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Old Charleston gate, Charleston, S.C. – Historic Print

Old Charleston gate, Charleston, S.C., c1907. — historic photograph
Old Charleston gate, Charleston, S.C., c1907.. Historic photograph from the Charleston collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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This rare historic photograph captures Old Charleston gate, Charleston, S.C. in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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Old Charleston gate, Charleston, S.C.

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An old gate in Charleston, South Carolina, is the subject here, one of the many entrances that give the city's older streets their character. Charleston's residential blocks were known for gates like this, often set in brick or masonry walls and opening onto gardens and houses hidden from the street. The Detroit Publishing Company, which made this 8 by 10 inch glass negative around 1907, sold views of American towns and scenery to travelers and publishers in the early twentieth century. The plate later passed to the State Historical Society of Colorado, which received it as a gift in 1949.

Created / publishedc1907.
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesCorresponding glass transparency (with same series code) available on videodisc frame 1A-30889. G 4163" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 070106. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsDwellings. Gates.United States--South Carolina--Charleston.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 791 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-71699

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