Broad Street, North Side

Description:

Photograph showing the damage from the earthquake that occurred on August 31, 1886 to the north side of Broad Street. Charleston Insurance & Trust, Co. is shown to the left. The 1886 Charleston city directory lists it as Ravenel, Johnson & Co. at 12 Broad Street. Caption on reverse reads, "Taken after the 31st of August, 1886. No. 22, Broad street, north side."

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: Broad Street, North Side
• Photographer: Cook, George LaGrange, 1849-1919
• Date: 1886

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• Collection: Photograph Collection
• Object Name: Earthquake of 1886
• Object Id: 2001.69.34
• Address: 12 Broad Street

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  • Destruction of property
  • Earthquakes
  • Insurance companies