Caption: 'Cook's Earthquake Views of Charleston and Vicinity. Series No.2. No.170, Buist residence, Rutledge Street.' Written on front, at bottom: Buist Residence, 43 Rutledge St.' Charleston city directory for 1886 shows listing for Samuel S. Buist at 43 Rutledge Avenue.
Printing on bottom states, "702-42 US Navy Yard, Charleston, SC. May 9, 1942. View showing laying of the keel for the USS Burns (DD 588)...driving the first rivet. (Names follow). File 13399."