The Lumbering Industry | History of SC Slide Collection

"From its first shipment of Carolina products to England in 1670, when seven cedar boards were included, lumbering in many forms has brought dependable wealth to South Carolina. In all its phases, some $40 million accrues to the state annually from its forest industries," wrote the Works Progress Administration Writer's Project in the 1930s of this hardwood lumber yard in Cayce. Photo by Frank Haskell.

Courtesy of the South Caroliniana Library.