Photograph of St. Michael's Church after the first tornado of September 29, 1938, showing the damage done to the roof. Handwritten on back of photo: "Old historic St. Michael's Church, corner Broad Street and Meeting Street. Done by first tornado, Sept. 29, '38."
Photograph of a house on Fishburne Street demolished by the tornado of 1938. Neighboring house in view at left. (Both houses would have been on the north side of the 200 block of Fishburne Street.) Handwritten on back of photo: "2nd tornado on Fishburne Street near President Street. Demolished about 60 houses here. This 2nd tornado damage about $6,000,000. 300 houses condemned. Sept. 29, '38."
Photograph of the I.M. Pearlstine Building (203 East Bay Street), located on the southwest corner of East Bay Street and Street, after the tornado of September 29, 1938, showing the damage done to the building. Also shows 205 East Bay Street, located on the northwest corner of East Bay and Cumberland. "Bay City" heavy equipment vehicle (excavator?) parked in front of building. Pedestrian and a street worker walking on the sidewalk; repairman on the utility pole on the street corner.
Photograph of the ruins of a building, after the September 29, 1938, tornadoes. Based on newspaper accounts, it is probably the site of 45 State Street. Infantry patrolman stands in foreground.
Photograph of the destruction of a house done by the tornadoes of September, 29, 1938. Based on newspaper accounts, the home was probably located in the Fiddlers' Green neighborhood near the Ashley River. Two men lean against the ruins while another man climbs a nearby telephone pole.
Photograph of 11-year old Joe Engel (left) with his 9-year old brother Peseach (Psach) taken in Zakroczym, Poland in 1938. Peseach would not survive the war. Photograph also appeared in a Post and Courier (Charleston, SC) article dated April 23, 1998.
This 1938 photograph was taken at Dientje Krant's grandparents' home in Hilversum. Pictured, left to right: Fennie Hamel-DeVries, Dientje's maternal grandmother; Dientje Krant; Abraham Hamel, Dientje's uncle.
