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The unidentified couple were chosen by the Department of Agriculture as "Master Farmers." WPA photo, 1930s. Courtesy of the South Caroliniana Library.
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The Works Progress Administration taught African-American and white women to make quilts through homemaker classes. Here, a group of South Carolina women work on quilting (sewing together the layers...
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This aerial view of Fort Moultrie was taken in 1980 after the fort had become a National Park and was restored to show the evolution of Atlantic coast defense fortifications from the Revolutionary War...
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The Kershaw County Courthouse was designed by famed South Carolina architect Robert Mills and built in 1826. The original courthouse had Ionic columns; local citizens, who wanted a more "modern"...
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A hunting party in at Aiken, around 1910. The dry, pleasant climate attracted winter visitors to Aiken as early as the 1850s, but its real expansion as a winter resort took place after the Civil War...
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To commemorate the 70th anniversary of the D-Day invasion of Normandy, many veterans make the journey to France to remember the battle that took place. For the remaining veterans still alive, this...
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After the victory in Italy, the next large-scale campaign would be “Operation Overlord”: a massive allied mobilization by the Americans and the British, to drive the Germans out of France. American...
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With the majority of men off fighting the war overseas, women on the home-front had to step up to take on jobs that men would usually do. Most war machines and weapons, such as tanks, airplanes, and...