Wooden Building After the 1938 Tornado

Title:

Wooden Building After the 1938 Tornado

Date:

1938

Description:

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."

Collection Title:

1938 Tornado Photograph Collection

Contributing Institution:

Historic Charleston Foundation

Media Type:

Images

Topical Subject:

Dwellings--South Carolina--Charleston, Lost architecture--South Carolina--Charleston, Tornado damage--South Carolina--Charleston, and African Americans--Housing--South Carolina--Charleston

Geographic Subject:

Charleston (S.C.)--Buildings, structures, etc.

S.C. County:

Charleston County (S.C.)

Shelving Locator:

2016.013.4

Date Digital:

2016-04-26

Digitization Specifications:

600 dpi, 24-bit depth, color, Epson Expression 10000XL, Archival masters are tiffs.

Internet Media Type:

image/jpeg

Copyright Status Statement:

Copyright status undetermined.

Access Information:

For more information contact Archivist/Librarian; Historic Charleston Foundation; P.O. Box 1120; Charleston, SC 29402.

Admin ID:

47571