Charleston Come Hell or High Water: A History in Photographs

Publication

Historic Charleston Foundation

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

DEACC.038.

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. This edition includes Hurricane Hugo Addendum.

Collection

Historic Charleston Foundation Library

Acquisition

Accession

DEACC.038.

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 Library

Date

February 7, 2023

General Notes

Note

Notes: Sold to HCF staff member for $5. 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 Hurricane Hugo, 1989 Hurricane damage 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

January 22, 2008