Charleston Come Hell or High Water

Publication

Historic Charleston Foundation

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

2005.003.0034

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.

Collection

Historic Charleston Foundation Library

Acquisition

Accession

2005.003.

Source or Donor

New Library Catalog Records (2005)

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

Location

Building

Missroon Archives/General Research Materials/Books

Date

February 7, 2023

General Notes

Note

Notes: Collected by Robert N.S. Whitelaw. Text by Alice F. Levkoff. This copy has the book jacket (has tears and stains). Back of book jacket has photo of the Battery with Missroon House in background, ca. early 20th century. Did not sell on consignment. Given to FOL (Sept. 07). SUBJECTS & PEOPLE: 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 Earthquakes--South Carolina--Charleston Hurricanes--South Carolina--Charleston CLASSIFICATION & SEARCH TERMS: United States Local History South Carolina Charleston

Created By

admin@catalogit.app

Create Date

February 16, 2005

Updated By

kemmons

Update Date

September 11, 2007