Timrod Hotel After the 1938 Tornadoes

Photograph

Historic Charleston Foundation

Timrod Hotel

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

Name/Title

Timrod Hotel After the 1938 Tornadoes

Entry/Object ID

2013.026.19-20

Description

Two silver gelatin photographs of the Timrod Hotel [ca. 101 Meeting Street], after the tornadoes of September 29, 1938, showing the damage done to the building. (The building was later demolished in the 1960s.) 1 - View of hotel looking north on Meeting Street (southeast elevation). Infantry patrolmen stand on sidewalk by a car. Signage for Byars Drug Store on the south elevation. 2 - East elevation. Men sit on second story piazza ledge; men on sidewalk by a truck carrying debris.

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, People

Search Terms

Lost Architecture, Meeting Street, Demolished buildings, lost buildings, Lowcountry Digital Library, Historic buildings--South Carolina--Charleston, Tornadoes--South Carolina--Charleston, Tornado damage--South Carolina--Charleston, Hotels--South Carolina--Charleston, Charleston (S.C.)--Buildings, structures, etc., Lost architecture--South Carolina--Charleston, African American men

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

2004.021.046, 2005.019.07, 2009.013.14, 2016.009.06, 2017.024.15, 2018.005.15, MEETING.101.1, MEETING.101.2 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

[email protected]

Create Date

November 5, 2013

Updated By

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Update Date

September 6, 2023