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Drawing

Hook's Defeat

Date: 03 26 1876
Description: Hand-drawn map showing the place of Hook's defeat in York County in South Carolina.
Photograph

Oyster and Clam Vendor

Date: 
Description: An African American vendor of oysters and clams is shown pushing his wheelbarrow. A building with an exterior brick chimney is behind him.
Photograph

The Chicken Peddler

Date: 
Description: A man poses while selling chickens on the street. A building with an exterior brick chimney is behind him.
Drawing

Landsford, Chester County

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Description: Drawn map of Landsford, South Carolina, from Thomas Sumter Papers.
Map or Atlas

Map of York County

Date: 1869
Description: Hand-drawn map of York County, South Carolina.
Photograph

Park Gate

Date: 
Description: A view of an ornate metal gateway to a city park. Trees, facing rows of park benches and a bust on a pedestal can be seen through the gate.
Photograph

City Hall

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Description: A view of the side and front facade of the city hall. Three people and a dog are standing under the arch on the left. Caption reads: "Published by Norton D...
Photograph

Court House and Monument

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Description: A view of people standing on the sidewalk in front of the courthouse and the Confederate monument.
Photograph

Beer Hotel

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Description: View of the Beer Hotel. Guests stand outside of Horton's Pharmacy next door. Vehicles are parked along side the frontage road.
Photograph

Washington Street

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Description: A view of Washington Street. Trees line the street, as do telephone and/or electric lines. A carriage is parked on the right side of the street, in the mid...
Photograph

Magazine Street

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Description: A view of Magazine Street, with four people, two men and two women, posing on their horses. Trees line the street, and houses and fences are on both sides....
Photograph

Atlantic Coastline Railroad Station

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Description: The Atlantic Coastline Railroad Station was formed on July 18, 1898 as a consolidation of the Wilmington, Columbia and Augusta Railroad and Northeastern Ra...
Photograph

Farmers Bank and Trust Company

Date: 
Description: View from street toward the exterior of the Farmers Bank and Trust Company.
Photograph

Bank of Western Carolina

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Description: View across intersection toward the Bank of Western Carolina, with people and automobiles on the street and sidewalks.
Photograph

Beaufort River Waterfront

Date: 1927
Description: The Beaufort river waterfront as seen from Lady's Island bridge. There are wooden buildings, piers and a tree-line in the background.
Photograph

Bringing Cotton to Market

Date: 10 01 1896
Description: A number of farmers bringing large bales of cotton to market on horse-drawn carts. A building in the back has the words "Bailey, Barksdale & Co." painted o...
Photograph

St. David's Episcopal Church

Date: 
Description: A view of the church from the side, as well as a view of the grounds, which includes a cemetery. An iron fence surrounds the grounds, with both carriage an...
Photograph

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
Photograph

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...
Photograph

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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