Traveling Salesmen And Automobiles | History Of SC Slide Collection

Traveling salesmen were using automobiles to travel across South Carolina as early as 1915. This photograph of the Dillon Wholesale Grocery shows horse-drawn transportation alongside such an automobile.

Courtesy of the South Caroliniana Library.

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A "Good Roads Tour," 1914 | History Of SC Slide Collection

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A "Good Roads Tour," 1914 | History Of SC Slide Collection

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A "Good Roads Tour," organized around 1914, promoted the building of better highways by traveling across the country dramatizing road conditions. Curious crowds in Anderson inspect the vehicles on the...

A Car Accident On An Unpaved Road, In 1913 | History Of SC Slide Collection

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A Car Accident On An Unpaved Road, In 1913 | History Of SC Slide Collection

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The car on the right in this 1913 accident on South Carolina's largely unpaved roads is a 1912-13 Oldsmobile; the car on the left is a 1912-13 Model T Ford. U.S. Bureau of Public Roads photo. Courtesy...

The Saluda Speedway Postcard, 1913 | History Of SC Slide Collection

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The Saluda Speedway Postcard, 1913 | History Of SC Slide Collection

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This postcard view of a roadway outside of Rock Hill in 1913 is titled "The Saluda Speedway." Courtesy of the Howard G. Woody Postcard Collection.

Starting A Car By Hand Crank | History Of SC Slide Collection

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Starting A Car By Hand Crank | History Of SC Slide Collection

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Early automobiles did not have self-starters. In this posed picture, the children of Columbia photographer Walter L. Blanchard are turning the crank of their family automobile in front of their home...

The Rock Hill Buggy Company's Anderson Automobile | History Of SC Slide Collection

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The Rock Hill Buggy Company's Anderson Automobile | History Of SC Slide Collection

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The model in this 1928 advertising photograph prepares to step into an Anderson Automobile in front of the Winthrop College main building in Rock Hill, where the Rock Hill Buggy Company, manufacturer...

Ford Motor Company Showroom, In Greenville, 1934 | History Of SC Slide Collection

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Ford Motor Company Showroom, In Greenville, 1934 | History Of SC Slide Collection

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This Ford Motor Company showroom in Greenville provided potential customers a chance to look at the newest designs. In this 1934 photograph, signs advertise, "Now on Display: New Ford V-8 Truck."...

A Convertible At A Rock Hill Gas Station In 1941 | History Of SC Slide Collection

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A Convertible At A Rock Hill Gas Station In 1941 | History Of SC Slide Collection

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A convertible stops at a gas station in Rock Hill in 1941 to "fill 'er up." By the end of the year, World War II gasoline rationing severely restricted automobile pleasure travel. Courtesy of the...

Office, And School Truck At Vaucluse, S.C., 1910 | History Of SC Slide Collection

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Office, And School Truck At Vaucluse, S.C., 1910 | History Of SC Slide Collection

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Office and school truck at Vaucluse, South Carolina, in 1910. Mr. J. Wesley Rearden is shown standing, with derby hat, on the far side at the front end of the truck. Courtesy of the South Caroliniana...

School Buses Pull Up At Sesquicentennial State Park, 1941 | History Of SC Slide Collection

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School Buses Pull Up At Sesquicentennial State Park, 1941 | History Of SC Slide Collection

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School buses pull up to unload children for a day of recreation at Sesquicentennial State Park, near Columbia, in 1941. Courtesy of the South Carolina Department of Parks, Recreation, and Tourism.

Ballanger Coal Wagon | History Of SC Slide Collection

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Ballanger Coal Wagon | History Of SC Slide Collection

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Coal furnaces provided central heating for many South Carolina homes. This Ballanger coal wagon delivered fuel to houses throughout the Greenville area in the 1950s. Courtesy of the Greenville County...

House Loaded Onto Two Trailers Ready To be Moved | History Of SC Slide Collection

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House Loaded Onto Two Trailers Ready To be Moved | History Of SC Slide Collection

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"Close-up view of house loaded on two trailers ready to be moved. Boy Scout Cabin Site is immediately at right-hand side of picture." This photograph was taken on January 29, 1949, as construction...

