COLLECTION NAME:
Savannah Stereoview Collection
Record
Title:
Sleet Storm Sav. GA.
Description:
Black and white stereograph card of a sleet storm with double image affixed to cream paper. Publication information is printed on the front of the card, with title appearing to be hand printed on the lower right image. The back of the card is also cream paper with stamped information. The image is believed to depict a storm that covered Savannah with ice on January 1, 1880. The image is Bull Street near Bryan Street. It looks out from Johnson Square. Visible is the Nathaniel Green Monument. The card was produced by the Barker's American Views, the company of George Barker. Stamped on the back of the card: "The Treadwell Collection FLW 75 XA TKT." Tex Treadwell, an authority of stereoscopic photography, wrote the standard reference "Stereographers of the World." It is unknown what connection there is between the two.
Subject:
Historic buildings
Subject:
Storms
Publisher:
Barker's American Views
Date:
1880
Coverage:
Savannah (Ga.)
Coverage:
Georgia
Language:
English
Type:
Still Image
Extent:
3 1/2 x 7 inches
Format/Medium:
Stereographs
Format/Medium:
Albumen prints
Source:
Savannah Stereoview Collection, MS 018, Jen Library Archives and Special Collections, Savannah College of Art and Design.
Rights:
Though this item is believed to be in the Public Domain, copyright may have been retained by the authors or creators of items in this collection, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
