Powder Magazine at Fort Johnson

Photograph

Historic Charleston Foundation

a: Fort Johnson Powder Magazine

Origsize: 5.7; Origformat: Print-Photographic; Resolution: 200 dpi

Name/Title

Powder Magazine at Fort Johnson

Entry/Object ID

2009.010.2.4a-c

Description

Three B&W photographs of the powder magazine at Fort Johnson. a: Front of powder magazine, corner view; Fort Sumter in distance at left. b: Front of powder magazine, corner view. c: Historical marker over door numbered 15.

Collection

HCF Image Collection

Acquisition

Accession

2009.010.

Source or Donor

Alexander, Tom

Acquisition Method

Found in Collection

Credit Line

Tom Alexander Photograph Donation

Made/Created

Artist

Jacobs, Howard R.

Date made

circa 1940 - circa 1949

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Label

Location

back of photo a

Transcription

View of Old Powder Magazine at Fort Johnson which had active part in the Revolution and the Civil War. From Fort Johnson the first shot of the Civil War was shot against Fort Sumter which may be seen in the left background.

Type

Label

Location

back

Transcription

Photo Service / Howard R. Jacobs / Master Photo Finishers of America

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

Powder magazines

Search Terms

Fort Johnson (S.C.)

Dimensions

Dimension Notes

Photos a & c: 5" x 7 Photo b: 4.25" x 5.25"

Location

Container

PhotoBox 10

Shelf

AV Materials

Room

Margaretta P. Childs Archives

Building

Missroon House

Date

February 7, 2023

Created By

admin@catalogit.app

Create Date

September 10, 2015

Updated By

sferguson@historiccharleston.org

Update Date

August 3, 2023