Hunky Cheves and Anne Bee Rhett, Early Festival Hostesses
Entry/Object ID
2009.003.006
Description
Festival hostesses Chilton "Hunky" Cheves (left) (a/k/a Mrs. Henry Cheves a/k/a Mrs. Robert Johnson) and Anne Bee Rhett (right) standing on balcony of 53 East Bay Street(?).
Collection
HCF Image Collection
Acquisition
Accession
2009.003.
Source or Donor
New Photos Catalog Records (2009)
Acquisition Method
Found in Collection
Made/Created
Artist
Burbage, J. Richard
Date made
circa 1948
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
Women, Balconies, Ironwork
Search Terms
Festival of Houses / FOH, East Bay Street, Historic Charleston Foundation--Tours, Tour guides (Persons)
Dimensions
Height
8 in
Width
10 in
Location
Location
Container
PhotoBox 11
Shelf
AV Materials
Room
Margaretta P. Childs Archives
Building
Missroon House
Category
Permanent
Date
February 7, 2023
Copyright
Copyright Details
Staff photo by J.R. Burbage not to be published without written permission of Charleston Evening Post, the News and Courier.
General Notes
Note Type
In-House Note
Note
From the Frances R. Edmunds papers.
Per Judy Middleton, who identified the women in the photo: Mrs. Cheves/Johnson loaned the Sacred Butterfly pieces (L.1958.014.) to the NRH. She married Robert Johnson after Henry Cheves died.
