Ashley Avenue
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Description:
Photograph showing the damage from the earthquake that occurred on August 31, 1886 to the residence of Mayor William Ashmead Courtenay located at 95 Ashley Avenue. Caption on reverse reads, "Taken after the 31st of August, 1886. No.90, Residence, Mayor Courtenay." Also, handwritten on reverse: "Ashley & Montagu [Streets]."
George LaGrange Cook was a well-known photographer in Charleston who photographed the destruction of the 1886 earthquake soon after it happened, producing a series of images titled "Cook's Earthquake Views of Charleston and Vicinity" that could be purchased as souvenirs.
- Title: Ashley Avenue
- Photographer: Cook, George LaGrange, 1849-1919
- Date: 1886
- Collection: Photograph Collection
- Object Name: Earthquake of 1886
- Object Id: MK 88
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