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A "Good Roads Tour," 1914 | History Of SC Slide Collection
A "Good Roads Tour," 1914 | History Of SC Slide Collection
Episode 1

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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...
Ballanger Coal Wagon | History Of SC Slide Collection
Ballanger Coal Wagon | History Of SC Slide Collection
Episode 11

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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...
The Owen-Woodward Company | History Of SC Slide Collection
The Owen-Woodward Company | History Of SC Slide Collection
Episode 15

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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...
The Good Roads Movement | History Of SC Slide Collection
The Good Roads Movement | History Of SC Slide Collection
Episode 18

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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...
Paving Roads With Concrete | History Of SC Slide Collection
Paving Roads With Concrete | History Of SC Slide Collection
Episode 21

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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
Malfunction Junction | History Of SC Slide Collection
Episode 22

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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...