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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These women are receiving their diplomas as "Gray Ladies," volunteers in Columbia's African-American hospital, around 1950. Alt-Lee photographers. Courtesy of the South Caroliniana Library.
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These boys from the Greenville YMCA entered a float in a 1924 parade. Courtesy of the Greenville County Historical Society.
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An integrated group of African-Americans and whites (which was unusual in its time) gathers at a USO meeting on Harden Street operated by the YWCA around the time of the Second World War. The woman...
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The Richland Volunteer Rifle Company. Charles Cronenberry (1858-1915) is the sergeant, seated in the center of the group of three men wearing dark jackets, in front of the tent, at the center of the...
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The members and guests pose for a photograph at this Knights of Columbus dance held in Columbus Hall of St. Mary's Catholic Church in Greenville in 1923. Courtesy of the Greenville County Historical...
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Mrs. Mamie Norris Tillman, an active member of the Edgefield chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, as well as a founder of the Edgefield County Historical Society, helps to dedicate an...
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This group of Confederate Army veterans met often for reunions in Greenville in the early 1900s. Courtesy of the Greenville County Historical Society.
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Gordon Light Infantry of Fairfield County, around 1900. Courtesy of the Fairfield County Museum.
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A traditional skill of the mountain and Piedmont areas is the crafting of baskets out of carefully split white oak. Here, Franklin Deloach shows the first stage in the making of a white oak basket...
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A Berkeley County woman squeezes excess water out of her clean laundry by running clothes through a mechanical wringer. Courtesy of the South Caroliniana Library.
