Name/Title
Snow of the Century Strikes South Carolina, February 9-11, 1973Entry/Object ID
2008.005.14Description
The News and Courier/Charleston Evening Post feature entitled "Snow of the Century Strikes South Carolina, Feb. 9-11, 1973." Includes articles about and photographs of a sleet and snowstorm that hit the eastern half of South Carolina.
The initial section is devoted to photographs of snow and ice; the second to damage wrought by the storm; the third to the way people cavorted in the snow; and the last to the traffic conditions that stranded many motorists.
Articles: Storm: Meteorological Freak" by Jack Leland -- "Even Snow has Silver Lining" by Thomas R. Baxter -- "Joys of 'Real' Winter Discovered" by Dora Ann Reaves -- "Thousands of Motorists Stranded" by Henry O. Counts.
Includes photographs of unnamed street leading to the harbor, Dock Street Theater, East Battery, White Point Garden; Market Street; Cooper River Bridges; Colonial Lake (a/k/a West End Lake); Broad Street; North Charleston business district; Hampton park; Murray Boulevard; intersection of Queen Street and Meeting Street; Rutledge Avenue; Middleton Place; and King Street.
Also includes a photograph from an 1899 snow storm of houses on an unidentified Charleston street and an aerial view of Charleston.
48 p. : ill. ; 39 cm.Collection
Historic Charleston Foundation LibraryAcquisition
Accession
2008.005.Source or Donor
Mr. Joseph H. McGeeAcquisition Method
GiftCredit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph H. McGeeLexicon
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Charleston (S.C.)--Weather, Winter storms--South Carolina--Charleston--20th century, Snow storms--South Carolina--Charleston--20th centuryPublication Details
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News and Courier (Charleston, S.C. : Daily)Publisher
News and CourierPlace Published
City
CharlestonState/Province
South CarolinaCountry
United States of AmericaDate Published
1973Notes
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