"A Glimpse Through Coonville in the Heart of Charleston" [Beaufain Street, 30-40 Block]
Entry/Object ID
2009.013.20
Tags
Content warning
Description
Historic Charleston Foundation denounces the use of the derogatory and racist language that appears in the original item.
Postcard (scan) featuring the view looking west on Beaufain Street (the 30 block) showing the African American neighborhood that was between Coming Street and near Archdale Street, where today the triangle of land between Memminger and the Canterbury House (near St. Philip and Archdale) are now. The houses were demolished. Mule-drawn cart on street. Building in foreground appears to be a vegetable market, with bananas hanging in front and produce on a shelf underneath.
Collection
HCF Image Collection
Acquisition
Accession
2009.013.
Source or Donor
Middleton, Judy
Acquisition Method
Other
Credit Line
Mrs. Middleton's Postcard Album
Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
Postcard
Nomenclature Sub-Class
Writing Media
Nomenclature Class
Written Communication T&E
Nomenclature Category
Category 06: Tools & Equipment for Communication
LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials
Vegetables, Fruit
Search Terms
Postcards, Beaufain Street, Demolished buildings, lost buildings, Streets--South Carolina--Charleston, Carts and wagons, African American neighborhoods, Lost architecture--South Carolina--Charleston
Postcard Details
Publisher
Hugh C. Leighton Co.
Place Published
City
Portland
State/Province
Maine
Country
United States of America
Date Published
circa 1900
Dimensions
Height
3-1/2 in
Width
5-1/2 in
Dimension Notes
Size of original postcard
Location
Location
Container
CD Box 1
Shelf
AV Materials
Building
Hi-Res Image CD/DVD
Category
Permanent
Date
February 7, 2023
Relationships
Related Entries
Notes
2015.015.4, 2015.015.4X, BEAUFAIN.039.1
See 2015.023.2, similar image a few years later.
Copyright
Copyright Details
Public domain.
General Notes
Note Type
In-House Note
Note
Descriptive information (location) from Harlan Greene. He further identifies the address in SCHS magazine, Jan-Apr 2010, v. 111, nos. 1-2:, p. 29: "Postcard, ca. 1910, lampooning the Halloways and their legacy. On the left side of the street, barely visible in the background, a man, possibly James Halloway, stands on the sidewalk in front of his house at 39 Beaufain Street."
