Aerial View of Charleston

Description:

Photograph of an aerial view looking toward East Battery with the harbor in the background. Villa Margherita (4 South Battery) can be seen at the bottom just below the wing of the airplane and to the left is the John Ravenel House (5 East Battery), the Robert William Roper House (9 East Battery), and the William Ravenel House (13 East Battery). Paine notes on reverse, "Look out Roof! One of Jimmy Hawkins' Vertical Banks over the Villa Margherita Chas S.C. in Sea Plane H.S.2. #1374 10/28-19 by M.B. Paine."

• Title: Aerial View of Charleston
• Photographer: Paine, Morton Brailsford, 1883-1940
• Date: October 28, 1919

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• Collection: Photograph Collection
• Object Name: Morton Brailsford Paine Photographs
• Object Id: MK 9878

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