Towns & Cities

An up-close view of some of South Carolina's small towns and cities.

Darlington Town Square | History Of SC Slide Collection

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Darlington Town Square | History Of SC Slide Collection

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This view of the Darlington town square gives a good view of the fourth courthouse, built in 1903. Darlington was an important cotton market, and farmers are gathered on the courthouse square around...

Darlington County Courthouse, Around 1890 | History Of SC Slide Collection

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Darlington County Courthouse, Around 1890 | History Of SC Slide Collection

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Darlington County Courthouse, photographed around 1890. Darlington was originally part of the Cheraw District, created as an independent county by the state legislature in 1785 when it redrew the...

The Grand Strand's Crescent Beach In 1966 | History Of SC Slide Collection

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The Grand Strand's Crescent Beach In 1966 | History Of SC Slide Collection

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This view of the Grand Strand's Crescent Beach in 1966 illustrates vividly the extensive development in vacation property that brings thousands of visitors to South Carolina's Horry County beaches...

Main Street In Conway, 1906 | History Of SC Slide Collection

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Main Street In Conway, 1906 | History Of SC Slide Collection

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Main Street in Conway, around 1906. The township plan implemented in 1731 to protect Charleston with a ring of settlements, called for a town along the west bank of the Waccamaw River, originally...

Main Street In Conway, Around 1930 | History Of SC Slide Collection

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Main Street In Conway, Around 1930 | History Of SC Slide Collection

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Looking north on Main Street at Third Avenue in Conway, around 1930. Courtesy of the South Caroliniana Library.

Columbia Duck Mill Textile Plant, 1935 | History Of SC Slide Collection

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Columbia Duck Mill Textile Plant, 1935 | History Of SC Slide Collection

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Columbia Duck Mill textile plant, photographed in 1935. Constructed next to the Columbia Canal in 1893, the Mount Vernon Mill, also known as the Columbia Duck Mill because it manufactured heavy "duck"...

Main Street, Columbia, Looking South, Around 1930 | History Of SC Slide Collection

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Main Street, Columbia, Looking South, Around 1930 | History Of SC Slide Collection

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Main Street, Columbia, looking south, around 1930. The white Palmetto Building, constructed in 1912-1913, dwarfs the Berringer building behind it as one looks toward the State House. Courtesy of the...

President William Howard Taft's Visit To Columbia, 1910 | History Of SC Slide Collection

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President William Howard Taft's Visit To Columbia, 1910 | History Of SC Slide Collection

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President William Howard Taft visited Columbia in 1910. This post card view from the State House grounds during the Taft visit shows an extensive vista up Main Street as well. The building on the left...

The Congaree River Bridge, 1910 | History Of SC Slide Collection

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The Congaree River Bridge, 1910 | History Of SC Slide Collection

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The Congaree River Bridge carries Gervais Street across the river to Lexington County. This panorama of Columbia looking east from the bridge shows the development of the capitol city around 1910...

African American Nursemaids In Senate Street View Postcard, 1910 | History Of SC Slide Collection

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African American Nursemaids In Senate Street View Postcard, 1910 | History Of SC Slide Collection

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The African-American nursemaids, in this postcard view of Senate Street around 1910, push their young charges in baby buggies past elegant Victorian mansions of the Columbia well-to-do. The red brick...

The Columbia Skyline As Seen From Gervais Street Bridge | History Of SC Slide Collection

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The Columbia Skyline As Seen From Gervais Street Bridge | History Of SC Slide Collection

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The Columbia skyline as seen from across the Gervais Street Bridge in 1952. (Compare with The Congaree River Bridge, 1910) Courtesy of Mary Taylor.

View Of The Congaree River And Columbia Canal | History Of SC Slide Collection

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View Of The Congaree River And Columbia Canal | History Of SC Slide Collection

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This view of the Congaree River and the Columbia Canal was drawn by the artist A. Grivevald in 1859. Courtesy of the Columbia Museum of Art.

Main Street At Night, 1910 | History Of SC Slide Collection

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Main Street At Night, 1910 | History Of SC Slide Collection

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Main Street, Columbia, as it appeared at night with its electric street lights in 1910. Courtesy of the Howard G. Woody Postcard Collection.

Main Street, 1906 | History Of SC Slide Collection

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Main Street, 1906 | History Of SC Slide Collection

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This Columbia view of Main Street, looking south, in 1906. Originally named "Richardson Street," the name was changed to Main Street in 1892, since the street had become the city's main central hub of...

View Of Columbia From Across The Congaree River | History Of SC Slide Collection

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View Of Columbia From Across The Congaree River | History Of SC Slide Collection

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This view of Columbia from across the Congaree River appeared in the New York "Illustrated News" on January 5, 1861. Courtesy of the South Caroliniana Library.

Map Of Taylor's Farm | History Of SC Slide Collection

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Map Of Taylor's Farm | History Of SC Slide Collection

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Map of Taylor's Farm, or the original survey plat of Columbia. Before the Revolution, the newly established settlements in the Upcountry of South Carolina did not have much voice in the government of...

Row Of Mill Houses In Clinton, 1908 | History Of SC Slide Collection

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Row Of Mill Houses In Clinton, 1908 | History Of SC Slide Collection

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Lewis Hine photographed this row of mill houses in Clinton in 1908, but the town is better known as the home of Presbyterian College, founded by the Reverend William Plumer Jacobs, a Presbyterian...

Main Street In Chester County, 1910 | History Of SC Slide Collection

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Main Street In Chester County, 1910 | History Of SC Slide Collection

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Chester, seat of Chester County, is one of three South Carolina towns named by settlers after their Pennsylvania homes when they migrated here in 1755 (the other two are York and Lancaster). The...

Row Of Stores On The East Side Of Second Street In Cheraw | History Of SC Slide Collection

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Row Of Stores On The East Side Of Second Street In Cheraw | History Of SC Slide Collection

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This row of four stores on the east side of Second Street in Cheraw is having a sidewalk sale, around 1908. Rocking chairs, bicycles, baby buggies, and rolls of wire are displayed on wooden platforms...

Market Street In Cheraw, Around 1900 | History Of SC Slide Collection

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Market Street In Cheraw, Around 1900 | History Of SC Slide Collection

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Market Street, Cheraw, looking west, around 1900. The white columned building at the right is the Lyceum, a library and meeting place for the Cheraw Lyceum Society, built in 1820. Courtesy of the...

The Town Hall In Cheraw | History Of SC Slide Collection

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The Town Hall In Cheraw | History Of SC Slide Collection

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The Town Hall in Cheraw, built in 1858 and photographed here in 1890, is still used as a meeting place for the Masons (who helped pay for it) and for city offices. County seat of Chesterfield County...

Aerial View Of Charleston, 1940 | History Of SC Slide Collection

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Aerial View Of Charleston, 1940 | History Of SC Slide Collection

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Aerial view of the City of Charleston around 1940. Courtesy of the South Caroliniana Library.

Hurricane Damage To Charleston Ferry Wharf, 1911 | History Of SC Slide Collection

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Hurricane Damage To Charleston Ferry Wharf, 1911 | History Of SC Slide Collection

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The fall months are traditionally the season of heavy storms along the Carolina Coast. This photograph shows the damage to the Charleston Ferry wharf after a hurricane in 1911. Courtesy of the South...

Riverland Terrace Development Brochure, 1925 | History Of SC Slide Collection

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Riverland Terrace Development Brochure, 1925 | History Of SC Slide Collection

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St. Andrew's Parish on James Island was one of the early suburban development sites for an expanding 20th century Charleston. The new Ashley River Bridge, completed in 1926, led investors to lay out...

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