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1. 1949 Tour of Homes Hostesses and Samuel Gaillard Stoney - 1949

   Newspaper photograph (scan) from the March 20, 1949, issue of The News & Courier featuring seven hostesses meeting with author Samuel Gaillard Stoney to discuss the final plans for the 1949 Tour of Historic Homes. They are holding the booklets that were published for the tour. Back row, left to right: Mrs. Edward F. Parker, Mrs. Edwin P. Boggs Jr., Mrs. Edward B. Reeves Jr., and Mrs. Frank Rhett. Seated at front are Mrs. Charles M. Thomas J...

   Record Type: Photo

   
2. Documents - Festival of Houses and Gardens Brochures, Tickets, and Programs

   Over the years, Festival of Houses and Gardens collateral materials have ranged from paperback booklets entitled Charleston's Historic Houses to individual house histories/descriptions* to tri-folded pamphlets to glossy brochures, as well as a variety of tickets and the original maps printed on early (1949-1950s) tickets. Unless otherwise indicated, there is one copy of each item in the collection. *These are the houses and buildings for w...

   Record Type: Archive

   
3. Early "Tours of Homes" Hostesses - ca. 1948

   Two B&W photographs of HCF's "Tours of Homes" hostesses: a: Anne Bee Rhett (left) and Katherine Furman (right) at the gate of 39 Church Street. b: Festival hostesses Chance Stevens Ravenel (seated) and Elizabeth Williams (standing) by the stair case in an unidentified house.

   Record Type: Photo

   
4. First House Tour Hostesses - 1948

   At a meeting in March 1948, the late H. Phillip Staats and the late Clelia Mathewes Waring address a meeting of volunteer hostesses for the first annual house tours organized by HCF. those attending were: Front row, L to R: Mrs. Elliott Hutson, Mrs. William F. Prioleau, Mrs. Edward F. Parker, Mrs. S. Henry Edmunds (Frances Edmunds), and Mrs. Walter H. Gussenhoven. Second row, L to R: Mrs. W.M. Martin, Mrs. A. Franz Witte, Mrs. Leon R. Drak...

   Record Type: Photo

   
5. HCF Display at Esso Touring - 1950

   Two B&W photographs showing Historic Charleston Foundation display booth at Esso Touring Service to highlight Charleston's Historic Houses Tour, March 20-April 15.

   Record Type: Photo

   
6. Historic Charleston Foundation Headquarters at 94 Church Street (Cooper-Bee House) - 1950

   Two B&W photograph of the Cooper-Bee House (94 Church Street), Historic Charleston Foundation's Tours Headquarters in the early 1950s. a: Front (west) elevation). HCF headquarters signage hangs over the doorway and by the two pillars. b: Doorway of 94 Church Street, Historic Charleston Foundation's Tours Headquarters in the early 1950s. Frances Edmunds stands in the doorway with two other women. Signage over the door reads: "Historic Cha...

   Record Type: Photo

   
7. Hunky Cheves and Anne Bee Rhett, Early Festival Hostesses - ca. 1948

   Festival hostesses Chilton "Hunky" Cheves (left) (a/k/a Mrs. Henry Cheves a/k/a Mrs. Robert Johnson) and Anne Bee Rhett (right) standing on balcony of 53 East Bay Street(?).

   Record Type: Photo

   
8. Poster - Festival of Houses Posters

   Posters were and continue to be produced to advertise the Festival in local shop windows, etc. They range from photographs, original artwork (silkscreen?), and reproductions of paintings. Some are mounted on board. See Container List for content of collection.

   Record Type: Archive

   
9. Scrapbook - Scrapbook on 59 Church Street, Charleston, South Carolina, Volume I

   Scrapbook assembled by Henry and/or Juliette Staats containing newspaper and magazine articles; property research; correspondence; photographs of the garden and the 1950 repairs; and HCF Festival of Homes brochures and tour information (1948-1950, 1956, 1959-1962, 1973). The original photographs have been removed, cataloged separately, and filed in photo cabinets for easier access; copies have been inserted in place in the scrapbook. The e...

   Record Type: Archive

   
10. Tour of William Gibbes House Interior Room, ca. 1960 Tour of Historic Homes - ca. 1960

    Two B&W photographs of a ca. 1960 Tour of Historic Homes taking place in an interior room of the William Gibbes House (64 South Battery). Photographs feature the tour docent and a group of tour participants. Two copies of photo A in sleeve

    Record Type: Photo