Washington Square, Charleston, South Carolina, 1909 – Antique Photo Print
(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.)
Description
Few images capture their era like this historic image of Washington Square, Charleston, South Carolina, 1909. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
Library of Congress record: Washington Square, Charleston, S.C.
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Washington Square, Charleston, South Carolina, 1909
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Washington Square sits at the heart of Charleston, South Carolina, where Meeting and Broad Streets meet, and in 1909 it was the civic center of a city still recovering from the economic shocks of the late nineteenth century. The port on the Cooper and Ashley Rivers handled cotton, lumber, and phosphate, and the old plantation fortunes that had once built the city's townhouses had given way to a more modest mix of trade, shipping, and small manufacturing. Streetcars carried residents and shoppers along the peninsula's main thoroughfares, and the Navy Yard across the Cooper River had recently begun to add federal payrolls to the local economy. Charlestonians of the day knew the square as a place of public business, courthouse traffic, and Sunday strolls, set among the church spires and old brick houses that gave the city its reputation for preserving its past.
| Created / published | 1909 |
|---|---|
| Creator | haines photo co. (conneaut, ohio) |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--South Carolina |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,298 × 1,600 px · prints to 18 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Washington Square, Charleston, S.C. |
| Reference | SC 1909 Washington Square, Charleston |
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