Coming Street
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Description:
Photograph showing the damage from the earthquake that occurred on August 31, 1886 to a residence at 77 Coming Street. Caption on reverse reads, "Taken after the 31st of August, 1886. No.118, 77 Coming Street."
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: Coming Street
- Photographer: Cook, George LaGrange, 1849-1919
- Date: 1886
- Collection: Photograph Collection
- Object Name: Earthquake of 1886
- Object Id: MK 117
- Address: 77 Coming Street
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