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Cypress Gardens

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Description: View of Cypress Gardens, featuring a group of trees reflected in the water.
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United States Naval Training Camp

Date: 1918
Description: A view of two lines of sailors practicing tying knots in a wooded area at the United States Naval Training Camp. An officer stands in the center on a dirt...
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United States Naval Training Camp

Date: 1918
Description: A view of sailors eating at long tables under the pines at a U.S. Naval Training Camp. Decorative flags wave above them.
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United States Naval Training Camp

Date: 1918
Description: A view of sailors seated around a boxing ring, watching a match at a United States Naval Training Camp.
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United States Naval Training Camp

Date: 1918
Description: A group of soldiers play with a large push ball while others look on. The military buildings of the United States Naval Training Camp stand behind the spe...
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Vegetable Vendor With Basket Balanced on Head

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Description: African American vegetable vendor with a large basket of vegetables balanced on her head.
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Preparing Powders

Date: 1945
Description: Pharmacist Roy Bird Cook prepares medicinal powders to be weighed for a prescription.
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Interior of Cook's Drugstore

Date: 1945
Description: View of the interior of Cook's Drugstore. Several staff members are standing behind the counter in the store's rear. A customer waiting area is on the left...
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Fort Sumter

Date: 1915
Description: View across water toward Fort Sumter. Caption reads: "Fort Sumter, Charleston, S. C."
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Ruins of the Pinckney Mansion

Date: 1865
Description: Ruins of the Pinckney Mansion with rubble in the street after General Sherman's men burned the town near the end of the Civil War.
Plate 59
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Ruins of the Railroad Depot

Date: 1865
Description: The ruins of a railroad depot after General Sherman's men burned the town near the end of the Civil War.
Plate 61
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Ruins in Charleston, S.C.

Date: 1865
Description: The ruins of Charleston after General Sherman's men burned the town near the end of the Civil War. A man, smoking a pipe, and a boy sit on the shoreline of...
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Civil Rights Activist

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Description: A female, African American Civil Rights activist wearing a fur pelt attending a meeting.
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Baptist Church

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Description: View of the Baptist church built in 1822.
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Saint Michael's Alley

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Description: View of Saint Michael's Alley.
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Charleston Civil Rights Meeting

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Description: Charleston civil rights mass meeting, Myles Horton speaking. Joe Brown is sitting to the left of the podium, who later joined the South Carolina legislatur...
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Fort Moultrie

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Description: A view of Fort Moultrie from across a body of water. A doorway leads into the fort, and to the left a sign reads, "Cable Crossing Do Not Anchor." Past the ...
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United States Naval Training Camp

Date: 1918
Description: A view of three soldiers standing between rows of tents in a pine cove at a United States Naval Training Camp.
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Exterior View of Fort Sumpter

Date: 1866
Description: Exterior of Fort Sumter. A cannon has fallen on the steep shoreline and waves are hitting the rocks.
Plate 58
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Fort Sumpter

Date: 1865
Description: Exterior of Fort Sumpter [sic]. There are several men and a boat on the shoreline in the foreground.
Plate 56

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