[Charleston, S.C.] – Historic Reproduction
![[Charleston, S.C.], [between 1880 and 1920] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/e0/e0d227354919-L.webp)
(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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[Charleston, S.C.] comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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[Charleston, S.C.]
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This view shows a walkway along the water with cannons standing at its edge, and the record suggests it was taken at East Battery, the seawall promenade on Charleston Harbor. Old artillery pieces were a common sight along the Battery, and the harbor beyond it had long held a strategic place in the country's history, including the Civil War bombardment of Fort Sumter. The negative is a 5 by 7 inch glass plate from the Detroit Publishing Company, which produced many travel views of American cities and landscapes in the decades around 1900. Because the title came from the jacket and the location is only probable, the scene is best read as a typical turn-of-the-century view of Charleston's waterfront.
| Created / published | [between 1880 and 1920] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. |
| Genre | Dry plate negatives. |
| Notes | Title from jacket. Probably East Battery. D-5" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 31042. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949." |
| Subjects | Walkways. Cannons. Waterfronts.United States--South Carolina--Charleston. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection |
| Original scan | 973 × 725 px |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-DET-76825 |
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