A report from the mayor, city council, and various governmental departments of Charleston, S.C. for the year 1929. ??The Year Book opens with an address from the mayor, Thomas P. Stoney, followed by reports from various departments.
Describes various features of Charleston and the vicinity including art and literature; climate; hunting and fishing; yachting; beaches; transportation; highways; golf; farming; manufacturing; educational; colleges and preparatory schools; societies, clubs, associations; hotels, apartments and dwellings, port facilities; theaters; navy yard; military; U.S. Lighthouse Department; U.S. Engineers Corps; churches; conventions; populations; water supply; banks; living conditions; streets; business; information; U.S. Scouting Fleet; parks and playgrounds; harbor forts; street cars; sight-seeing busses; boats. Also describes various points of interest. "Donated by the City to the Publicity, Tourist & Convention Bureau, Chamber of Commerce, Charleston, South Carolina." 12 p. ; 53 x 16 cm. folded to 9 x 16 cm.
Brochure for the Fort Sumter Hotel [1 King Street]. Includes description and floor plan of the hotel, information about Charleston, and photographs of points of interest. Also includes map showing travel routes to Charleston from Jacksonville, Florida, to New York, New York. "A Colonial Hotel. Jno. S. Cator, Mgr." One sheet : ill., map ; 23 x 41 cm., folded to 23 x 10 cm.
Black-and-white photograph of three women picnicking in the woods. Writing on back of image reads, "Mrs. Hager - London, Eng. Her daughter Angela. Her niece Rebecca Rhodes of Massachusetts standing. Lunch in the woods McLeod Plantation Spring 1929."
Black-and-white portrait proof of the wedding party of Sidney and Gertrude Legendre. Members of party, from to right: Hennen Legendre; Sarah Jane Sanford; Armant Legendre; Gertrude Legendre; Sidney Legendre; Morris Legendre; Stephen Sanford.
Caption: "Waterfront drive at Botafogo, with Corcovado Peak and less lofty mountains in the background, makes the most beautiful waterfront scene in the world. It is a half circle, and one of many little harbors in Rio de Janeiro."(Photograph by Ewing Galloway).
Caption: "Waterfront drive at Cannes, France. Cannes, on French Riviera, has beautiful harbor--famous winter resort. Favorite with tennis fans because big matches are played there." (Photograph by Ewing Galloway)
Caption: "Waterfront drive at Cologne, Germany. A novelty in caf construction. This queer building in the form of a bastion is the Rhine Promenade at Cologne." (Photograph by Ewing Galloway)
Caption: "Waterfront drive at London. A fine view along the embankment with Somerset House (Government Offices) at left." (Photograph by Ewing Galloway)
Caption: "Waterfront drive at Hamburg. Alster Damm in Hamburg is an office building street. Office Buildings of the Hamburg American Line at right." (Photograph by Ewing Galloway)
Caption: "River front boulevards in Paris having two levels. The lower level used for river shipping reached by a ramp drive. This is the Quai DOrsay looking toward Alexander III Bridge." (Photograph by R.S. MacElwee)
Caption: "Waterfront drive at Rotterdam. A striking general view of the Dutch City. The Haringoleet (canal) and a large portion of the city from the top of a ten story building." (Photograph by Ewing Galloway)
Caption: "Waterfront drive at Nice, France, the Riviera resort. The broad boulevard is the Boulevard Etats Unis (United States). The Casino may be seen on the left in the background." (Photograph by Ewing Galloway)
Black-and-white portrait photograph of the wedding party of Sidney and Gertrude Legendre. Members of party, from to right: Hennen Legendre; Sarah Jane Sanford; Armant Legendre; Gertrude Legendre; Sidney Legendre; Morris Legendre; Stephen Sanford.
Includes photos of Medway "before buying," family members spending time with newlywed Gertrude and Sidney at Medway including Katherine and Charlie Biddle, Jane Pansa, John and Laddie Sanford, Morris Legendre and wife Nancy Newbold, and Landine Legendre. Also includes photos of a quail shoot at Boone Hall Plantation, Charleston (S.C.).
The College of Charleston Magazine is a monthly publication released by the College of Charleston's Chrestomathic Society during the academic year. This volume is comprised of the bound together publications from the months of November 1929-February 1930. Page 28 of Vol. XXXIII No. 1 is missing.
This album is comprised of photographs, maps, letters, and and other documents from the Sanford-Legendre Abyssinia Expedition, including photographs of Gertrude Sanford, Sidney and Morris Legendre, and T. Donald Carter of the American Museum of Natural History.
A color photograph of four men and a two-horse walking plow in a cultivated field at Harrison's Farm. On the top of the picture the caption 'Lanham Cotton Cultivator' is barely visible.
A Photographic Record of the Construction of the Cooper River Bridge; Charleston, South Carolina - 1928-29; Volume II; Showing the erection of the Cooper River Cantilever Span, 1050 feet center to center of main piers, and being at the time of its completion the fifth longest cantilever, or truss span of any kind in the world. Steel furnished by McClintic-Marshall Co. and erected by the Pottstown Erection Dep't. Small photos by E.L. Durkee. 5" x 7" Photos by James Smyth ("Irish"). Larger photos as noted.;Title Page, 6.75" x 10.125"
Unnumbered Image (5" x 7"): "The most unique of all bridge pictures, showing North side of Cooper River Span, in the foreground, and the South side of the Town Creek Span, beneath it, in the distance.";One 5" x 7" B/W photo
Image #76 (2.75" x 4.5"): Temporary top chord links between U13 and U14, carrying diaphragms for hydraulic jacks - Town Creek Span."; Image #77 (2.75" x 4.5"): "End view of links shown in #76."; Image #78 (2.75" x 4.5): "End view of top chords U12 U13 at U13. (see #87).";Three 4.5" x 2.75" B/W photos numbered 76, 77, 78
