William M. Bird & Co. (205 East Bay Street)

205 East Bay St.: Copyright: Charleston Museum photograph; Origsize: 5x7; Origformat: Print-Photographic; Resolution: 100 dpi
205 East Bay St.

Copyright: Charleston Museum photograph; Origsize: 5x7; Origformat: Print-Photographic; Resolution: 100 dpi

Name/Title

William M. Bird & Co. (205 East Bay Street)

Entry/Object ID

EBAY.205-211.3

Description

Ca. late-19th or early 20th century photograph of William M. Bird & Co. storefront, front (east) elevation). Six men stand in front of the building by barrels and hand carts. A whale-shaped sign pprojects from the front of the building. The original photograph is from The Charleston Museum Archives.

Collection

Historic Charleston Foundation Property Records

Acquisition

Accession

EBAY.205-211.

Source or Donor

205-211 East Bay Street (William Bird Buildings)

Acquisition Method

Collected by Staff

Made/Created

Artist

Unattributed

Date made

circa 1900

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

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

Men, People

Search Terms

East Bay Street, Historic buildings--South Carolina--Charleston, Commercial buildings--South Carolina--Charleston, Storefronts--South Carolina--Charleston, Signs and signboards

Dimensions

Height

5 in

Width

7 in

Location

Location

Cabinet

Photo File Cabinets

Room

Margaretta P. Childs Archives

Building

Missroon House

Category

Permanent

Date

February 7, 2023

Relationships

Related Entries

Notes

EBAY.205-211.1, EBAY.205-211.2, EBAY.205-211.4

Provenance

Notes

Reprint of photograph from Charleston Museum Archives

Copyright

Copyright Details

Charleston Museum photo #MK8984. May need permission to publish.

Created By

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Create Date

January 2, 2008

Updated By

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Update Date

February 17, 2023