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  • H. Ordinary People & Everyday Life | History of SC Slide Collection

H. Individual Portraits

A Good Crop Of Kudzu | History Of SC Slide Collection
A Good Crop Of Kudzu | History Of SC Slide Collection
Episode 1

Photo

"A good crop of Kudzu," grown by a Pickens County farmer, is proudly displayed in this July 1939, photo by L.W. Riley for the Department of Agriculture. Courtesy of the Clemson University Libraries.
Mrs. John Champneys (Mary Harvey) And Stepdaughter, Sarah, Painting | History Of SC Slide Collection
Mrs. John Champneys (Mary Harvey) And Stepdaughter, Sarah, Painting | History Of SC Slide Collection
Episode 2

Photo

Mrs. John Champneys (Mary Harvey) and her stepdaughter Sarah were painted by Edward Savage in 1789. Mary was a widow when she married John Champneys and took on the task of raising his young daughter...
Sarah Ayers, A Catawba Native American | History Of SC Slide Collection
Sarah Ayers, A Catawba Native American | History Of SC Slide Collection
Episode 3

Photo

This is one of a series of photos from a collection made by Mrs. I.A. Robertson in 1908. She had long been interested in the Catawba Native Americans and their pottery, and often visited their...
Indian Pottery For Sale | History Of SC Slide Collection
Indian Pottery For Sale | History Of SC Slide Collection
Episode 4

Photo

"Indian Pottery for Sale." This photo was taken by Louise Jones Dubose when she visited the Catawba reservation in connection with her office as assistant director of the WPA Writers Project in the...
Chief Blue With His Wife | History Of SC Slide Collection
Chief Blue With His Wife | History Of SC Slide Collection
Episode 5

Photo

"Chief Blue towers over his wife, with his more than 6-foot frame. Their son, Nelson Blue, has now assumed command of the Catawba tribe," says the caption on this 1950s photo. Courtesy of the South...
Painting Of William And Eliza Charlotte Moultrie | History Of SC Slide Collection
Painting Of William And Eliza Charlotte Moultrie | History Of SC Slide Collection
Episode 6

Photo

William and Eliza Charlotte Moultrie, painted in 1792 by an unknown artist, were the grandchildren of General William Moultrie, the Revolutionary War defender of Sullivan's Island (see William...
Painting Of Robert And Elizabeth Gilcrest | History Of SC Slide Collection
Painting Of Robert And Elizabeth Gilcrest | History Of SC Slide Collection
Episode 7

Photo

In the early 19th century, childhood began to be perceived as a time of innocence, and children as something different from miniature adults. Robert and Elizabeth Gilcrest were painted by the...
The Rose And The Lilly | History Of SC Slide Collection
The Rose And The Lilly | History Of SC Slide Collection
Episode 8

Photo

The painter Thomas Sully (1783-1872) portrayed his own daughters, Blanche and Rosalie, in a painting often titled "The Rose and the Lilly." As a child, Sully lived in Charleston and appeared there...
Original Daguerreotype Of George Wilson | History Of SC Slide Collection
Original Daguerreotype Of George Wilson | History Of SC Slide Collection
Episode 9

Photo

This is a copy of an original daguerreotype made in Charleston when George Wilson (born in 1838) was stationed there in 1861 at the beginning of the Civil War. (See Portrait Of Katherine Osman Wilson)...
Portrait Of Katherine Osman Wilson | History Of SC Slide Collection
Portrait Of Katherine Osman Wilson | History Of SC Slide Collection
Episode 10

Photo

Katherine Osman Wilson traveled to Charleston to see her husband, and was photographed there in a companion portrait to his in 1861 (see Original Daguerreotype Of George Wilson). From Horace Harmon...

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