Scenes After the 1938 Tornadoes

a: Huger Street After 1938 Tornado: Origformat: Digital Image; Resolution: 96 dpi
a: Huger Street After 1938 Tornado

Origformat: Digital Image; Resolution: 96 dpi

Name/Title

Scenes After the 1938 Tornadoes

Entry/Object ID

2016.006.43a-c

Description

Three B&W photograph (scans) of photographs of scenes after the tornadoes of September 29, 1938: a: Identified as Huger Street looking east. Sign for a Gulf station at left, located at 733 King. The three houses on the right are still standing today. b-c: Wreckage on Ashton Street and/or vicinity.

Context

Descriptions provided by the donor.

Collection

Historic Charleston Foundation Property Records

Acquisition

Accession

2016.006

Source or Donor

Eberle, Kevin

Acquisition Method

Other

Credit Line

Courtesy of Kevin Eberle

Made/Created

Artist

Unattributed

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

Search Terms

Streets, Lost Architecture, Demolished buildings, lost buildings, Dwellings--South Carolina--Charleston, Streets--South Carolina--Charleston, Tornadoes--South Carolina--Charleston, Tornado damage--South Carolina--Charleston, Lost architecture--South Carolina--Charleston

Location

Location

Building

Digital File

Category

Permanent

Date

February 7, 2023

Provenance

Notes

Photographs provided to Kevin Eberle via email on May 29, 2016. He acquired them from a woman who was a source of other photographs.

General Notes

Note Type

Cataloging Note

Note

Kevin Eberle provided the identification of the houses.

Created By

admin@catalogit.app

Create Date

January 31, 2019

Updated By

sferguson@historiccharleston.org

Update Date

September 27, 2023