Fire Destruction

Description:

Color photograph of the fire-gutted building of the old Charleston Museum. The photographer captured a small crowd of onlookers watching the process of the demolition and debris cleanup from Rutledge Avenue. Curator, Ken Jones is identified to the far right. Note the wrecking ball hovering above the columns.

Processing stamp code on reverse, "Print Made By Kodak A Nov 81."

• Title: Fire Destruction
• Photographer: Museum Staff
• Date: October 1981

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• Collection: Photograph Collection
• Object Name: The Old Museum
• Object Id: MK 10791d
• Address: 121 Rutledge Avenue

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  • Crowds
  • Damage to property
  • Demolished buildings
  • Fires
  • Museums
  • Wrecking balls