Sabina E. Wells Photographs

Title:

Sabina E. Wells Photographs

Date:

1899

Creator (Personal):

Wells, Sabina Elliott

Description:

Photographs taken by Sabina Elliott Wells in 1898-1899. Wells was a Charleston artist and designer; she was also a Newcomb potter. Photographs include scenes in Charleston and the Lowcountry, in northwest South Carolina (Table Rock and vicinity), and in western North Carolina (Flat Rock and vicinity). Scans were derived from negatives donated to Historic Charleston Foundation. (Note: Wells's diaries from 1898-1899 that document some of her travels, including sites represented in these photographs, are at the South Carolina Historical Society, "Sabina E. Wells papers, 1886-1942.")

Collection Title:

Sabina E. Wells Photographs

Contributing Institution:

Historic Charleston Foundation

Media Type:

Images

Personal or Corporate Subject:

Confederate States of America. Army--Veterans

Topical Subject:

Historic buildings--South Carolina--Charleston, Monuments, Statues, Roofs--South Carolina--Charleston, Processions--South Carolina--Charleston, Streets--South Carolina--Charleston, Mountains--South Carolina--Pickens County, Mountains--North Carolina--Henderson County, Rivers--South Carolina--Pickens County, Rivers--South Carolina--Lowcountry Region, Rivers--North Carolina--Henderson County, Rural roads--South Carolina--Pickens County, Rural roads--South Carolina--Lowcountry Region, River channels--South Carolina--Lowcountry Region, Shorelines--South Carolina--Lowcountry Region, Plantations--South Carolina--Lowcountry Region, Architecture, Domestic--South Carolina--Lowcountry Region, Architecture, Domestic--South Carolina--Pickens County, Farms--South Carolina--Lowcountry Region, Rural churches--South Carolina--Lowcountry Region, Rice plantations--South Carolina--Lowcountry Region, Architecture, Domestic--North Carolina--Henderson County, Architecture, Domestic--North Carolina--Flat Rock, and Aqueducts--North Carolina--Henderson County,

Geographic Subject:

White Point Gardens (Charleston, Battery Park (Charleston, Flat Rock (N.C.)--Buildings, Henderson County (N.C.)--Buildings, Chimney Rock (N.C.), and Charleston (S.C.) -- Buildings, structures, etc.

S.C. County:

Charleston County (S.C.)

Date Digital:

2009-06

Digitization Specifications:

800 dpi, 8-bit grayscale, Epson Expression 10000XL. Archival Masters are tiffs.

Copyright Status Statement:

Digital image copyright 2010, Historic Charleston Foundation. All rights reserved. For more information contact Margaretta Childs Archives at HCF, P.O. Box 1120, Charleston, SC 29402.

Admin ID:

23886