Atlantic Street

Description:

Photograph showing the damage caused by the earthquake that occurred on August 31, 1886 to George W. Williams, Jr. residence located at 2 Atlantic Street. Caption on reverse reads, "Series No.2. No.167, rear of residence of Geo. [George] W. Williams, Jr.".
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: Atlantic Street
• Photographer: Cook, George LaGrange, 1849-1919
• Date: 1886

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• Collection: Photograph Collection
• Object Name: Earthquake of 1886
• Object Id: MK 89
• Address: 2 Atlantic Street

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• Search Terms
  • Destruction of property
  • Earthquakes
  • Residences