Charleston, S.C. [souvenir album]

Photograph

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Historic Charleston Foundation

Cover: Origsize: 3.25x5; Origformat: Image from Publicati; Resolution: 150
Cover

Origsize: 3.25x5; Origformat: Image from Publicati; Resolution: 150

Name/Title

Charleston, S.C. [souvenir album]

Entry/Object ID

2016.032.1

Description

Souvenir album containing lithographic reproductions of photographs of Charleston buildings, streets, sites, and scenes: 1: "South Bay Street." View of South Battery houses, 30 South Battery in foreground. Horse-drawn carriages on road; pedestrians on sidewalk. 2: "Custom House: Entrance to Ferry / Cooper River." View of the Custom House. Pedestrians on the footpath and mule-drawn wagons in the street. Ferry in the background at right. 3: "Cotton Shipping, Union Wharf." View of Union Wharf servicing the cotton trade. Bales of cotton in foreground, ships in background. 4: "South Battery." View of White Point Gardens with South Battery homes in the background. Pedestrians on footpaths. Horse-drawn carriage on road in front of the park. 5: "Post Office / Market Hall" [two images]. At left, view of the Old Exchange (Old Post Office), looking east on Broad Street. Pedestrians and trolley car on street. At right, Market Hall. Pedestrians and horse-drawn cart on street. 6: "St. Philip's Church / St. Michael's Church" [two images]." At left, view of St. Philip's Church looking north on Church Street. Planter's Hotel (Dock Street Theater) at left. Mule-drawn cart on street. At right, view of St. Michael's Church and the intersection of Broad and Meeting Streets. Pedestrians and horse-drawn trolley car on the street. 7: "View on King Street." Looking north on King Street from 247 King Street (left) and 254 King Street (right). Mule-drawn carts and pedestrians on street. 8: "City Hall [sic] & Washington Square , Pitt Statue." View of Washington Square from the Meeting Street entrance and Fireproof Building (misidentified as City Hall). Image is flipped horizontally. William Pitt statue at left of image. Pedestrians and horse-drawn carriage on street. 9: "French Protestant Church, Circular Church Yard, Ruins of St. Finbar's Cathedral" [three images]. Views of the Huguenot church, a tomb at Circular Church, and the ruins of St. Finbar's Cathedral. 10: "German Lutheran Church, Unitarian Church, & Citadel Square Baptist Church" [three images]. Views of St. Matthew's Lutheran Church, the Unitarian Church with St. John's Lutheran Church in background, and Citadel Square Baptist Church. 11: "The Citadel (State Military Academy)." View of the "Old Citadel" (State Military Academy) and cadets on the parade grounds (now Marion Square). 12: "Charleston College." View of Harrison Randolph Hall on the College of Charleston campus. Pedestrians on walkway. 13: "George Cor. and Meeting Streets: German Club, High School." View of the corner of George Street and Meeting Street, looking west on George Street, featuring Der Deutsch Freundschaftsbund Hall (287-289 Meeting Street) and the Judge King House/Radcliffe-King Mansion and neighboring house (~22-24 George Street), both demolished. Pedestrians on street. 14: "Orphan House." View of the Charleston Orphan House (~160 Calhoun Street). 15: "Moss Oaks & Lake / Confederate Monument: Magnolia Cemetery" [two images]. View of a great oak tree and lake (left) and a Confederate Monument in the graveyard of Confederate soldiers (right). 16: "Banana Tree / Palmetto Tree" [two images]. 17: "Fort Sumter" [four images]. Four images of Fort Sumter over the years: in 1861 (top left), in 1965 (top right), during the war (bottom left), and after the war (bottom right). 18: "South Carolina Scenes" [four images]. Four images of plantation scenes and African-American field workers. "Cotton Crop" depicts field-workers picking cotton (inset, top left); "Sweet Potato Crop" depicts field-workers hoeing and laboring, with overseer standing by (top right); "Plantation Quarters" depicts a family in front of a cabin with family (bottom left); and "Rice Field" depicts laborers working in the field. Also includes advertisement pages: "Souvenir Albums, Containing Photo-Views of all Notable American Scenery, Summer Resorts, Cities, Etc., Reproduced from Photographs by Louis Glaser's Process, and Published by Wittemann Brothers." Includes indexes and price lists, and reviews.

