First House Tour Hostesses

Photograph

Historic Charleston Foundation

Name/Title

First House Tour Hostesses

Entry/Object ID

2009.003.002

Description

At a meeting in March 1948, the late H. Phillip Staats and the late Clelia Mathewes Waring address a meeting of volunteer hostesses for the first annual house tours organized by HCF. Those attending were: Front row, L to R: Mrs. Elliott Hutson, Mrs. William F. Prioleau, Mrs. Edward F. Parker, Mrs. S. Henry Edmunds (Frances Edmunds), and Mrs. Walter H. Gussenhoven. Second row, L to R: Mrs. W.M. Martin, Mrs. A. Franz Witte, Mrs. Leon R. Drake, Mrs. Augustine T. Smythe, Mrs. Frank P. Rhett, Mrs. Arthur M. Swanson, and the late Mrs. William G. Dodds.

Context

Photographic reprint of News & Courier photograph, March 1948 (TIF available on DVD 22).

Collection

HCF Image Collection

Acquisition

Accession

2009.003.

Source or Donor

New Photos Catalog Records (2009)

Acquisition Method

Found in Collection

Made/Created

Date made

1948

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

Women

Search Terms

Festival of Houses / FOH, Historic Charleston Foundation--Tours, Tour guides (Persons), Edmunds, Frances R.

Dimensions

Height

4 in

Width

6 in

Location

Container

PhotoBox 11

Shelf

AV Materials

Room

Margaretta P. Childs Archives

Building

Missroon House

Date

February 7, 2023

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Edmunds, Frances R.

Related Entries

Notes

2008.003.2, 2009.003.005, 2011.002.104, 2012.002.093, 2013.003.05, 2013.003.06, 2014.003.015a-b, 2014.003.016a-c, 2014.003.017, 2014.003.018, 2014.003.023, 2014.003.024, 2014.003.025a-b, 2014.003.026

General Notes

Note Type

Cataloging Note

Note

Presumed to be a reprint of an original photo. Original article (March 1948--day not indicated) is in Scrapbook Box 1, loose material folder). Photo reprinted in 11/24/1985 article.

Created By

admin@catalogit.app

Create Date

February 27, 2009

Updated By

sferguson@historiccharleston.org

Update Date

July 25, 2023