Charleston Come Hell or High Water

Book

Historic Charleston Foundation

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

2008.002.0059

Description

A photographic testimony of the city's stubborn resistance to a century of catastrophe. Contents include Antebellum photographs; Civil War period; life in the 1880s; cyclone of 1885; earthquake of 1886; life in the 1890s; Summerville; the mountains; country life; the West Indian Exposition; life in the 1990s; the Evening Post; the Citadel; Magnolia Gardens; the islands and beaches; the hurricane of 1911; life in the 20th century; Francis Benjamin Johnston's views of the Low Country; and the tornado of 1938. xii, 232 p. : chiefly ill. ; 28 cm. (softcover)

Collection

Historic Charleston Foundation Library

Acquisition

Accession

2008.002.

Source or Donor

New Library Catalog Records (2008)

Acquisition Method

Found in Collection

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Book

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

United States Local History, South Carolina, Charleston, Charleston (S.C.)--Pictorial works, Charleston (S.C.)--History, Charleston (S.C.)--Buildings, structures, etc, Charleston (S.C.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865, Charleston (S.C.)--Social life and customs, Fires--South Carolina--Charleston, Charleston Earthquake, S.C., 1886, Earthquakes--South Carolina--Charleston, Historic buildings--Earthquake effects--South Carolina--Charleston, Hurricanes--South Carolina--Charleston, Hurricane damage--South Carolina--Charleston, Charleston Cyclone, S.C., 1885

Book Details

Author

Levkoff, Alice F., Whitelaw, Robert N. S., 1905-

Publisher

Self-Published

Place Published

City

Charleston

State/Province

South Carolina

Country

United States of America

Date Published

1976

Call No.

F279 .C443 W5 1976

LCCN

75027713

Notes

Copy No.: 1

Location

Room

Museum Mgr's Office

Building

ARH

Date

February 7, 2023

Relationships

Related Entries

Notes

2005.003.0027, 2005.003.0028, 2005.003.0172, 2005.003.0211, 2005.003.0212, 2005.003.0224, 2005.003.0242, 2005.003.0275, 2005.003.0276, 2006.002.0017, 2006.002.0076, 2008.002.0178, 2008.005.2, 2008.005.3, 2008.010., 2008.010.1, 2008.010.2, 2008.010.3, 2008.010.4, 2008.010.5, 2008.010.6, 2008.010.7, 2008.010.8, 2009.002.060, 2012.017.15

General Notes

Note

Notes: Photographs collected by Robert N.S. Whitelaw. Text by Alice F. Levkoff. Published by Alice F. Levkoff and Patti F. Whitelaw.

Created By

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Create Date

June 5, 2008

Updated By

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Update Date

April 5, 2023