A Glimpse Through Coonville in the Heart of Charleston [Beaufain Street, 30-40 Block]

Postcard

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Historic Charleston Foundation

30 Block, Beaufain Street ca. 1900: Origformat: Digital Image; Resolution: 95 dpi
30 Block, Beaufain Street ca. 1900

Origformat: Digital Image; Resolution: 95 dpi

Name/Title

"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."

Created By

admin@catalogit.app

Create Date

June 2, 2009

Updated By

sferguson@historiccharleston.org

Update Date

August 3, 2023