Sumter | History of SC Slide Collection

Main Street Of Sumter, Around 1910 | History Of SC Slide Collection

Episode 1

Photo

Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Main Street of Sumter, around 1910. The straggling village, first called Sumterville after the Revolutionary War General Thomas Sumter (see Thomas Sumter), was selected in 1798 to be the courthouse...

Downtown Sumter, 1930 | History Of SC Slide Collection

Episode 2

Photo

Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

This aerial view of downtown Sumter, taken around 1930, shows clearly the City Hall and the skyscraper Dixie Life building, built in 1911. Courtesy of the Sumter County Museum Archives.

Dismantling the Dixie Life Building By Mildred White | History Of SC Slide Collection

Episode 3

Photo

Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

This 1973 painting by Mildred White is titled "Dismantling the Dixie Life Building." Courtesy of the Sumter County Museum Archives.