Carl's House on site affected by the construction of the Crosstown. Address: 493 Rutledge Avenue. View of street corner. Neighboring house in photo. Surveyor notations on back of photo: "Dkt.: 10.524. Property owner: Elise C. Goldberg, et al. Tract: 105. Station: 84+40 Rt. Date: Dec. 1, 1964. In R/W - Bought." [See collection description for explanation of surveyor notations.]
House and neighboring houses on site affected by the construction of the Crosstown. Address: 495 Rutledge Avenue and 497 Rutledge Avenue. Surveyor notations on back of photo: "Dkt.: 10.524. Property owner: Elise C. Goldberg, et al. Tract: 105. Station: 84+15 Rt. Date: Dec. 1, 1964. In R/W - Bought." [See collection description for explanation of surveyor notations.]
Photograph of wooden building demolished by the first tornado of September 29, 1938. The photograph is marked with a small green X to show the location of the body of a man killed by the tornado. Handwritten on back of photo: "1st tornado came in by Battery near Miller's junk yard - Laurence [Laurens?] Street. This shed is on top of small Negro house. The Negro was dead when found. Sept. 29, '38."
Photograph showing several dwellings in Fiddlers Green damaged or destroyed by the tornado of 1938. Handwritten on back of photo: "1st tornado hit Fiddlers Green, Negro section by Ashley Bridge, Hilly Street [should be Lilly Street], 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 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.
