Scenes in Charleston, Georgetown, and Vicinity, Late 19th-Early 20th Century

Photograph

Historic Charleston Foundation

1: Screven Street

Origformat: Print-Photographic; Resolution: 300 dpi

Name/Title

Scenes in Charleston, Georgetown, and Vicinity, Late 19th-Early 20th Century

Entry/Object ID

2011.003.05

Description

Thirty-eight photographs (late 19th century), on pages removed from a photograph album. Many depict scenes at a Georgetown County Plantation or vicinity. Six pages with photographs affixed to both sides of the page; three loose photos. 1) View of Screven Street in Georgetown, South Carolina. The Georgetown County Courthouse is at left. 2) Interior room of unidentified house, featuring China hutch and other furnishings. 3) Allée on the grounds of plantation likely in Georgetown. 4) Barn, carriages, and a mule on a Georgetown plantation. 5) Woman holding an infant in front of a dwelling on a Georgetown Plantation. 6-7) View from the Cooper River of the piers and boats on the Charleston waterfront behind the U.S. Customs House. The Customs House can be seen in the background as well as Market Street buildings. 8) Unidentified beach scene, possibly Isle of Palms. 9-11) Scenes by a waterfall, likely in Flat Rock, North Carolina. 12) View of bluff on a river, likely the Pee Dee River. 13) Bluff and dwelling on Pee Dee River. 14) Boardwalk on unidentified beach. 15) Slave cabins along an allée on the grounds of a plantation likely in Georgetown. 16) View of the Georgetown Lighthouse and dwelling. 17) Woman and two men standing on the boardwalk in front of the dwelling adjacent to the Georgetown Lighthouse. 18) View across a river. 19) View of All Saints Episcopal Church (Pawley's Island, SC); gravestone in foreground. 20) View of a rice canal; portion of a rice trunk in foreground. 21) Four women and a man on a sand dune at an unidentified beach. 22) Three men stand on the steamboat Emma A. Twiggs on the Pee Dee River. 23) View across the Pee Dee River. 24-25) Rice cultivation scenes, likely at a Georgetown plantation. White man looks on at African-American field workers threshing rice. Winnowing house at right in both houses; mill building at left in Photo 25. 26) Three men relaxing under a tent. 27) Man stands by tree on the grounds of a plantation, likely in Georgetown; plantation structures or dwellings in background. 28) Boy after hunting, holding his rifle in one hand and a dead bird in the other; plantation structures or dwellings in background. 29) Boy seated on a mule in front a plantation dwelling. 30) Man and woman in a horse and buggy. (Man may be Edward L. Wells, Jr.) 31) Two men and two women riding on a horse and buggy; woman in the backseat is likely Sabina Elliott Wells (artist, designer, Newcomb potter. (Man may be Edward L. Wells, Jr.) 32) Two women standing on a lawn with children and a mule-drawn cart in background; woman on left is likely Sabina Elliott Wells. 33) Five African-American hucksters with baskets of goods balanced on their heads standing under a balcony; the dresses of the three women standing above them on the balcony are also in view. 34) Men in a mule-drawn cart riding by farm buildings on a Georgetown plantation. 35) Group of people and a dog picnicking on the rocks by a river, possibly at Flat Rock, N.C. 36) Rowboat on the water. 37) Sailboat on the water. 38) Two people stand near the river; sailboat in distance.

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

Albumen Print

Collection

HCF Image Collection

Acquisition

Accession

2011.003.

Source or Donor

New Photos Catalog Records (2011)

Acquisition Method

Found in Collection

Made/Created

Artist

Unattributed

Time Period

19th Century

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

Boardwalks, Boats, Furniture, Hunting, Mules, Picnics, Steamboats, Tents

Search Terms

Streets, Lowcountry Digital Library, African American men--South Carolina-Georgetown, African-American men--South Carolina, African-American women--South Carolina, All Saints Church (Pawleys Island, S.C.), Beaches-South Carolina, Boys--South Carolina-Georgetown, Canals--South Carolina, Carriages and coaches, Carts and wagons, Charleston (S.C.)--Buildings, structures, etc., Charleston Harbor (S.C.), Church buildings--South Carolina--Pawleys Island, Georgetown (S.C.)--Buildings, structures, etc., Georgetown County Courthouse (Georgetown, S.C.), Historic buildings--South Carolina-Georgetown, Lighthouses--South Carolina-Georgetown, Men--North Carolina--Flat Rock (Henderson County), Men--South Carolina-Georgetown, Pawleys Island (S.C.)--Buildings, structures, etc., Peddlers--South Carolina, Pee Dee River (N.C. and S.C.), Piers, Plantations--South Carolina-Georgetown, Rice plantations--South Carolina-Georgetown, Rice--Threshing--South Carolina-Georgetown, Rivers--North Carolina--Flat Rock (Henderson County), Rivers--South Carolina, Slaves--Dwellings--South Carolina-Georgetown, Streets--South Carolina-Georgetown, United States Custom House (Charleston, S.C.), Walkways--South Carolina--Georgetown, Waterfalls--North Carolina--Flat Rock (Henderson County), Waterfronts--South Carolina-Charleston, Wells, Sabina Elliott, 1876-1943, Women--North Carolina--Flat Rock (Henderson County)

Location

Container

PhotoBox 15

Shelf

AV Materials

Room

Margaretta P. Childs Archives

Building

Missroon House

Date

February 7, 2023

Provenance

Notes

Found in a box of miscellaneous unidentified photographs.

Copyright

Copyright Details

Public domain.

General Notes

Note Type

Cataloging Note

Note

High-resolution scans (600 dpi) on DVD 021, file names 2011.003.05.0001-0015. Possible identification of the man in photos 30-31 as Edward L. Wells Jr. based on 2013.003.10.

Created By

admin@catalogit.app

Create Date

June 28, 2011

Updated By

sferguson@historiccharleston.org

Update Date

August 8, 2023