Charleston Come Hell or High Water: Abridged

Book

Historic Charleston Foundation

Name/Title

Charleston Come Hell or High Water: Abridged

Entry/Object ID

2012.010.005

Secondary Title

Charleston Come Hell or High Water (Abridged): A History in Photographs

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. vi, 146 p., ill., 28 cm.

Collection

Historic Charleston Foundation Library

Acquisition

Accession

2012.010.

Source or Donor

Estate of Emily Ravenel Farrow

Acquisition Method

Bequest

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

R.L. Bryan Company

Place Published

Location

Columbia, SC

Date Published

1976

Call No.

F279 .C443 W5 1976

LCCN

75-27713

Notes

Copy No.: 1

Location

Shelf

Hall Bookshelf

Building

NRH Research Room

Date

February 7, 2023

Location

Building

NR Docent Library

General Notes

Note

Notes: Collected by Robert N.S. Whitelaw. Text by Alice F. Levkoff. Abridged.

Created By

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Create Date

June 26, 2012

Updated By

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Update Date

April 5, 2023