Sabina Elliott Wells Photographs (Group 3)

Photograph

Historic Charleston Foundation

1: Mountains

Name/Title

Sabina Elliott Wells Photographs (Group 3)

Entry/Object ID

2006.016.07.3

Description

Twenty B&W photographs (scans of negatives) of dogs, a child, boy playing with dog, horses, rivers, Confederate Veterans parade, the Battery in the snow (showing DeSaussure House at 1 East Battery, George Robertson House at 1 Meeting Street, and Stevens-Lathers House at 20 South Battery). Scans of silver nitrate negatives (discarded). Grouped here as the negatives had been organized.

Collection

HCF Image Collection

Acquisition

Accession

2006.016.

Source or Donor

Ray, Cheryl

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

In Memory of John D. Doran

Made/Created

Artist

Wells, Sabina Elliott, 1876-1943

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Inscription

Location

Verso of photo 18

Transcription

Negro church

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Negative

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

Dogs, Boys, Horses, Snow, Children, Mountains, Winter

Search Terms

South Battery, East Battery, Lowcountry Digital Library, Meeting Street, African American churches, Rural churches, Parades, Battery Park (Charleston, S.C.), White Point Garden (Charleston, S.C.), African Americans

Dimensions

Dimension Notes

File also contains mounted prints of photos 18, 19, and 20. Photos measure 1.5"x2" mounted on ~3.5"x3" board.

Location

Container

PhotoBox 13

Shelf

AV Materials

Room

Margaretta P. Childs Archives

Building

Missroon House

Date

February 7, 2023

Relationships

Related Entries

Notes

2006.016.07, 2006.016.07.1, 2006.016.07.2, 2006.016.07.4, 2006.016.07.5, 2013.003.10

Provenance

Notes

The donor did not know how the negatives of photographs taken by Sabina E. Wells came into the possession of Mr. Doran. They were in five Charleston Museum envelopes, with handwritten notes as to contents on each envelope, including that "S.A. [sic] Wells of 44 S. Battery" took the photos 1899-1900; also noted was that that they were a gift of Anna Rutledge [gift to Charleston Museum or gift to John Doran?]. Early scans made of the negatives at the time of the donation were of poor quality. In June 2009, the negatives were re-scanned by Celeste Wiley (Charleston Archive, CCPL) and negatives were discarded due to combustibility.

Copyright

Copyright Details

Public domain.

General Notes

Note

Notes: High resolution scans of all photographs are on the WellsNegativesDVD. This record represents the grouping of photos as arranged in Envelope #3 in which the negatives came. Per Celeste Wiley, photo archivist, 2006: Probably taken with an early Brownie camera (Pocket Brownie #102), silver nitrate film.

Created By

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Create Date

June 2, 2009

Updated By

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Update Date

July 17, 2023