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

30 Block, Beaufain Street ca. 1910: Origformat: Digital Image; Resolution: 96 dpi
30 Block, Beaufain Street ca. 1910

Origformat: Digital Image; Resolution: 96 dpi

Name/Title

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

Entry/Object ID

2015.015.4

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. Pedestrians are on the sidewalk, carts and a man riding a bicycle are on the street.

Collection

HCF Image Collection

Acquisition

Accession

2015.015

Source or Donor

Eberle, Kevin

Acquisition Method

Other

Credit Line

Courtesy of Kevin Eberle

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

Pedestrians

Search Terms

Postcards, Beaufain Street, Demolished buildings, lost buildings, Streets--South Carolina--Charleston, African American neighborhoods--South Carolina--Charleston, Lost architecture--South Carolina--Charleston, Carts and wagons, Bicycle riders

Postcard Details

Date Published

circa 1910

Location

Location

Building

Digital File

Category

Permanent

Date

February 7, 2023

Relationships

Related Entries

Notes

2009.013.20, 2015.015.4X, BEAUFAIN.039.1 See 2009.013.20, similar image a few years earlier. Record also contains views of 1888 and 1902 Sanborn Maps and research notes by Kevin Eberle.

Provenance

Notes

Scan of postcard provided via email by Kevin Eberle 9/22/2015. Source not identified.

Copyright

Copyright Details

Public domain.

Created By

admin@catalogit.app

Create Date

September 23, 2015

Updated By

sferguson@historiccharleston.org

Update Date

September 25, 2023