Demolished Warehouse on Concord Street After the 1938 Tornado

Photograph

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Historic Charleston Foundation

Warehouse, NE Corner Vendue & Concord After 1938 Tornado: Origsize: 3.5x5.75; Origformat: Print-Photographic; Resolution: 200 dpi
Warehouse, NE Corner Vendue & Concord After 1938 Tornado

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

Name/Title

Demolished Warehouse on Concord Street After the 1938 Tornado

Entry/Object ID

2016.013.1

Tags

Eberle

Description

B&W photograph of the Viohl Hay & Grain warehouse demolished by the tornado of September 29, 1938. Located at the northwest corner of Vendue Range and Concord Street; address 14 Vendue Range. Portion of the building across the street can be seen at left. Steeple of St. Michael's Church in the distance at right. Handwritten on back of photo: "Taken in front of the Clyde Line Steam Ship Co. on Concord Street. Vohls Grain Place. Tornado - Sept. 29, 1938. In distance is St. Michael's Church steeple." 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

Artist

Unattributed

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

Search Terms

Lost Architecture, Concord Street, Demolished buildings, lost buildings, Vendue Range, Street corner, Warehouses--South Carolina--Charleston, Tornado damage--South Carolina--Charleston, Tornadoes--South Carolina--Charleston, Lost architecture--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.

Copyright

Copyright Details

In copyright

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