White Point Garden

Description:

Sepia photograph of White Point Garden covered in snow after the Great Blizzard of 1899. A horse-drawn carriage can be seen on South Battery to the left and three women are visible in the center walking along the path leading to High Battery. Handwriting on reverse reads, "Charleston, S.C. February, 1899 7? & Snow South Battery."

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 7251d

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