Meeting Street, A.J. Kennedy Segar Factory

Description:

Photograph showing the damage from the earthquake that occurred on August 31, 1886 to the building of A.J. Kennedy Segar Factory located at 179 Meeting Street. The caption on reverse reads, "Taken after the 31st of August, 1886. No.119 front."

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: Meeting Street, A.J. Kennedy Segar Factory
• Photographer: Cook, George LaGrange, 1849-1919
• Date: 1886

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• Collection: Photograph Collection
• Object Name: Earthquake of 1886
• Object Id: MK 4168
• Address: 179 Meeting Street

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• Search Terms
  • Cigar industry
  • Destruction of property
  • Earthquakes
  • Natural disasters