Truck Drivers Wait To Deliver Cargo To Wando Welch Terminal Facilities | History Of SC Slide Collection

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Truck Drivers Wait To Deliver Cargo To Wando Welch Terminal Facilities | History Of SC Slide Collection

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Truck drivers wait in line to leave their containerized cargo at the Wando Welch Terminal Facilities of the South Carolina State Ports Authority in Charleston. In 1988, Charleston handled nearly 5...

Chandler and Drake Auto Repair Shop, 1924 | History Of SC Slide Collection

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Chandler and Drake Auto Repair Shop, 1924 | History Of SC Slide Collection

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Chandler and Drake Auto Repair Shop in 1924; the third man from the left is F.W. Drake. Courtesy of the Darlington County Historical Commission.

The Owen-Woodward Company | History Of SC Slide Collection

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The Owen-Woodward Company | History Of SC Slide Collection

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The Owen-Woodward company was the second drive-in gas station in Darlington. Its signs advertise its many automotive services: "Gas, Oil, Tires and Accessories." The caption on the photograph...

Gas Station Increase In The 1930's | History Of SC Slide Collection

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Gas Station Increase In The 1930's | History Of SC Slide Collection

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As the number of South Carolinians who owned automobiles increased in the 1930s, so did the number of nationally owned gas stations, like this one in Greenville. Courtesy of the Greenville County...

Growing Number Of Abandoned Cars | History Of SC Slide Collection

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Growing Number Of Abandoned Cars | History Of SC Slide Collection

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The metal body of the automobile made it more difficult to dispose of when no longer usable than an elderly horse or a wooden wagon or buggy beyond repair. The result is a growing number of abandoned...

The Good Roads Movement | History Of SC Slide Collection

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The Good Roads Movement | History Of SC Slide Collection

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Good roads were not yet a reality for South Carolina when this photo was taken near St. Matthews. The Good Roads movement began when most roads were not hard-surfaced. U.S. Bureau of Public Roads...

Chain Gangs Carrying Out Road Work | History Of SC Slide Collection

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Chain Gangs Carrying Out Road Work | History Of SC Slide Collection

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Road work in South Carolina was carried out in the early 20th century by convicts working in chain gangs. Here, a gang works under the careful eye of a guard; the vehicle that transported them to the...

Improvement Of Local Roads For Automobiles, 1928 | History Of SC Slide Collection

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Improvement Of Local Roads For Automobiles, 1928 | History Of SC Slide Collection

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The automobile made improvement of local roads necessary. Here, a grading machine completes improvements on recently paved Route 38 in Horry County during the summer of 1928. Courtesy of the South...

Paving Roads With Concrete | History Of SC Slide Collection

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Paving Roads With Concrete | History Of SC Slide Collection

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Paving heavily traveled roads with concrete involved such heavy costs that states sought help from the national government. This fresh concrete on a Greenville County road was part of a Federal...

Malfunction Junction | History Of SC Slide Collection

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Malfunction Junction | History Of SC Slide Collection

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Columbians call this complicated intersection of Interstate Highways 26 and 126 with Bush River Road, just north of their city, "Malfunction Junction." Photo by Todd Houston, June 1987. Courtesy of...

Stone Bridge Over A Stream In Greenville | History Of SC slide Collection

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Stone Bridge Over A Stream In Greenville | History Of SC slide Collection

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This stone bridge over a stream in Greenville County, 7 miles north of Tigerville, was built by hand labor out of large stones in 1820. U.S. Department of Agriculture photograph, May 1936.

Pee Dee River Toll Bridge | History Of SC Slide Collection

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Pee Dee River Toll Bridge | History Of SC Slide Collection

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This toll bridge, photographed around 1900, provided a crossing over the Pee Dee River near Cheraw on what is now U.S. Route 1. Courtesy of the Cheraw Visitors Bureau.

Pacolet Mill Workers Cross The Iron Bridge | History Of SC Slide Collection

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Pacolet Mill Workers Cross The Iron Bridge | History Of SC Slide Collection

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The town of Pacolet, in Spartanburg County, attracted large numbers of workers to its mills. Here, a number of mill operatives cross the iron bridge over the Pacolet River in 1913. Courtesy of the...

The Cooper River Bridge | History Of SC Slide Collection

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The Cooper River Bridge | History Of SC Slide Collection

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Aerial view of the Cooper River Bridge, named after Mayor John P. Grace, who was instrumental in having it built in 1929. Originally a toll bridge operated by the private Cooper River Bridge Company...