize: 6.25x3.25; Origformat: Print-Photographic; Resolution: 150

Name/Title

Meeting Street Sidewalk / Charleston Orphan House

Entry/Object ID

2007.003.2a-b

Description

Two stereographs: a: Meeting Street looking south from 105 Meeting to St. Michael's Church. View of the sidewalk running down the street from the iron gate of Hibernian Hall. Men stand on the sidewalk at various places. Across the street, men are seated on a bench outside the gates to Washington Square Park. Northeast corner of City Hall at mid-left. With magnification, a crowd standing on the sidewalk is in the distance at the intersection of Meeting and Broad Streets. b: View of the Charleston Orphan House. Bearded gentleman stands by a hedge bordering the driveway. The statue of William Pitt, which was later moved to Washington Square, stands in front of the house.

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

Stereograph

Collection

HCF Image Collection

Acquisition

Accession

2007.003.

Source or Donor

New Photos Catalog Records (2007)

Acquisition Method

Found in Collection

Made/Created

Artist

James, W. E. (William E.), 1835-1887

Time Period

19th Century

Place

City

[Charleston, SC]

State/Province

South Carolina

Country

United States of America

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Inscription

Location

back

Transcription

Geo Riggs

Type

Inscription

Location

back

Translation

The Orphan Assylum (sic)

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term

Stereograph

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

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Pedestrians, Stereographs, Men, Statues

Search Terms

Streets, Meeting Street, Calhoun Street, Demolished buildings, lost buildings, Streets--South Carolina--Charleston, Charleston City Hall (S.C.), St. Michael's Episcopal Church (Charleston, S.C.), African American men, Charleston Orphan House, Lost architecture--South CarolinaCharleston, Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778--Monuments

Dimensions

Dimension Notes

2 photos each measure approx. 3"x3", mounted side-by-side on card that measures 3.25"x 6.75".

Location

Container

PhotoBox 14

Shelf

AV Materials

Room

Margaretta P. Childs Archives

Building

Missroon House

Date

February 7, 2023

Provenance

Notes

Discovered in box of miscellaneous items.

Copyright

Copyright Details

Public domain.

Created By

admin@catalogit.app

Create Date

January 19, 2007

Updated By

sferguson@historiccharleston.org

Update Date

July 20, 2023