Page 28: St. Charles Hotel Fire

Description:

Photograph of a large crowd gathered on Meeting Street watching firefighters battle a the fire that destroyed the St. Charles Hotel. Sams' handwritten notation beneath the image reads, "St Charles Hotel fire from Charleston Hotel piazza."

Gift of Franklin Taliaferro Sams.

• Title: Page 28: St. Charles Hotel Fire
• Creator: Sams, Franklin Frost (Dr.), 1867-1937
• Date: September 1899

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• Collection: Photograph Album Collection
• Object Name: F.F. Sams Photograph Album
• Object Id: 2018.3.30

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