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The first air express out of Columbia, at Owens Field, 1936. Mayor L.B. Owens poses with M.A. Shepard and Robert Reed, pilot and co-pilot. The plane was owned by Delta Airlines. Courtesy of the South...South Carolina Counties
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Owen's Field, The First Air Express Out Of Columbia | History Of SC Slide Collection
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A Hydroplane Lands In Charleston Harbor | History Of SC Slide Collection
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A hydroplane lands in the Charleston harbor around 1940. Courtesy of the Charleston Museum, Charleston, South Carolina.
Formal Opening Of the Greenville Municipal Airport | History Of SC Slide Collection
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The Furman University Band performed at the formal opening of the Greenville Municipal Airport, November 1928. Band members reportedly went aloft in the Ford tri-motored plane in the background,...
Dedication Of Woodward Airport | History Of SC Slide Collection
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Dedication of Woodward Airport, just outside of Camden, in Kershaw County, 1929. Courtesy of the South Caroliniana Library.
South Carolina's First Airplane | History Of SC Slide Collection
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This airplane--thought to be South Carolina's first - was purchased in 1911 for $1,000 by William Murchison of Dillon, and F.E. Rowe and C.W. Dudley of Bennettsville. It was assembled in Hamer's...
The Cooper River Bridge | History Of SC Slide Collection
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Aerial view of the Cooper River Bridge, named after Mayor John P. Grace, who was instrumental in having it built in 1929. Originally a toll bridge operated by the private Cooper River Bridge Company...
Pacolet Mill Workers Cross The Iron Bridge | History Of SC Slide Collection
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The town of Pacolet, in Spartanburg County, attracted large numbers of workers to its mills. Here, a number of mill operatives cross the iron bridge over the Pacolet River in 1913. Courtesy of the...
Pee Dee River Toll Bridge | History Of SC Slide Collection
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This toll bridge, photographed around 1900, provided a crossing over the Pee Dee River near Cheraw on what is now U.S. Route 1. Courtesy of the Cheraw Visitors Bureau.
Stone Bridge Over A Stream In Greenville | History Of SC slide Collection
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This stone bridge over a stream in Greenville County, 7 miles north of Tigerville, was built by hand labor out of large stones in 1820. U.S. Department of Agriculture photograph, May 1936.
Malfunction Junction | History Of SC Slide Collection
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Columbians call this complicated intersection of Interstate Highways 26 and 126 with Bush River Road, just north of their city, "Malfunction Junction." Photo by Todd Houston, June 1987. Courtesy of...