- Collection:
- The State Newspaper Photograph Archive
- Title:
- Remains of a Cross Burned at Governor's Mansion
- Creator:
- Cosgrove, Alan
The State Media Company (Columbia, S.C.) - Date of Original:
- 1964-09-23
- Subject:
- South Carolina Governor's Mansion (Columbia, S.C.)
Crosses
Fires - People:
- Russell, Donald Stuart, 1906-1998
- Location:
- United States, South Carolina, Richland County, 34.0218, -80.90304
United States, South Carolina, Richland County, Columbia, 34.00071, -81.03481 - Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- StillImage
- Description:
- Governor Donald S. Russell and his family returned home from an evening out to find someone had placed a burning cross in the driveway at the Governor's mansion. John Russell, the Governor's son, put out the flames with a bucket of water.
800 Richland Street, Columbia, S.C. - Local Identifier:
- state_268_0178
- Metadata URL:
- https://localhistory.richlandlibrary.com/digital/collection/p16817coll21/id/620
- Language:
- eng
- Rights Holder:
- Copyright The State Media Company. All rights reserved. For more information, contact the Walker Local and Family History Center at Richland Library, Columbia, S.C. 29201.
- Original Collection:
- Box 268, Cross Burned at Gov. Mansion, Gov attributes burning to Ku Klux Klan, The State Newspaper Photograph Archive
- Contributing Institution:
- Richland Library
- Rights:
-
