61 Washington Street

Photograph

Historic Charleston Foundation

61 Washington Street (ca. 1937)

Origformat: Digital Image

Name/Title

61 Washington Street

Entry/Object ID

2015.003.01

Description

B&W photograph (scan) identified as 61 Washington Street. Street (front) elevation, corner view showing piazzas. Children are standing on the sidewalk in front of the house, on the piazza, and climbing the stairs to the doorway. The house was located on the west side of Washington Street between Calhoun and Charlotte Streets.

Collection

HCF Image Collection

Acquisition

Accession

2015.003

Source or Donor

New Photos Catalog Records (2015)

Acquisition Method

Found in Collection

Made/Created

Artist

Johnston, Frances Benjamin

Date made

circa 1937

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

Lost Architecture, Washington Street, Demolished buildings, lost buildings, Dwellings--South Carolina--Charleston, Lost architecture--South Carolina--Charleston, African American children

Location

Cabinet

Photo File Cabinets

Room

Margaretta P. Childs Archives

Building

Missroon House

Date

February 7, 2023

Provenance

Notes

Obtained from Shorpy.com, entitled "Multi-Storied: 1937."

General Notes

Note Type

Cataloging Note

Note

Shorpy.com notes indicate that the photograph was by Frances Benjamin Johnston.

Created By

admin@catalogit.app

Create Date

January 7, 2015

Updated By

sferguson@historiccharleston.org

Update Date

September 14, 2023