Black and white photo, 5” x 7”, featuring the Cooper River Bridge under construction. The caption reads “Progress - Cooper River Span, June 28, 1929 at 4:30 P.M. Suspended span ready to be freed from its cantilever condition and swung as a simple truss span, which was done on Sat., June 29, 1929, starting at 8 A.M. and being completed at 3: P.M.”

Photographic Record of the Cooper River Bridge

Battery Park in the snow. One Meeting Street (George Robertson House) and 20 South Battery (Stevens-Lathers House) in background, 1898-1899. Part of the Sabina E. Wells Photographs Collection belonging to the larger Historic Charleston Foundation Monographs and Photographs Collection.

Black and white photo of Rotterdam, Netherlands from 1929.  Caption: “Waterfront drive at Rotterdam.  A striking general view of the Dutch City.  The Haringoleet (canal) and a large portion of the city from the top of a ten story building.” (Photograph by Ewing Galloway).  Part of the Roy S. MacElwee’s Waterfront Design Study, 1929 collection.

Black and white photo of a building on King Street, near Vanderhorst Street after the 1886 Charleston Earthquake.  It is part of the 1886 Charleston Earthquake Photographs collection.

Black and white print of the exterior of the ruins of the Chapel of Ease on St. Helena Island, 1950-1969; 11.5 x 8 cm.  Located at 17 Lands End Rd., St. Helena Island, S.C.  Part of The Lucille Hasell Culp Collection - A Celebration of Beaufort, South Carolina.

Black and white photograph of the Erckmann House, 9 College Way, built circa 1835. Abiel Bolles opened a female academy on that property at 5 College Way and later built 7 and 9 College Way as the school expanded. The College of Charleston acquired the residences in 1971. Sign for Graduate Office visible above doorway.  Part of the College of Charleston Photographs Collection.

Black and white photo of Charleston rooftops covered in snow, circa 1898-1899.  First Scots Presbyterian Church in center.  Photo taken by Sabina Elliott Wells.  Part of the Sabina E. Wells Photographs Collection belonging to the larger Historic Charleston Foundation Monographs and Photographs Collection.

Black and white photograph of Botafogo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Caption: “Waterfront drive at Botafogo, with Corcovado Peak and less lofty mountains in the background, makes the most beautiful waterfront scene in the world. It is a half circle, and one of many little harbors in Rio de Janeiro.”(Photograph by Ewing Galloway).  Part of the Roy S. MacElwee’s Waterfront Design Study, 1929.  

Roy S. MacElwee was a planner specializing in port development and the author of several books including “A Comprehensive Handbook on the Port of Charleston” (1924) and “A Plant Location Survey of Charleston, S.C.” (1928). During his time as commissioner of Charleston’s Bureau of Port Development, he played a key role in the establishment of Charleston’s pioneer historic district zoning ordinance. 

Black and white photograph of the Church of St. Chappelle in Paris, France, circa 1890-1899.  Part of the College of Charleston Scrapbooks and Photo Albums Collection.

“A fish almost as tall as the fisherman.”  7 x 4.6cm photo of Christopher Donner holding a large fish caught on Hall Island in Beaufort County, SC, circa 1886-1916.  Part of Phosphate, Farms, and Family - The Donner Collection, which contains over 500 images featuring the Donner family and historic Beaufort County. 

Black and white photo of the actress Geraldine Farrar.  Inscription reads “For Frank -  Ever his affectionate Geraldine.”  Photographer: Hartsook.  Taken between 1900 and 1940.  Part of the Frank Connor Photographic Collection, 1900-1940, belonging to the larger College of Charleston Scrabooks and Photo Albums Collection.

Black and white photo, 4” x 5”.  69 Barre Street, Gov. Thomas Bennett House, ca. 1822.  Main house - view of SW (Side and Rear) elevation.  Part of the Charles N. Bayless Photos of Charleston and Georgetown County, SC Collection.

Black and white photo, 5” x 7”, featuring the Cooper River Bridge under construction.  Caption reads “Progress March, 1929 at 4:30 P.M.  Town Creek Span and Drum Island Viaduct.”  Part of The Photographic Record of the Cooper River Bridge Collection.

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Burning synagogue roof at night, unknown date and location
Possibly an image from Kristallnacht, November 1938

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