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H.L. Hunley Model

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Description:

Photograph of the full-scale model of Confederate submarine, H.L. Hunley, loaded on a flatbed trailer. It is parked in front of the USS Trigger (SS-564) (not visible) at the Charleston Navy Base. Three men (Senator Fritz Hollings in the center) stand on the ground and three Tri-County Technical Education Center students dressed as Confederate soldiers stand on the trailer near the model. Please contact the Museum's archives with any information on the identities of the men and students.

This image was taken during a detour to the Naval Base from the TEC location on Highway 52 to the basement of the Citizens & Southern National Bank building at 50 Broad Street. A gift from C&S to The Charleston Museum, the replica was housed and displayed in the Hunley Museum until 1981 when it was moved to The Charleston Museum's new location at 360 Meeting Street.

Title: H.L. Hunley Model

Photographer: Schwartz, Louis, 1915-1993

Date: May 13, 1967

Collection: Photograph Collection

Object Name: Louis Schwartz Photographs

Object Id: MK 16000.10

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