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Japan's Surrender | History of SC Slide Collection

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Japan's Surrender | History of SC Slide Collection

Episode 17

The end of the Second World War came with the surrender of Japan on VJ Day, August 14, 1945. South Carolinians celebrated the victory with dancing in the streets of Charleston and with great joy. They...

Origins of Lowcountry Cuisine | Between the Waters Early 20th Century Northern Landowners in the South | Between the Waters

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Early 20th Century Northern Landowners in the South | Between the Waters

In the early years of the twentieth century, a number of prominent, wealthy Northerners purchased land on the Waccamaw Neck. Bernard Baruch, who bought Hobcaw Barony in 1905 as a winter vacation home...

America Mourns the Death of Pres. Roosevelt | History of SC Slide Collection

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America Mourns the Death of Pres. Roosevelt | History of SC Slide Collection

Episode 16

The April 12, 1945, death of Franklin D. Roosevelt at Warm Springs, Georgia, brought an outpouring of grief from the nation. Thousands of people flocked to watch his funeral train pass through the...

Origins of Lowcountry Cuisine | Between the Waters

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Origins of Lowcountry Cuisine | Between the Waters

Culinary adaptations transformed traditional African dishes into a unique, new creolized cuisine, influenced by European and Native American traditions, and characteristic of Gullah culture. Foodways...

Between the Waters Learning Activity Rice Fields at Hobcaw Barony | Between the Waters

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Rice Fields at Hobcaw Barony | Between the Waters

In 1956 Bernard Baruch signed over all of Hobcaw Barony to his daughter, Belle. Belle died in 1964, leaving Hobcaw "for the purpose of teaching and/or research in forestry, marine biology, and the...

Surrender of Nazi Germany in 1945 | History of SC Slide Collection

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Surrender of Nazi Germany in 1945 | History of SC Slide Collection

Episode 15

Victory in Europe was celebrated throughout the nation after four years of warfare. Although American forces were still fighting in Japan, the Greenville "News" headline illustrates the celebration...

Hampton Prisoner of War Camp | History of SC Slide Collection

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Hampton Prisoner of War Camp | History of SC Slide Collection

Episode 14

Several prisoner-of-war camps were established in South Carolina to house captured Germans. This is the street of a camp in Hampton, photographed around 1944. Courtesy of Mildred B. Rivers.

Mt. Vernon Mills Ceremony | History of SC Slide Collection

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Mt. Vernon Mills Ceremony | History of SC Slide Collection

Episode 13

This Mt. Vernon Mills ceremony,held in Columbia, on October 27, 1943, presents the Army-Navy flag to one of the units in the mill for buying the most E-Bonds. Such ceremonies helped promote the sale...

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Civilians Support Red Cross Efforts | History of SC Slide Collection

Episode 12

Civilians were encouraged to donate time and materials to the Red Cross efforts to support United States troops overseas. Here, Mrs. McKissick of Greenville knits supplies for the Red Cross. Courtesy...

Civilian Sacrifices on the Home Front | History of SC Slide Collection

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Civilian Sacrifices on the Home Front | History of SC Slide Collection

Episode 11

The Second World War, like the first, required sacrifice and work at home, as well as the commitment of soldiers fighting abroad. During the war, civilians were called on to conserve almost everything...

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