Evans, Emily Plume | South Carolina Public Radio
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"E" is for Evans, Emily Plume [Died 1942] Suffragist. Club-woman.Audio
"L" is for Lintheads. [Origin unknown]South Carolina - Early 20th Century
1914 -1945. Meet South Carolinians who survived and succeeded during World War I (1914-1918), the Roaring Twenties (1920 -1929), and other major events during the early 20th century like The Great Depression (1929-39) and World War II (1939-1945).
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Phifer, Mary Hardy | South Carolina Public Radio
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"P" is for Phifer, Mary Hardy [1879-1962] Journalist.
McMillan, Claude Richelieu | South Carolina Public Radio
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“M” is for McMillan, Claude Richelieu [1899-1961]. Engineer. After graduating from USC with a degree in civil engineering, McMillan went to work with the South Carolina Highway Department. In 1941...
Piedmont and Northern Railway | South Carolina Public Radio
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“P” is for Piedmont and Northern Railway. James B. Duke planned the Piedmont and Northern [P&N] electric railway to assist in the industrialization of the Piedmont region of the Carolinas. The line...
Long, William Williams | South Carolina Public Radio
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“L” is for Long, William Williams [1861-1934]. Agriculturalist. A native North Carolinian, Long worked his family farm before joining the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Bureau of Plant Industry. He...
The Columbia City Waterworks | History of SC Slide Collection
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The Columbia City Waterworks were completed in January of 1907 to pump water from the Columbia Canal and treat it before pumping it to serve the city's residents. Before the construction of this...
Greeks | South Carolina Public Radio
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“G” is for Greeks. Greek immigrants began arriving in South Carolina at the turn of the 20th century, seeking to escape the economic stagnation of their own country. They quickly found a niche in...
Duke’s Mayonnaise | South Carolina Public Radio
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“D” is for Duke’s Mayonnaise. Duke’s Mayonnaise is one of the South’s favorite condiments. Around 1917, Eugenia Duke mixed her first batch of mayonnaise in her Greenville home. Unlike similar...
Charleston Renaissance | South Carolina Public Radio
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“C” is for Charleston Renaissance [ca. 1915-1940]. The Charleston Renaissance was a multifaceted cultural renewal. Artists, musicians, writers, historians, and preservationists—individually and in...