A twelve-part publication about Charleston, South Carolina and the surrounding region. The twelve volumes are mostly composed of black and white photographs and also contain text that runs contiguously throughout. The volumes contain images of well-known homes, monuments, gardens, cemeteries, and buildings, along with notable industrial sites.
1893 booklet advertising the Pine Forest Inn, a Summerville, S.C. resort which opened in 1891. Includes several images of the Inn and its grounds, and describes the Inn's accomodations and the health benefits of Summerville
Photograph of the "Radiance." Back of photo inscribed: "Steamer 'Radiance' aground in front of the shell road near Beaufort South Carolina. Hurricane of 1893. #9."
Photograph of the of the sinking ship "City of Savannah." Back of photo inscribed: "'City of Savannah' off the coast of South Carolina. Three miles from Hunting Island (Cyclone Aug 27 1893). #4."
A report from the mayor, city council and various governmental departments of Charleston, South Carolina for the year 1893. The Year Book opens with an address from Mayor Ficken followed by reports from various departments.
Page 226 of the City Engineer's Plat Book with one plat. It shows lots located between Rutledge Avenue and King Street, and between Race Street and Sheppard Street.
A sketch of the 1893 hurricane, attributed to a "world artist" who made it "on the spot." In the margins, someone annotated it with the title "When the island was submerged" and the date and time October 13, 1893 at 10 AM.
An official school report for the Brookgreen School that includes enrollment and numbers, subjects being taught and school furniture. The students are divided by "white" and "colored" and the report includes the notation that Thomas Small, identified as a "negro" was sick with a fever.
Black-and-white offset print reproduction of a Jewish man from Fes. Original engraving by Geroge P. Bartle after a drawing by W. H. Drake. Published in the August 1893 edition of The Century Magazine.
Caricature by F. T. Richards published in the December 28, 1893, edition of Life. The caption reads : "For further details just look in at almost any New York theatre."