Name/Title
Year Book, City of Charleston, S.C.: 1942Entry/Object ID
2016.011.20Secondary Title
Year Book 1942: City of Charleston, So. Ca.
City of Charleston Yearbook 1942
1942 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.
Appendix: "Notes on "The Bedstead Tomb' at St. Michael's" by Anne King Gregorie -- "Public Powder Magazines at Charleston" by Nora M. Davis.
Illustrations: Recreation room at Charleston's USO club, Meeting and George Streets -- The Charleston Navy Yard: Two destroyer escorts, U.S.S. James E. Craig and U.S.S. Eichenberger -- Meeting of portion of Navy Yard personnel during Labor Day celebration 1942 -- Activities at Inshore Patrol Base, established at James F. Byrnes Seaplane base, leased by City to United States of America -- Charleston Shipbuilding and Drydock Company: The Fleet Tug, U.S.S. Arapaho, slides down the ways June 22, 1942 -- New apartment house at Grove Street and Eighth Avenue -- Personnel and equipment of the Charleston Volunteer Fire Department -- The Charleston Volunteer Fire Department plays its hoses on Colonial Lake -- View of sunken garden at Hampton Park -- Charleston Municipal Yacht Basin, showing area paved by City during 1942 for the convenience of boat owners -- Norman Street, looking northward from Alway, showing new concrete paving laid by Housing Authority [part of Gadsden Green Housing Project] -- The "Bedstead Tomb" in St. Michael's Graveyard -- The "Old Powder Magazine" in Cumberland Street -- Ichnography of Charles Town, showing first magazine on Old Burial Ground [reproduction from 1884 Year Book] -- Plat showing location of 1737 Magazine -- Plat showing location of second magazine on Public Grounds near Work House -- Plat showing location of Magazine on Hobcaw Point -- Plat showing location of Magazine on Charleston Neck -- Magazine on Laurel Island. Robert Mills Building.
210 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 1942Notes
Date: [1942 or 1943]
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 4, 2016Updated By
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March 30, 2023