City Hall After the 1938 Tornadoes

Photograph

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Historic Charleston Foundation

City Hall After the 1938 Tornado: Origsize: 6x9; Origformat: Print-Photographic; Resolution: 300 dpi
City Hall After the 1938 Tornado

Origsize: 6x9; Origformat: Print-Photographic; Resolution: 300 dpi

Name/Title

City Hall After the 1938 Tornadoes

Entry/Object ID

2016.028.2

Description

B&W photograph of City Hall after the tornadoes of September 29, 1938, with onlookers and pedestrians nearby. Police officer directing traffic in the foreground. 1 - Automatic Grocery Truck and a second truck parked in front of building; onlookers on sidewalk in front of building; men standing at doorways and windows. 2 - Infantry patrolmen and other men stand in front of building. 3 - Men stand on landing at entry.

Collection

Historic Charleston Foundation Property Records

Acquisition

Accession

2016.028

Source or Donor

Eberle, Kevin

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

Gift of Kevin Eberle

Made/Created

Artist

Acme Newspictures

Date made

1938

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Label

Location

back of photograph

Transcription

City Hall damaged in Charleston Storm: A brief but terrific storm which struck Charleston early Sept. 29 brought death to between 25 and 30 persona and injured at least 300 others. The blow lasted approximately only a minute, but devastated larger areas in the city. Photo shows City Hall, with windows broken out by storm. Rear of the City Hall roof was torn away in the gale ... 9/29/38.

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

Trucks, Guards, Men, Women, People

Search Terms

Broad Street, Charleston City Hall (S.C.), Tornadoes--South Carolina--Charleston, Tornado damage--South Carolina--Charleston, Charleston (S.C.)--Buildings, structures, etc.

Dimensions

Height

9 in

Width

6 in

Location

Location

Cabinet

Photo File Cabinets

Room

Margaretta P. Childs Archives

Building

Missroon House

Category

Permanent

Date

February 7, 2023

Relationships

Related Entries

Notes

2004.021.010, 2006.002.0123, 2006.005.009A-B, 2006.010.004-5, 2011.002.097, 2013.008.1, 2013.026.07-9, 2016.014.31, 2020.005.32, BROAD.080.001, BROAD.080.002, BROAD.080.003, BROAD.080.004, BROAD.080.005a-b, BROAD.080.006, BROAD.080.007, BROAD.080.008, BROAD.080.009, BROAD.080.010, BROAD.080.011, BROAD.080.012, BROAD.080.013 National Weather Service website, http://www.weather.gov/chs/1938CharlestonTornadoes

Provenance

Notes

Donor purchased the photograph from a website in 2016.

Copyright

Copyright Details

Still under copyright

Created By

admin@catalogit.app

Create Date

September 15, 2016

Updated By

sferguson@historiccharleston.org

Update Date

October 12, 2023