Name/Title
Year Book, City of Charleston, S.C.: 1942Entry/Object ID
2016.011.20Secondary Title
Year Book 1942: City of Charleston, So. Ca.
City of Charleston Yearbook 1942
1942 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.
Appendix: "Notes on "The Bedstead Tomb' at St. Michael's" by Anne King Gregorie -- "Public Powder Magazines at Charleston" by Nora M. Davis.
Illustrations: Recreation room at Charleston's USO club, Meeting and George Streets -- The Charleston Navy Yard: Two destroyer escorts, U.S.S. James E. Craig and U.S.S. Eichenberger -- Meeting of portion of Navy Yard personnel during Labor Day celebration 1942 -- Activities at Inshore Patrol Base, established at James F. Byrnes Seaplane base, leased by City to United States of America -- Charleston Shipbuilding and Drydock Company: The Fleet Tug, U.S.S. Arapaho, slides down the ways June 22, 1942 -- New apartment house at Grove Street and Eighth Avenue -- Personnel and equipment of the Charleston Volunteer Fire Department -- The Charleston Volunteer Fire Department plays its hoses on Colonial Lake -- View of sunken garden at Hampton Park -- Charleston Municipal Yacht Basin, showing area paved by City during 1942 for the convenience of boat owners -- Norman Street, looking northward from Alway, showing new concrete paving laid by Housing Authority [part of Gadsden Green Housing Project] -- The "Bedstead Tomb" in St. Michael's Graveyard -- The "Old Powder Magazine" in Cumberland Street -- Ichnography of Charles Town, showing first magazine on Old Burial Ground [reproduction from 1884 Year Book] -- Plat showing location of 1737 Magazine -- Plat showing location of second magazine on Public Grounds near Work House -- Plat showing location of Magazine on Hobcaw Point -- Plat showing location of Magazine on Charleston Neck -- Magazine on Laurel Island. Robert Mills Building.
210 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 1942Notes
Date: [1942 or 1943]
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 4, 2016Updated By
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March 30, 2023