Charleston Come Hell or High Water: Abridged

Publication

Historic Charleston Foundation

Resolution: 75 dpi

Name/Title

Charleston Come Hell or High Water: Abridged

Entry/Object ID

2012.010.153

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.

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

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, United States Local History South Carolina Charleston

Location

Room

Preservation Department

Building

Missroon House

Date

February 7, 2023

General Notes

Note

Notes: Collected by Robert N.S. Whitelaw. Text by Alice F. Levkoff. Abridged. Preservation Dept. reference copy.

Created By

admin@catalogit.app

Create Date

June 26, 2012

Updated By

sferguson@historiccharleston.org

Update Date

April 5, 2023