St. Michael's Church After the 1938 Tornado

Photograph

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Historic Charleston Foundation

St. Michael's Church After the 1938 Tornado: Origsize: 3.5x5.75; Origformat: Print-Photographic; Resolution: 200 dpi
St. Michael's Church After the 1938 Tornado

Origsize: 3.5x5.75; Origformat: Print-Photographic; Resolution: 200 dpi

Name/Title

St. Michael's Church After the 1938 Tornado

Entry/Object ID

2016.013.3

Tags

Eberle

Description

B&W photograph of St. Michael's Church after the first tornado of September 29, 1938, showing the damage done to the roof. Handwritten on back of photo: "Old historic St. Michael's Church, corner Broad Street and Meeting Street. Done by first tornado, Sept. 29, '38." Photo was originally mounted on photograph album paper, similarly captioned; page in file with photograph.

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

Gelatin Silver

Collection

HCF Image Collection

Acquisition

Accession

2016.013

Source or Donor

Eberle, Kevin

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

Gift of Kevin Eberle

Made/Created

Date made

1938

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

Roofs

Search Terms

Meeting Street, St. Michael's Episcopal Church (Charleston, S.C.), Tornado damage--South Carolina--Charleston, Tornadoes--South Carolina--Charleston

Dimensions

Height

3-1/2 in

Width

5-3/4 in

Location

Location

Container

PhotoBox 15

Shelf

AV Materials

Room

Margaretta P. Childs Archives

Building

Missroon House

Category

Permanent

Date

February 7, 2023

Relationships

Related Entries

Notes

National Weather Service website, http://www.weather.gov/chs/1938CharlestonTornadoes

Provenance

Notes

One of seven photographs purchased by the donor at a Charleston antiques mall.

General Notes

Note

Notes: "W.M. Muckenfuss, 122 Wentworth St., Charleston, S.C." stamped on back. May have been the photographer (see 2004.022.1), however, some of street names in captions are incorrect; a local would have known the correct name.

Created By

admin@catalogit.app

Create Date

April 21, 2016

Updated By

sferguson@historiccharleston.org

Update Date

October 5, 2023