Collection

HCF Image Collection

Acquisition

Accession

2016.032

Source or Donor

Mr. Bill Hyde

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

Gift of Bill Hyde

Made/Created

Artist

Glaser, Louis

Date made

1883

Lexicon

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Pedestrians, Ships, Cadets

Search Terms

Slave cabin, Slave quarters, Historic buildings--South Carolina--Charleston--Pictorial works, Streets--South Carolina--Charleston--Pictorial works, Lost architecture--South Carolina--Charleston--Pictorial works, Church buildings--South Carolina--Charleston--Pictorial works, Municipal buildings--South Carolina--Charleston--Pictorial works, Cemeteries--South Carolina--Charleston--Pictorial works, Charleston (S.C.)--Buildings, structures, etc.--Pictorial works, United States Custom House (Charleston, S.C.)--Pictorial works, Wharves--South Carolina--Charleston--Pictorial works, Old Exchange Building and Provost Dungeon (Charleston, S.C.)--Pictorial works, Market Hall (Charleston, S.C.)--Pictorial works, St. Philip's Church (Charleston, S.C.)--Pictorial works, St. Michael's Episcopal Church (Charleston, S.C.)--Pictorial works, Charleston City Hall (S.C.)--Pictorial works, Washington Square Park (Charleston, S.C.)--Pictorial works, French Protestant Huguenot Church (Charleston, S.C.)--Pictorial works, Circular Congregational Church (Charleston, S.C.)--Pictorial works, Cathedral of St. John the Baptist (Charleston, S.C.)--Pictorial works, St. Matthew's Lutheran Church (Charleston, S.C.)--Pictorial works, Unitarian Church (Charleston, S.C.)--Pictorial works, Citadel Square Church (Charleston, S.C.)--Pictorial works, Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina--Pictorial works, College of Charleston--Buildings--Pictorial works, Monuments--South Carolina--Charleston--Pictorial works, Magnolia Cemetery (Charleston, S.C.)--Pictorial works, Trees--South Carolina--Charleston--Pictorial works, Fort Sumter (Charleston, S.C.)--Pictorial works, Cotton growing--South Carolina--Charleston County--Pictorial works, Cotton pickers--South Carolina--Charleston County--Pictorial works, Slaves--Dwellings--South Carolina--Charleston County--Pictorial works, Agricultural laborers--South Carolina--Charleston County--Pictorial works, Rice--Harvesting--South Carolina--Charleston County--Pictorial works, Carts and wagons, Cotton trade--South Carolina--Charleston--Pictorial works, White Point Garden (Charleston, S.C.)--Pictorial works, Trolley cars, Marion Square (Charleston, S.C.)--Pictorial works

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Album, Souvenir

Dimensions

Dimension Notes

1 vol. (unpaged) : all ill. ; 5 x 3.5 " (binding), illustrations folded 4.5 x 3"

Location

Location

Container

PhotoBox 14

Shelf

AV Materials

Room

Margaretta P. Childs Archives

Building

Missroon House

Category

Permanent

Date

February 7, 2023

Relationships

Related Publications

Notes

See 2007.005 (accession) and 2007.005.1a-r for unbound, incomplete

Provenance

Notes

Found among donor's ancestor's belongings. Ancestor lived in Florida and visited Charleston in the 1880s, and likely purchased the album during a visit.

Copyright

Copyright Details

Public domain.

General Notes

Note Type

Cataloging Note

Note

"Published and copyrighted, 1883, by Wittemann Bros., 45 Murray St., New York. Louis Glaser, fec."--page 18 (under South Carolina Scenes). Filed with 2007.005.1. High resolution scans exist for most, if not every, page. See metadata info for 2007.005.1 images.

Created By

admin@catalogit.app

Create Date

October 31, 2016

Updated By

sferguson@historiccharleston.org

Update Date

October 12, 2023