City Hall (sic) & Washington Square

Photograph

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Historic Charleston Foundation

City Hall & Washington Square

City Hall & Washington Square

Name/Title

City Hall (sic) & Washington Square

Entry/Object ID

2007.005.1f

Description

Entrance to Washington Square; Fireproof Building is prominent. William Pitt statue is identified by the publisher and is barely visible. Pedestrians and horse-drawn carriage on street.

Context

The orientation of this image appears to be flipped, and the building is misidentified by the publisher as City Hall.

Collection

HCF Image Collection

Acquisition

Accession

2007.005.

Source or Donor

Photo Views, Souvenir Photo Album

Acquisition Method

Found in Collection

Credit Line

Souvenir Photo Album, 1883

Made/Created

Date made

1883

Place

City

Charleston

State/Province

South Carolina

Country

United States of America

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Inscription

Location

back

Transcription

Souvenir Albums containing Photo-views by Louis Glaser's Process Published by Witteman Brothers, 45 Murray St., N.Y. C.C. Righten, S.C. Agent 159 Meeting Street, Charleston, S.C. Printed - 1880

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

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Pedestrians

Search Terms

Meeting Street, Washington Square Park (Charleston, S.C.), Fireproof Building (Charleston, S.C.), Historic buildings--South Carolina--Charleston, Streets--South Carolina--Charleston, Parks--South Carolina--Charleston, Carriages and coaches

Dimensions

Height

2-1/2 in

Width

4 in

Dimension Notes

Each "page" measures 3"x4.5"

Location

Location

Container

PhotoBox 14

Shelf

AV Materials

Room

Margaretta P. Childs Archives

Building

Missroon House

Category

Permanent

Date

February 7, 2023

Relationships

Related Entries

Notes

2004.020.019, 2004.021.070, 2004.021.071, 2004.021.072a-b, 2006.007.12, 2006.007.24, 2006.010.302-304, 2007.003.3, 2009.010.1.40, 2013.026.10, 2014.015.12, BROAD.068.001, BROAD.068.002.

Related Publications

Notes

2016.032.1

Copyright

Copyright Details

Public domain.

General Notes

Note Type

Cataloging Note

Note

One of 17 images in souvenir album, printed on long strip of paper that is "accordion-folded," creating individual pages for the images. Published and copyrighted 1883 (last page, SC Scenes). Image: Photolithograph

Created By

admin@catalogit.app

Create Date

January 22, 2007

Updated By

sferguson@historiccharleston.org

Update Date

July 20, 2023