Caption: "River front boulevards in Paris having two levels. The lower level used for river shipping reached by a ramp drive. This is the Quai DOrsay looking toward Alexander III Bridge." (Photograph by R.S. MacElwee)
Includes photos of Medway "before buying," family members spending time with newlywed Gertrude and Sidney at Medway including Katherine and Charlie Biddle, Jane Pansa, John and Laddie Sanford, Morris Legendre and wife Nancy Newbold, and Landine Legendre. Also includes photos of a quail shoot at Boone Hall Plantation, Charleston (S.C.).
The College of Charleston Magazine is a monthly publication released by the College of Charleston's Chrestomathic Society during the academic year. This volume is comprised of the bound together publications from the months of November 1929-February 1930. Page 28 of Vol. XXXIII No. 1 is missing.
This album is comprised of photographs, maps, letters, and and other documents from the Sanford-Legendre Abyssinia Expedition, including photographs of Gertrude Sanford, Sidney and Morris Legendre, and T. Donald Carter of the American Museum of Natural History.
Photograph of Erika Blas' family taken in 1929 in Grevesmuehlen, Germany. Sitting: mother, Marie-Gertrude Botta,Erika (on lap). Standing, left to right: grandmother, Dorothea Stockfleth (nee Gedon),uncle, Otto Stockfleth,father, William Stockfleth.
Annual report for the training school that discusses the activities of the hospital including number of patients serviced and the type of service they recieved.
A report from the mayor, city council, and various governmental departments of Charleston, S.C. for the year 1929. ??The Year Book opens with an address from the mayor, Thomas P. Stoney, followed by reports from various departments.
Caption: "Waterfront drive at Nice, France, the Riviera resort. The broad boulevard is the Boulevard Etats Unis (United States). The Casino may be seen on the left in the background." (Photograph by Ewing Galloway)
Describes various features of Charleston and the vicinity including art and literature; climate; hunting and fishing; yachting; beaches; transportation; highways; golf; farming; manufacturing; educational; colleges and preparatory schools; societies, clubs, associations; hotels, apartments and dwellings, port facilities; theaters; navy yard; military; U.S. Lighthouse Department; U.S. Engineers Corps; churches; conventions; populations; water supply; banks; living conditions; streets; business; information; U.S. Scouting Fleet; parks and playgrounds; harbor forts; street cars; sight-seeing busses; boats. Also describes various points of interest. "Donated by the City to the Publicity, Tourist & Convention Bureau, Chamber of Commerce, Charleston, South Carolina." 12 p. ; 53 x 16 cm. folded to 9 x 16 cm.
Caption: "Waterfront drive at Botafogo, with Corcovado Peak and less lofty mountains in the background, makes the most beautiful waterfront scene in the world. It is a half circle, and one of many little harbors in Rio de Janeiro."(Photograph by Ewing Galloway).
Caption: "Waterfront drive at Cannes, France. Cannes, on French Riviera, has beautiful harbor--famous winter resort. Favorite with tennis fans because big matches are played there." (Photograph by Ewing Galloway)
This reprint of a 1929 News and Courier (Charleston, S.C.) article depicts MacElwee's plan for the extension of Murray Boulevard north of the Ashley River bridge. The map and text give detailed descriptions of residential lot sizes in the reclaimed areas, areas for commercial development, parks, etc. and persuasive economic reasons to undertake the development. Though most of the land was eventually reclaimed, no grand boulevard extends north of the Ashley River bridge today and MacElwee's vision of building "one of the most famous water front driveways in the world" was never realized.
A color photograph of four men and a two-horse walking plow in a cultivated field at Harrison's Farm. On the top of the picture the caption 'Lanham Cotton Cultivator' is barely visible.
Caption: "Waterfront drive at Cologne, Germany. A novelty in caf construction. This queer building in the form of a bastion is the Rhine Promenade at Cologne." (Photograph by Ewing Galloway)
A black and white photograph of several men during a fertilizer inspection at Rocket Hall Plantation. The names of those individuals are on the back of the photograph.
