The Evening Post [133 Meeting Street]

Evening Post (133 Meeting Street): Origsize: 8x10; Origformat: Print-Photographic; Resolution: 150 dpi
Evening Post (133 Meeting Street)

Origsize: 8x10; Origformat: Print-Photographic; Resolution: 150 dpi

Name/Title

The Evening Post [133 Meeting Street]

Entry/Object ID

2016.018.07

Description

B&W photograph of first offices of The Evening Post (133 Meeting Street). Adjacent buildings also in view, including a portion of the opera house (left) and a building papered with advertisements for Arabian King Cigars (right). Gentlemen stand in the doorways and a bicycle is propped up against the wall of the building.

Collection

Historic Charleston Foundation Property Records

Acquisition

Accession

2016.018

Source or Donor

Mrs. Alice F. Levkoff

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

Courtesy of Alice Levkoff

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1890

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

Men

Search Terms

Lost Architecture, Meeting Street, Historic buildings--South Carolina--Charleston, Lost architecture--South Carolina--Charleston, Gibbes Museum of Art (Charleston, S.C.), Bicycles

Dimensions

Height

8 in

Width

10 in

Location

Location

Cabinet

Photo File Cabinets

Room

Margaretta P. Childs Archives

Building

Missroon House

Category

Permanent

Date

February 7, 2023

Provenance

Notes

One of several photographs acquired from a variety of institutions by Robert N.S. Whitelaw. Mr. Whitelaw and Mrs. Levkoff, the donor of the photographs, co-authored the book Charleston Come Hell or High Water in which many of the photographs were reproduced.

Copyright

Copyright Details

Post and Courier photograph

General Notes

Note Type

Cataloging Note

Note

Credited as a Post-Courier photo in Charleston Come Hell or High Water.

Created By

admin@catalogit.app

Create Date

June 15, 2016

Updated By

sferguson@historiccharleston.org

Update Date

October 9, 2023