Classical Or Serious Music In South Carolina | History Of SC Slide Collection

Classical or serious music has a long history in South Carolina. The St. Cecilia Society (still in existence today) was founded in Charleston in 1762 to bring the best concert music available to that city. Today, Greenville, Charleston, and Columbia all have professional symphony orchestras. This performance of what eventually became the Columbia Symphony Orchestra (now the South Carolina Philharmonic) was held in 1960 on the stage of the Township Auditorium on Taylor Street in Columbia. Photo by Jimmy Price.

Courtesy of Mary Taylor.

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Winthrop Students Gather Outside With A Guitar | History Of SC Slide Collection

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Winthrop College students of the 1970s gather outdoors with a guitar on a warm spring day. Courtesy of the Winthrop University Archives.

Movie Theaters | History Of SC Slide Collection

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Movie Theaters | History Of SC Slide Collection

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Movie-going was an important source of entertainment during the 1920s and 1930s, and every town of any size in South Carolina had a movie theater in the downtown shopping district. The Rex Theater in...

The Marquee For the Rex Theater In Sumter | History Of SC Slide Collection

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The Marquee For the Rex Theater In Sumter | History Of SC Slide Collection

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The Marquee for the Rex Theater on Liberty Street in Sumter. Photo around 1930, by Lecoq Studios. Courtesy of the Sumter County Museum Archives.

The Dock Street Theater In Charleston | History Of SC Slide Collection

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The Dock Street Theater In Charleston | History Of SC Slide Collection

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The Dock Street Theater in Charleston. One of the first theaters in North America, a "New Theater on Dock Street" was built as early as 1735 or 1736, and Charlestonians have enjoyed good dramatic...

Saturday Night | History Of SC Slide Collection

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Saturday Night | History Of SC Slide Collection

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"Saturday Night," an etching by artist James F. Cooper (1907-1968) from the late 1930s, is probably a scene from Pawley's Island, where Cooper owned a beach house. "Saturday Night" is more than simply...

The Caterwaulers: A Winthrop College Music Organization | History Of SC Slide Collection

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This group of Winthrop College students called their music organization The Caterwaulers, in a photo which appeared in the college 1910 yearbook. Courtesy of the South Caroliniana Library.

The Jenkins Orphanage Brass Band In Charleston | History Of SC Slide Collection

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The Jenkins Orphanage Brass Band In Charleston | History Of SC Slide Collection

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The Jenkins Orphanage Brass Band in Charleston. The orphanage was begun in 1891 by an African-American minister, Reverend Daniel Jenkins, to remove young African-American children from the street and...

The Lashley School Of Dancing In Greenville | History Of SC Slide Collection

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The Lashley School Of Dancing In Greenville | History Of SC Slide Collection

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These young ladies are all students at the Lashley School of Dancing in Greenville in 1934. Photo by Dowling. Courtesy of the Greenville County Historical Society.

The Chatter Box Dance Band | History Of SC Slide Collection

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The Chatter Box Dance Band | History Of SC Slide Collection

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The Chatter Box dance band provided a big band sound for the popular dancing of the 1940s. Mary Taylor, at the extreme right, joined the "all girl violin section" in March 1944. Mrs. Taylor later ran...

Four African American Men Sing Into Microphone At WNOK Radio | History Of SC Slide Collection

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Four African American Men Sing Into Microphone At WNOK Radio | History Of SC Slide Collection

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Four young African-American men in uniform sing into the microphone of WNOK radio, Columbia, during the era of World War II. Courtesy of the South Caroliniana Library.

Teenagers Dance To A Juke Music Box | History Of SC Slide Collection

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Teenagers Dance To A Juke Music Box | History Of SC Slide Collection

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Teenagers dance to juke box music outdoors on a poured concrete floor at Campbell's Pond, the "Negro Area" of Cheraw State Park, on August 2, 1951. Courtesy of the South Carolina Department of Parks...