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Clelia Peronneau McGowan | History of SC Slide Collection

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Clelia Peronneau McGowan | History of SC Slide Collection
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Clelia Peronneau McGowan (1865-1956) of Charleston was a pioneer woman suffragist in South Carolina. After the 19th Amendment was passed giving women the right to vote, she became the first woman...
Vardry McBee | History of SC Slide Collection

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Vardry McBee | History of SC Slide Collection
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Vardry McBee ( -1864) is known as the Father of Greenville, in spite of his living in North Carolina until 1834. In 1815, McBee purchased extensive properties in Greenville, and established flour...
Benjamin E. Mays | History of SC Slide Collection

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Benjamin E. Mays | History of SC Slide Collection
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Benjamin E. Mays (1894-1984) was born in Greenwood County, the son of former slaves, and educated at Bates College in Lewiston, Maine, and the University of Chicago, where he received his M.A. and Ph...
Vanishing Generation, Part 1 1

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Vanishing Generation, Part 1
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World War II is the most important event of the 20th Century. It changed everything. Fifty million people died in World War II, including 405,000 Americans. The United States became a world power, the...
This is Brookgreen Gardens, Part 6 6

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This is Brookgreen Gardens, Part 6
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Brookgreen Gardens offers several interpretative or education programs. Horry Georgetown Technical College uses the grounds and greenhouses for horticultural classes. The sculptures provide art...
Vanishing Generation, Part 2 2

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Vanishing Generation, Part 2
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World War II occurred during the 1940s when segregation was still the norm in America. The African Americans who fought were in a segregated army even overseas in England. One of the reasons the...
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This is Brookgreen Gardens, Part 3
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The sculpture collection at Brookgreen Gardens include works by many great figurative artists of the time like Paul Manship,Paul Jennewein, and Frederick Remington. Anna sculpted her own work...
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This is Brookgreen Gardens, Part 7
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The Huntingtons wanted to really preserve the complexity of Brookgreen, what they saw here in the early 1930s, for their generation and for future generations. That continues to be the mission. They...
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This is Brookgreen Gardens, Part 1
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Brookgreen's story begins more than 250 years ago when Europeans saw the potential for growing rice here and the backbreaking labor of enslaved Africans carved rice fields out of the swamps...
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This is Brookgreen Gardens, Part 2
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The former rice plantations of the Waccamaw Neck began selling at bargain prices. A group of sportsmen bought Springfield, Laurel Hill, Brookgreen and The Oaks to use as a hunting preserve. They...