Drake Street

Description:

Black and white photograph of the east side of Drake Street with a partial view of a sign advertising for Seidenberg Cigars and Tobacco. The 1910 Charleston City Directory lists Seidenberg & Co. (106 Drake) as manufacturers of cigars and cigar boxes. Note the chicken on the brick paved street. Handwritten on reverse is a notation of "State Street?"

Please contact the Museum Archives with any information regarding this street and/or the buildings.

• Title: Drake Street
• Photographer: Bennett, John, 1865-1956
• Date: c. 1910

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• Collection: Photograph Collection
• Object Name: Charleston Streetscapes
• Object Id: MK 5927

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