Name/Title
Year Book, City of Charleston, S.C.: 1940Entry/Object ID
2016.011.18Secondary Title
Year Book 1940: City of Charleston, So. Ca.
City of Charleston Yearbook 1940
1940 City YearbookDescription
Contains Mayor Henry W. Lockwood's Annual Report and reports from: Department of Finance; Department of Audit and Control; Department of Public Service; Zoning; Water Works; Department of Public Buildings; Fire Department; Police Department; Corporate Counsel; Charleston Municipal Airport; Recreation; Charities; Education; Port Development; Housing Authority of the City of Charleston; Seventh Annual Azalea Festival.
Appendix: "Weather Observers and Observations at Charleston, South Carolina, 1670-1871" by Robert Croom Aldredge.
Illustrations: The City Council of Charleston, inaugurated, December 18, 1939 -- A bank of Azaleas in Hampton Park -- Wisteria and Dogwood in Hampton Park -- Grove Street, looking eastward from Tenth Avenue [212-196 Grove Street] -- St. Margaret Street, westward from Eleventh Avenue [89 St. Margaret, 93 St. Margaret, 101 St. Margaret] -- Poplar Street, eastward from Hester Street [197-211 Poplar Street] -- Completed in 1940, the Charleston County Hall fills the long felt need for a large auditorium and convention hall [1000 King Street] -- Scenes of Charleston's Municipal Swimming Pool, which enjoyed a banner season in 1940 -- Scenes from Charleston's Playgrounds in 1940 -- Auditorium of College of Charleston Student Activities Building, formally opened in 1940 -- Rear view of College of Charleston Student Activities Building, showing concrete tennis courts, donated by John B. Farrow -- Foyer and stairs of College of Charleston Student Activities Building, completed at a total cost of $218,000 -- Negro dwellings on Marsh Street, which were torn down to provide the site for the Ansonborough Homes Housing Project -- A scene in Beaufort Court, one of the unsanitary Negro alleys which was blotted out by the construction of the Wraggborough Homes Housing Project -- Queen of the 1940 Azalea Festival, Miss Ernestine Sitton, of Easley -- Building at Northwest corner of Broad and King Streets, believed to be the place where Dr. Lining made his weather -- Dr. Robert Wilson, 1736-1815, one of the founders of Medical Society of South Carolina, organized in 1789 -- David Ramsay, M.D. -- Joseph Johnson, M.D. -- Ansonborough Homes Project, seen from Calhoun Street, with the new buildings of the Charleston Shipbuilding & Drydock Company in the left background.
257 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. (softcover)Collection
Historic Charleston Foundation LibraryAcquisition
Accession
2016.011Source or Donor
South Carolina Historical SocietyAcquisition Method
TransferCredit Line
Courtesy of the South Carolina Historical SocietyLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
BookNomenclature Sub-Class
Other DocumentsNomenclature Class
Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsSearch Terms
Municipal government--South Carolina--Charleston--Periodicals, Charleston (S.C.) Office of the Mayor, Charleston (S.C.)--History, Charleston (S.C.)--Politics and government, YearbooksBook Details
Author
City of CharlestonPublisher
Walker, Evans & CogswellPlace Published
City
CharlestonState/Province
South CarolinaCountry
United States of AmericaCall No.
JS13 .C33 1940Notes
Date: [1940 or 1941]
Copy No.: 1Location
Location
Shelf
BooksRoom
Margaretta P. Childs ArchivesBuilding
Missroon HouseCategory
PermanentDate
February 7, 2023General Notes
Note
Notes: Includes listing of City Government officials.
Compliments of Thomas P. Stoney, Mayor.
Contains previous library's markings and labels.Created By
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April 1, 2016Updated By
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March 30, 2023