Photograph of the United Fruit Company dock after the September 29, 1938, tornadoes. (Based on Sanborn Maps, the dock was located at the foot of Laurens Street, Southern Railway Pier 2.)
Photograph of the Viohl Hay & Grain warehouse demolished by the tornado of September 29, 1938. Located at the northwest corner of Vendue Range and Concord Street (address 14 Vendue Range). Portion of the building across the street can be seen at left. Steeple of St. Michael's Church in the distance at right. Handwritten on back of photo: "Taken in front of the Clyde Line Steam Ship Co. on Concord Street. Vohls Grain Place. Tornado - Sept. 29, 1938. In distance is St. Michael's Church steeple."
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.
Black-and-white photograph of the Heart of Charleston Motor Hotel at 200 Meeting Street, between Hayne Street and Pinckney Street. Corner view of building (northeast elevation) and view of the southeast corner of Meeting and Pinckney. (Previously the site of The Charleston Hotel (1838-1960) and currently the site of the Bank of America Building.)
Decorative ironwork door, the side entry to 238-242 King Street. Ironwork features circular Washington Light Infantry emblem "Valor and Virtue - Washington - W.L.I. 1807," with six small iron panels with the years 1812, 1836, 1847, 1861, 1917, and [1941?].
Businesses located at the northeast corner of East Bay Street and Vernon Street: Milbren's Laundry and Dry Cleaning (334 East Bay Street) and Fort Sumter Paper Co. (336 East Bay Street), since demolished.
