Marion Square, Tent City
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Description:
Photograph showing several tents set up in Marion Square with several people (displaced from the earthquake) posing for the photographer. A policeman stands to the right side and the Old Citadel can be seen in the background. Handwritten at bottom reads, "Charleston Earthquake scene - Marion Square - Citadel Academy in rear."
- Title: Marion Square, Tent City
- Photographer: Wilson, William E.
- Date: 1886
- Collection: Photograph Collection
- Object Name: Earthquake of 1886
- Object Id: MK 4243
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