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Views of East Bay Street [Rainbow Row]

Description

Two reprints of photographs of East Bay Street buildings, now known as Rainbow Row:

a: View south from 97 East Bay Street to 77 East Bay Street and beyond. Two children stand in doorway of 95 East Bay Street (sign for Ben Wilson [shop]). Also shows 89 East Bay, 87 East Bay, 85 East Bay, 83 East Bay, 77-81 East Bay, and other East Bay buildings below Tradd Street. A small carriage is parked in front of 91 East Bay Street (W.H. Pieper) and 93 East Bay Street (Steiber Printing Co.). Other carts are traveling on the street.

b: Looking north on East Bay Street from 83 East Bay to 111 East Bay. Features 83 East Bay, 85 East Bay, 87 East Bay, 89 East Bay, 91 East Bay, 95 East Bay, 97 East Bay, 99-101 East Bay, 103-109 East Bay, and 111 East Bay. Cars are traveling on the road in the background (right).

Handwritten on back of photographs: "#201 or #327, Johnson Collection, Gibbes Museum or SC Hist. Soc. Scene about 1925."