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Old Charleston – Historic Reproduction

Old Charleston, c[1906?] — historic photograph
Old Charleston, c[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: Old Charleston, 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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Church Street just below Tradd Street gives this view its focus: at left stands No. 71, the house of Colonel Robert Brewton, fronted by a piazza, one of the deep, shaded porches that define Charleston's architecture. The Detroit Publishing Company, which photographed towns and landscapes across the country in the early 1900s, sold views like this one to travelers and armchair tourists who wanted to see the Southern city's old streets. The estimated date of about 1906 places the scene a generation after the 1886 earthquake, when many of the city's historic buildings were still being repaired and rediscovered.

Created / publishedc[1906?]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesChurch Street just below Tradd Street showing Colonel Robert Brewton's hou se, No. 71 Church Street at left withpiazza. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 072484. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
SubjectsResidential streets. African Americans.United States--South Carolina--Charleston.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 786 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-73545

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