White Point Garden

Description:

Sepia photograph of White Point Garden blanketed in snow. Waring set her camera up on South Battery to capture as much of the park as possible. Handwriting on reverse reads, "South Battery Feb., 1899 7? & Snow Charleston, S.C."

The "Great Blizzard of 1899" or the "Great Arctic Outbreak of 1899" brought a mixture of snow and sleet to Charleston on February 11 - 12, with reported temperatures of 7?F and four inches of snow.

• Title: White Point Garden
• Photographer: Waring, Leila, 1876-1964
• Date: February 1899

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• Collection: Photograph Collection
• Object Name: Gardens & Parks
• Object Id: MK 7251c

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