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Sale 2687 - Lot 216

Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
(SOUTH CAROLINA.) Group of promenade cards of the Charleston Earthquake of 1886. 11 albumen photographs, each 4¾ x 8 inches on gilt-edged plain mounts; foxing and moderate wear. Charleston, SC, September 1886
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This 31 August 1886 earthquake, centered near Charleston, was one of the strongest ever recorded on the East Coast, and was felt as far away as Cuba, Boston, and Chicago.

These views are uncaptioned, are numbered in the negative, and also bear later pencil numbers which key them to the published lists of "Cook's Earthquake Views of Charleston & Vicinity" taken by George LaGrange Cook. Included are images 7 (Main Station House), 22 (Broad Street, North Side), 28 (Exchange Street; creased with mount split), 47 (Goose Creek Church, Exterior), 79 (St. Mary's Church), 92 (No. 25 Legare Street), 94 (Ruins on Church Street), 126 (East Bay, corner Queen St.), 151 (Mariner's Church, interior), 157 (Scene near Accommodation Wharf), and 180 (Wragg residence, Broad St.)

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