Caption: 'Cook's Earthquake Views of Charleston and Vicinity. Taken after the 31st of August, 1886. No.66, _____ Alston, East Battery.' Charleston city directory for 1886 shows various members of the Alston family at 21 East Battery.
Printing on bottom states, "482-40 US Navy Yard, Charleston, SC. 9 July 1940, Naval Ammunition Depot Wharf, looking southwest. Approximately mean high water. File 1493. 9 July 1940 looking east across Cooper River to Shipyard."
Black and white print of the Amphritrite, a floating hotel docked at the Sinclair dock in order to relieve the housing shortage in Beaufort during World War II, 1942; 16.5 x 11 cm.