Brown's Wharf
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Description:
Photograph showing the damage from the earthquake that occurred on August 31, 1886 to a warehouse building located near Brown's Wharf. Caption on reverse reads, "Taken after the 31st of August, 1886. No.156, Scene near Brown's Wharf." Charleston city directory for 1886 lists Brown's Wharf as opposite Vendue Range.
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: Brown's Wharf
- Photographer: Cook, George LaGrange, 1849-1919
- Date: 1886
- Collection: Photograph Collection
- Object Name: Earthquake of 1886
- Object Id: MK 84
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