Name/Title
Stereograph of a Bank Building - "Popular Series of Southern Views" SeriesEntry/Object ID
2018.12.11Description
Stereograph by William Reckling from "Popular Series of Southern Views" series. Card shows a street corner with the sides of two buildings, each two stories tall. A portrait of Wade Hampton III is displayed on the side of the corner building. Wreaths and garland adorn the building. This stereograph does have the label on the reverse listing the series locations, but its title is not underlined.Photograph Details
Type of Photograph
StereographContext
This stereograph depicts Edwin J. Scott's (1803-1884) bank building, located at 101 Richardson Street (1432 Main Street) in Columbia. Scott later authored the memoir "Random Recollections of a Long Life, 1806 to 1876," which documents various anecdotes in Columbia's history. Garlands festoon the front of the building, along with what appears to be a portrait of Wade Hampton III (1818-1902). The photograph likely dates to 1876 or 1877, during which General Hampton ran for and was eventually inaugurated as governor of South Carolina. Scott, a Democrat who wrote about the perceived corruption of the Reconstruction era legislature, was among Hampton's many supporters.
Austrian immigrant William A. Reckling (1849-1913) began his photography career as an apprentice with local Columbia photographers William Preston Hix (c.1836-1911) and Richard Wearn (1826-1874). In the early 1870s, he moved to Rome, Georgia, to establish his own photography gallery and business. After several successful years in Georgia, Reckling returned to Columbia in 1874. Opening a gallery at 110 1/2 Richardson Street (1435 Main Street), he became known as one of the South's preeminent photographers. Reckling's most well-known works are a part of his "Popular Series of Southern Views," which capture various views of Columbia. He would continue to operate his photography gallery until his death in 1913.Made/Created
Artist
William A. RecklingDate made
1874 - 1878Place
City
Columbia, South CarolinaDimensions
Width
6-3/4 inLength
3-1/2 inRelationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Wade Hampton III, Edwin J. Scott
