Chimney Sweep/Soap-Box Dancer

a: Chimney Sweep: Origsize: 2.75x4.5; Origformat: Print-Photographic; Resolution: 200 dpi
a: Chimney Sweep

Origsize: 2.75x4.5; Origformat: Print-Photographic; Resolution: 200 dpi

Name/Title

Chimney Sweep/Soap-Box Dancer

Entry/Object ID

2009.010.3.4a-b

Description

Two B&W photographs of a boy. Photographer unknown. a: Standing on a rooftop posing as a chimney sweep. b: Dancing on top of a From the Valley of Hearts Delight box, across the street from 12 Franklin Street.

Collection

Historic Charleston Foundation Property Records

Acquisition

Accession

2009.010.

Source or Donor

Alexander, Tom

Acquisition Method

Found in Collection

Credit Line

Tom Alexander Photograph Donation

Made/Created

Artist

'Unattributed

Date made

circa 1925

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Location

back of photo a

Transcription

Chimbly [sic] sweep

Type

Stamped

Location

back of photo a

Transcription

43

Location

back of photo b

Transcription

Soap-box dancer written on back of photo

Type

Stamped

Location

back of photo b

Transcription

63

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

Chimney sweeps, Dancers

Search Terms

African American boys

Dimensions

Height

2-3/4 in

Width

4-1/2 in

Location

Location

Container

PhotoBox 10

Shelf

AV Materials

Room

Margaretta P. Childs Archives

Building

Missroon House

Category

Permanent

Date

February 7, 2023

Created By

admin@catalogit.app

Create Date

September 18, 2015

Updated By

sferguson@historiccharleston.org

Update Date

August 3, 2023