Towns & Cities

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

King Street Postcard, 1916 | History Of SC Slide Collection

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King Street Postcard, 1916 | History Of SC Slide Collection

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King Street, looking south in this 1916 postcard view, proudly displays electric street lights. Courtesy of the Howard G. Woody Postcard Collection.

The Custom House Of Charleston | History Of SC Slide Collection

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The Custom House Of Charleston | History Of SC Slide Collection

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The Custom House of Charleston, viewed from the harbor in 1899. Begun in 1850 with Federal funds, intended as the crowning glory of Charleston's antebellum civic architecture, the classical revival...

King Street In Charleston, 1925 | History Of SC Slide Collection

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King Street In Charleston, 1925 | History Of SC Slide Collection

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King Street in Charleston, looking north around 1925. Courtesy of the South Caroliniana Library.

The Promenade On The East Battery, 1910 | History Of SC Slide Collection

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The Promenade On The East Battery, 1910 | History Of SC Slide Collection

Episode 6

The promenade on the East Battery, Charleston, in 1910. Courtesy of the South Caroliniana Library.

The Ruins Of The Circular Congregational Church, 1865 | History Of SC Slide Collection

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The Ruins Of The Circular Congregational Church, 1865 | History Of SC Slide Collection

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The ruins of the Circular Congregational Church, photographed in 1865, show the devastation that fire and war brought on the city of Charleston. Courtesy of the Library of Congress.

Birds-Eye View Of Charleston, 1853 | History Of SC Slide Collection

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Birds-Eye View Of Charleston, 1853 | History Of SC Slide Collection

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This birds-eye view of Charleston, drawn and engraved in 1853, was widely reproduced in "Harper's Illustrated Weekly" for the next decade; it became the visual image most outsiders had of what the...

Long Billed Curlews By James Audubon | History Of SC Slide Collection

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Long Billed Curlews By James Audubon | History Of SC Slide Collection

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The artist James Audubon (see John James Audubon) first came to Charleston in late October of 1831, and was so welcomed by its citizens, particularly the Reverend John Bachman (see John Bachman) that...

An Exact Prospect Of Charles Town... | History Of SC Slide Collection

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An Exact Prospect Of Charles Town... | History Of SC Slide Collection

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"An Exact Prospect of Charles Town, the Metropolis of the Province of South Carolina," was engraved for the London Magazine in 1762, based on a painting of the bustling colonial commercial city in...

Old Market And Court House, 1836 Engraving | History Of SC Slide Collection

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Old Market And Court House, 1836 Engraving | History Of SC Slide Collection

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This small engraving showing a faded sketch of the "Old Market and Court House, 1836" was probably copied from an earlier sketch of Camden as it appeared around 1820. Courtesy of the South Caroliniana...

Plat Map Of Camden | History Of SC Slide Collection

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Plat Map Of Camden | History Of SC Slide Collection

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The town of Camden was one of the first official settlements to be laid out in the interior of South Carolina in the 1730s. Settlers flooded into the backcountry during the quarter century of peace...

Camden's Main Street, 1910 | History Of SC Slide Collection

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Camden's Main Street, 1910 | History Of SC Slide Collection

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Camden's Main Street, around 1910. Courtesy of the South Caroliniana Library.

The Kershaw County Courthouse | History Of SC Slide Collection

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The Kershaw County Courthouse | History Of SC Slide Collection

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The Kershaw County Courthouse was designed by famed South Carolina architect Robert Mills and built in 1826. The original courthouse had Ionic columns; local citizens, who wanted a more "modern"...

Main Street In Branchville, 1907 | History Of SC Slide Collection

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Main Street In Branchville, 1907 | History Of SC Slide Collection

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In 1842, a branch of the South Carolina Railroad, which had originally been built between Charleston and Hamburg (near Augusta), was constructed to connect Charleston to Columbia. The point of...

County Courthouse And Confederate Monument In Bennettsville | History Of SC Slide Collection

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County Courthouse And Confederate Monument In Bennettsville | History Of SC Slide Collection

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The county courthouse and Confederate monument in Bennettsville, county seat of Marlboro County, in a 1915 postcard view. Marlboro County has been an important agricultural center (first for the...

Belton Water Tower | History Of SC Slide Collection

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Belton Water Tower | History Of SC Slide Collection

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Belton, in Anderson County, is noted for its unusual standpipe or water tower. Here, the standpipe can be seen in the background of the Belton Square, around 1909. The town, like many other South...

The Beaufort Waterfront, 1906 | History Of SC Slide Collection

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The Beaufort Waterfront, 1906 | History Of SC Slide Collection

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The Beaufort waterfront in as it appeared in 1906. Courtesy of the South Caroliniana Library.

Fire Damage To Sherper's Wharf, 1907 | History Of SC Slide Collection

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Fire Damage To Sherper's Wharf, 1907 | History Of SC Slide Collection

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Fire damage to Sherper's Wharf in Beaufort, 1907. Courtesy of the South Caroliniana Library.

Downtown Beaufort, 1860's | History Of SC Slide Collection

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Downtown Beaufort, 1860's | History Of SC Slide Collection

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Downtown Beaufort in the 1860s. Courtesy of the South Caroliniana Library.

Granite Street In Batesburg, 1913 | History of SC Slide Collection

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Granite Street In Batesburg, 1913 | History of SC Slide Collection

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Granite Street in Batesburg, around 1913. Batesburg and nearby Leesville, both in Lexington County, were named after the families on whose plantations they developed. After the 1890s, the railroads...

Fat Cattle Show In 1941 | History Of SC Slide Collection

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Fat Cattle Show In 1941 | History Of SC Slide Collection

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Although Anderson itself is primarily an industrial city, it is the county seat of an important agricultural county. Cattle are shown being judged at the "Fat Cattle Show," March 25, 1941, at McGees...

Anderson Public Square, 1930's | History Of SC Slide Collection

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Anderson Public Square, 1930's | History Of SC Slide Collection

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Anderson public square in the 1930s. From the files of the Works Progress Administration Writer's Program. Photo by Lewis D. Moorhead. Courtesy of the South Caroliniana Library.

Anderson Town Square And Courthouse | History Of SC Slide Collection

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Anderson Town Square And Courthouse | History Of SC Slide Collection

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The Anderson town square and county courthouse around 1908. Anderson County was carved out of the old Pendleton District, created in 1789 from Cherokee Native American lands deeded to the state in...

A Street Scene Of Allendale | History Of SC Slide Collection

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A Street Scene Of Allendale | History Of SC Slide Collection

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A street scene of Allendale, looking south, around 1951. The present site of Allendale was determined by the construction of the Charleston and Western Carolina Railroad through the area around 1872...

Aerial View Of Aiken, 1956 | History Of SC Slide Collection

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Aerial View Of Aiken, 1956 | History Of SC Slide Collection

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Aerial view of Aiken, around 1956. Courtesy of the Aiken County Historical Museum.

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