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The stone columns of the lower lobby, as well as all of the stone in the State House building, are blue granite, the state stone of South Carolina. Ninety percent of the blue granite used in the...South Carolina Counties
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Stone Columns | The SC State House
Marble Floors | The SC State House
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The pink and white floors of the lower lobby are over 100 years old. The white marble, like that of the walls, is from Georgia. The pink marble is from Tennessee.
Marble Walls | The SC State House
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A result of the State House renovations, a significant change to the lower lobby has been the addition of white Georgian marble to the walls.
Geneva Lena Loewe: Quilting Photo | Digital Traditions
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A master at her craft, Geneva Loewe made quilts for over 50 years. She learned to sew pieced and appliqued quilts from her maternal grandmother, Mary Porcher, who also practiced midwifery in the...
Audrey Liddle: Quilting Photo | Digital Traditions
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Quilting Ms. Audrey Liddle is a shop owner and quilter in Lexington County. She learned the art of making quilts from her grandmother in Pennsylvania. She started when she was just six years old and...
Rebecca Hill Photos | Digital Traditions
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Resident of Promised Land, SC (Greenwood County). Learned how to quilt and make lye soap from her mother. Her father could make just about any type of split-oak basket: fish trap, clothes hamper...
Corduroy Quilt -1 | Digital Traditions
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Resident of Promised Land, SC (Greenwood County). Learned how to quilt and make lye soap from her mother. Her father could make just about any type of split-oak basket: fish trap, clothes hamper...
Quilting -1 | Digital Traditions
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Resident of Promised Land, SC (Greenwood County). Learned how to quilt and make lye soap from her mother. Her father could make just about any type of split-oak basket: fish trap, clothes hamper...
Killing Hogs -2 | Digital Traditions
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Resident of Promised Land, SC (Greenwood County). Learned how to quilt and make lye soap from her mother. Her father could make just about any type of split-oak basket: fish trap, clothes hamper...