COLLECTION NAME:
Savannah Stereoview Collection
Record
Title:
Bird's Eye view, Bay St. looking up
Creator:
Havens, O. Pierre
Description:
Black and white stereograph image of Bay Street, with double image pasted down on a pink card. Back of card is orange with printed publisher information and paper title label pasted on. The photographer was O. Pierre Havens. The view appears to be looking west down East Bay Street. Telephone poles are visible. Signs on the street are partially identifiable. A wool and hide vendor, a tobacco shop, and street vendors are visible. The cylindrical tower in the center of the view is the water tank that was located in Franklin Square, also known as Water Tank Square. The tank was built in 1854, but it is not known when it was taken down.
Subject:
Historic buildings
Date:
1873-1890
Coverage:
Savannah (Ga.)
Coverage:
Georgia
Language:
English
Type:
Still Image
Extent:
3 7/8 x 7 inches
Format/Medium:
Stereographs
Format/Medium:
Aerial views
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.
