Fort Sumter Hotel on The Battery
Fort Sumter Hotel
Name/Title
Fort Sumter Hotel on The BatteryEntry/Object ID
2004.020.007.20Description
Color postcard showing the view looking west on Murray Boulevard, featuring the Fort Sumter Hotel (now known as the Fort Sumter House at 1 King Street), and the Battery. Boats are docked on the river in front of the hotel. A corner of White Point Garden is also in view. One of 22 postcards in souvenir packet, "Greetings from Charleston, South Carolina, Famous in American History."Collection
HCF Image CollectionAcquisition
Accession
2004.020.Source or Donor
HCF Postcard CollectionAcquisition Method
Collected by StaffLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
PostcardNomenclature Sub-Class
Writing MediaNomenclature Class
Written Communication T&ENomenclature Category
Category 06: Tools & Equipment for CommunicationSearch Terms
Postcards, Murray Boulevard, Streets--South Carolina--Charleston, Hotels--South Carolina--Charleston, White Point Garden (Charleston, S.C.), Battery Park (Charleston, S.C.), Boats and boating, Fort Sumter Hotel (Charleston, S.C.)Postcard Details
Publisher
F.J. Martschink Co.Printer
E.C. Kropp Co.Place Printed
Location
Milwaukee, WITranscription
Transcription
Historic forts of Revolutionary and Civil Wars, Forts Johnson, Moultrie and Sumter are visible across the harbor from the Fort Sumter Hotel located on Charleston's famous old Battery.Notes
printed on back of cardNatural color post card made in U.S.A. by C. Kropp Co., Milwaukee, Wis.