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South Battery, Charleston, S.C. – Historic Print

South Battery, Charleston, S.C., [between 1900 and 1906] — historic photograph
South Battery, Charleston, S.C., [between 1900 and 1906]. 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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A window into the past: South Battery, Charleston, S.C., preserved in this historic photograph. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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South Battery, Charleston, S.C.

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Facing the harbor at the southern tip of the Charleston peninsula, South Battery is a promenade of old houses set along a seawall, and this view follows the street along that waterfront. The Detroit Publishing Company, which sent photographers across the country in the early 1900s, recorded the scene on a large glass negative between 1900 and 1906. Many of Charleston's bayside mansions dated to before the Civil War, and they drew visitors then much as they do now. The image is worth studying for its streetscape, where the houses, gardens and fences stand out as much as the street itself.

Created / published[between 1900 and 1906]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesDate based on Detroit, Catalogue P (1906). 231" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 017701. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsResidential streets.United States--South Carolina--Charleston.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 786 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-61372

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