Name/Title
Year Book, City of Charleston, S.C.: 1940Entry/Object ID
2016.011.18Secondary Title
Year Book 1940: City of Charleston, So. Ca.
City of Charleston Yearbook 1940
1940 City YearbookDescription
Contains Mayor Henry W. Lockwood's Annual Report and reports from: Department of Finance; Department of Audit and Control; Department of Public Service; Zoning; Water Works; Department of Public Buildings; Fire Department; Police Department; Corporate Counsel; Charleston Municipal Airport; Recreation; Charities; Education; Port Development; Housing Authority of the City of Charleston; Seventh Annual Azalea Festival.
Appendix: "Weather Observers and Observations at Charleston, South Carolina, 1670-1871" by Robert Croom Aldredge.
Illustrations: The City Council of Charleston, inaugurated, December 18, 1939 -- A bank of Azaleas in Hampton Park -- Wisteria and Dogwood in Hampton Park -- Grove Street, looking eastward from Tenth Avenue [212-196 Grove Street] -- St. Margaret Street, westward from Eleventh Avenue [89 St. Margaret, 93 St. Margaret, 101 St. Margaret] -- Poplar Street, eastward from Hester Street [197-211 Poplar Street] -- Completed in 1940, the Charleston County Hall fills the long felt need for a large auditorium and convention hall [1000 King Street] -- Scenes of Charleston's Municipal Swimming Pool, which enjoyed a banner season in 1940 -- Scenes from Charleston's Playgrounds in 1940 -- Auditorium of College of Charleston Student Activities Building, formally opened in 1940 -- Rear view of College of Charleston Student Activities Building, showing concrete tennis courts, donated by John B. Farrow -- Foyer and stairs of College of Charleston Student Activities Building, completed at a total cost of $218,000 -- Negro dwellings on Marsh Street, which were torn down to provide the site for the Ansonborough Homes Housing Project -- A scene in Beaufort Court, one of the unsanitary Negro alleys which was blotted out by the construction of the Wraggborough Homes Housing Project -- Queen of the 1940 Azalea Festival, Miss Ernestine Sitton, of Easley -- Building at Northwest corner of Broad and King Streets, believed to be the place where Dr. Lining made his weather -- Dr. Robert Wilson, 1736-1815, one of the founders of Medical Society of South Carolina, organized in 1789 -- David Ramsay, M.D. -- Joseph Johnson, M.D. -- Ansonborough Homes Project, seen from Calhoun Street, with the new buildings of the Charleston Shipbuilding & Drydock Company in the left background.
257 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. (softcover)Collection
Historic Charleston Foundation LibraryAcquisition
Accession
2016.011Source or Donor
South Carolina Historical SocietyAcquisition Method
TransferCredit Line
Courtesy of the South Carolina Historical SocietyLexicon
Search Terms
Municipal government--South Carolina--Charleston--Periodicals, Charleston (S.C.) Office of the Mayor, Charleston (S.C.)--History, Charleston (S.C.)--Politics and government, YearbooksBook Details
Author
City of CharlestonPublisher
Walker, Evans & CogswellPlace Published
City
CharlestonState/Province
South CarolinaCountry
United States of AmericaCall No.
JS13 .C33 1940Notes
Date: [1940 or 1941]
Copy No.: 1Location
Location
Shelf
BooksRoom
Margaretta P. Childs ArchivesBuilding
Missroon HouseCategory
PermanentDate
February 7, 2023General Notes
Note
Notes: Includes listing of City Government officials.
Compliments of Thomas P. Stoney, Mayor.
Contains previous library's markings and labels.Created By
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April 1, 2016Updated By
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March 30, 2023