Collection: Charleston Museum Illustrated Newspapers Collection / Date: 1886 / Subject (Geographic): Low Country / Subject (Topic): 3 selected - Lowcountry Digital Library Catalog Search Search Results

Start Over Collection Charleston Museum Illustrated Newspapers Collection ✖ Date 1886 ✖ Subject (Geographic) Low Country ✖ Subject (Topic) Earthquakes--South Carolina ✖ Subject (Topic) Hotels ✖ Subject (Topic) Charleston Earthquake, S.C., 1886 ✖

1. Harper's Weekly

Harper's Weekly

Date:: 1886
Description:: Main caption: 'Incidents of the Earthquake at Charleston.--drawn by Schell and Hogan.--[see page 590.]' Caption top left: 'In front of the Charleston Hotel.' Caption top right: 'looking over the roofs.' Caption middle: 'A camp on the East Battery.' Caption bottom left: 'The front wall gone.' Caption bottom center: 'In a rich man's garden.' Caption bottom right: ' On the track.' [full date September 11, 1886.]

2. Frank Leslie's

Date:: 1886
Description:: Caption: 'South Carolina.--The recent earthquakes at Charleston--typical scenes of the calamity. From sketches by C. Upham--see page 71. 1. Scene on the stairway of the Charleston Hotel during a shock. 2. Taking down St. Philip's Steeple. 3. Scene on Marion Square, opposite the Citadel--a city of tents.' [full date September 18, 1886.]