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Glenn Springs Hotel, in Spartanburg County. Built 1838, it burned in 1941. This photograph was probably taken about 1900. A train brought vacationers and South Carolinians escaping the heat of the...The state of South Carolina is made up of 46 counties. Learn more about each county by selecting a county below to explore people, places and events.
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Glenn Springs Hotel, in Spartanburg County. Built 1838, it burned in 1941. This photograph was probably taken about 1900. A train brought vacationers and South Carolinians escaping the heat of the...Photo
Shealy's Barbecue in Leesville. Mrs. Sara Shealy stirs the green beans at lunch time. April 21, 1983, photo by Perry Baker. Courtesy of "The State" newspaper.Photo
The Southerner on Pearl Street in Darlington is an example of the beginning of modern drive-in fast food businesses in South Carolina, photographed around 1958. Courtesy of the Darlington County...Photo
Open air markets have been an important way for farmers to sell their produce to city people. The artist Alfred Hutty (1877-1954) created a vivid etching of the Charleston Market in the 1920s...Photo
The interior of Raffield's Beauty Salon in Sumter was also the home of the Sumter Beauty School around 1940. Photo by Lecoq Studios. Courtesy of the Sumter County Museum Archives.Photo
The men's clothing store of S.M. Jones and Company in Chester, around the turn of the century. Courtesy of the Winthrop University Archives.Photo
Drug stores played an important role in the business districts of small towns in South Carolina. This is the interior of the Searson Drug Store in Allendale around 1907. Courtesy of the South...Photo
Street merchant Lynn Cohens sells souvenirs at the corner of Assembly and Rosewood during the visit of Pope John Paul to Columbia, September 1987. Photo by Sean Keeter. Courtesy of "The State"...Photo
Most mill villages featured a company store where mill operatives could buy the necessities of life without leaving the town. The interior of this store in the Winnsboro Mill Village in Fairfield...Photo
The retail section of Columbia, photographed in 1908. Courtesy of the South Caroliniana Library.