Caption: "Waterfront drive at London. A fine view along the embankment with Somerset House (Government Offices) at left." (Photograph by Ewing Galloway)
Brochure for the Fort Sumter Hotel [1 King Street]. Includes description and floor plan of the hotel, information about Charleston, and photographs of points of interest. Also includes map showing travel routes to Charleston from Jacksonville, Florida, to New York, New York. "A Colonial Hotel. Jno. S. Cator, Mgr." One sheet : ill., map ; 23 x 41 cm., folded to 23 x 10 cm.
Caption: "Waterfront drive at Hamburg. Alster Damm in Hamburg is an office building street. Office Buildings of the Hamburg American Line at right." (Photograph by Ewing Galloway)
Black-and-white portrait photograph of the wedding party of Sidney and Gertrude Legendre. Members of party, from to right: Hennen Legendre; Sarah Jane Sanford; Armant Legendre; Gertrude Legendre; Sidney Legendre; Morris Legendre; Stephen Sanford.
Black-and-white portrait proof of the wedding party of Sidney and Gertrude Legendre. Members of party, from to right: Hennen Legendre; Sarah Jane Sanford; Armant Legendre; Gertrude Legendre; Sidney Legendre; Morris Legendre; Stephen Sanford.
A color photograph of laborers harvesting potatoes and putting them into barrels in the background while E.W. King [?] observes. Photograph has a caption on the front that reads, '120 bshls [bushels] per acre. E.W. King - St Andrews Parish [Charleston] S.C. 1929.'
Black-and-white photograph of three women picnicking in the woods. Writing on back of image reads, "Mrs. Hager - London, Eng. Her daughter Angela. Her niece Rebecca Rhodes of Massachusetts standing. Lunch in the woods McLeod Plantation Spring 1929."
Caption: "Waterfront drive at Rotterdam. A striking general view of the Dutch City. The Haringoleet (canal) and a large portion of the city from the top of a ten story building." (Photograph by Ewing Galloway)
A Photographic Record of the Construction of the Cooper River Bridge; Charleston, South Carolina - 1928-29; Volume I; Showing the erection of the West or Charleston approach, the Town Creek Cantilever Span, the Drum Island Viaduct, and the Deck Truss Spans in the Cooper River. Steel for viaducts furnished by the Virginia Bridge & Iron Co. Steel for truss spans furnished by McClintic-Marshall Co. All steel erected by McClintic-Marshall Co., Pottstown Erection Dep't. Small photos by E.L. Durkee. 5" x 7" Photos by James Smyth ("Irish").;Title Page, 6.75" x 10.125"
Image #76 (2.75" x 4.5"): Temporary top chord links between U13 and U14, carrying diaphragms for hydraulic jacks - Town Creek Span."; Image #77 (2.75" x 4.5"): "End view of links shown in #76."; Image #78 (2.75" x 4.5): "End view of top chords U12 U13 at U13. (see #87).";Three 4.5" x 2.75" B/W photos numbered 76, 77, 78
A Photographic Record of the Construction of the Cooper River Bridge; Charleston, South Carolina - 1928-29; Volume II; Showing the erection of the Cooper River Cantilever Span, 1050 feet center to center of main piers, and being at the time of its completion the fifth longest cantilever, or truss span of any kind in the world. Steel furnished by McClintic-Marshall Co. and erected by the Pottstown Erection Dep't. Small photos by E.L. Durkee. 5" x 7" Photos by James Smyth ("Irish"). Larger photos as noted.;Title Page, 6.75" x 10.125"
Unnumbered Image (5" x 7"): "From the Mt. Pleasant shore, but further back. East Approach and the Cooper River Span on the right. Photo by Melchers.";One 5" x 7" B/W photo
Unnumbered Image (5" x 7"): "The most unique of all bridge pictures, showing North side of Cooper River Span, in the foreground, and the South side of the Town Creek Span, beneath it, in the distance.";One 5" x 7" B/W photo
Unnumbered Image (5" x 7"): "Same view as on preceding page, but further back, showing part of East Approach. Photos by Melcher.";One 5" x 7" B/W photo
Printed portrait of Theodor Herzl on velvet fabric. With a stamp from the 16th World Zionist Congress, held in 1929 in Zurich. The text reads: "Do not forsake my teaching."
