Charleston Come Hell or High Water: Abridged

Publication

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Historic Charleston Foundation

Resolution: 75 dpi

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

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

Location

Room

Preservation Department

Building

Missroon House

Category

Permanent

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