Postcard of Roper Hospital. Back of postcard reads: "The Roper Hospital is a city hospital for white and colored people. It is a brick building, and is located in the western part of the city, overlooking the Ashley River."
Postcard of a post office branch in Charleston. Back of postcard reads: "This building was completed in 1896, being an imposing structure of marble, situated at the corner of Meeting and Broad Streets opposite St. Michael's Church. Here the United States government takes charge of the Mail."
Postcard of the auditorium in the Dock Street Theatre. Front notes the photograph was by Frances Benjamin Johnson. Back of postcard reads: "The Dock Street Theatre, Charleston, South Carolina, is a revival of the theatre which opened on the same site in 1736. All of the buildings incorporate the remaining walls of the old Planters Hotel which began its opeartion in 1835. Buildings were completed by the Works Progress Administration for the City of Charleston. The theatre is operated by the Carolina Art Association."
Postcard of the Dock Street Theatre and St. Phillip's Church. Back of postcard reads: "Charleston, one of America's most Historic Cities, can lay claim to more 'firsts' than any other city in America. The first legitimate theatre in the United States was founded here when the play 'The Orphan' was presented on February 23, 1735."
Postcard of the Custom House in Charleston. Back of postcard reads: "The building is of white marble situated just south of the Market. It was once employed by the officers of the Customs and the United States Courts, but is now occuped by the Weather Bureau as well as the Customs Department."
Postcard of Charleston's Union Station. Back of postcard reads: "The termination of the different trains which enter the city. The building was erected in 1901."
Postcard of Charleston's Union Station. Back of postcard reads: "This commodious sructure in the style of the Spanish Reniassance marks the rapid commercial progress at Charleston."
