Market Street After the 1938 Tornadoes

Photograph

Historic Charleston Foundation

Looking East on Market Street

Origsize: 4.25x2.25; Origformat: Print-Photographic; Resolution: 300 dpi

Name/Title

Market Street After the 1938 Tornadoes

Entry/Object ID

2013.026.25-27

Description

Three silver gelatin photographs of Market Street, after the September 29, 1938, tornadoes, showing the damage to the Market Sheds and other structures. 1 - Looking east on Market Street. Sheds are in ruins. Damaged car is parked along side of the debris. Old Church of the Reedemer in background. 2 - Looking west on Market Street from East Bay Street, showing market shed ruins and North Market Street buildings. Onlookers and cars are in the street. Partial view of 225 East Bay Street at left. 3 - Onlookers stand by piles of debris on Market Street.

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

Gelatin Silver

Collection

HCF Image Collection

Acquisition

Accession

2013.026.

Source or Donor

Ms. Mary Walker Kehl

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

Gift of Mary Walker Kehl

Made/Created

Artist

Losse, Ernest

Date made

1938

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, Women, People

Search Terms

Streets, Lost Architecture, Market Street, North Market Street, East Bay Street, Demolished buildings, lost buildings, Lowcountry Digital Library, Cars, Streets--South Carolina--Charleston, Charleston (S.C.)--Buildings, structures, etc., Tornadoes--South Carolina--Charleston, Tornado damage--South Carolina--Charleston, Lost architecture--South Carolina--Charleston, Antique and classic cars

Dimensions

Dimension Notes

4.25" x 2.25" print on 5" x 3.25" paper

Location

Container

PhotoBox 15

Shelf

AV Materials

Room

Margaretta P. Childs Archives

Building

Missroon House

Date

February 7, 2023

Relationships

Related Entries

Notes

2015.002.077 National Weather Service website, http://www.weather.gov/chs/1938CharlestonTornadoes

Provenance

Notes

Donor found photographs among relatives' belongings; she believes that the photographs were taken by her relative (uncle?).

Copyright

Copyright Details

HCF copyright.

General Notes

Note Type

Cataloging Note

Note

Photographs are printed on paper with deckled edges; paper is embossed with print centered within depressed area.

Created By

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Create Date

November 6, 2013

Updated By

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Update Date

September 6, 2023