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Paving heavily traveled roads with concrete involved such heavy costs that states sought help from the national government. This fresh concrete on a Greenville County road was part of a Federal...South Carolina Counties
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Paving Roads With Concrete | History Of SC Slide Collection
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Improvement Of Local Roads For Automobiles, 1928 | History Of SC Slide Collection
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The automobile made improvement of local roads necessary. Here, a grading machine completes improvements on recently paved Route 38 in Horry County during the summer of 1928. Courtesy of the South...
Gas Station Increase In The 1930's | History Of SC Slide Collection
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As the number of South Carolinians who owned automobiles increased in the 1930s, so did the number of nationally owned gas stations, like this one in Greenville. Courtesy of the Greenville County...
The Owen-Woodward Company | History Of SC Slide Collection
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The Owen-Woodward company was the second drive-in gas station in Darlington. Its signs advertise its many automotive services: "Gas, Oil, Tires and Accessories." The caption on the photograph...
Chandler and Drake Auto Repair Shop, 1924 | History Of SC Slide Collection
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Chandler and Drake Auto Repair Shop in 1924; the third man from the left is F.W. Drake. Courtesy of the Darlington County Historical Commission.
Truck Drivers Wait To Deliver Cargo To Wando Welch Terminal Facilities | History Of SC Slide Collection
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Truck drivers wait in line to leave their containerized cargo at the Wando Welch Terminal Facilities of the South Carolina State Ports Authority in Charleston. In 1988, Charleston handled nearly 5...
House Loaded Onto Two Trailers Ready To be Moved | History Of SC Slide Collection
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"Close-up view of house loaded on two trailers ready to be moved. Boy Scout Cabin Site is immediately at right-hand side of picture." This photograph was taken on January 29, 1949, as construction...
Ballanger Coal Wagon | History Of SC Slide Collection
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Coal furnaces provided central heating for many South Carolina homes. This Ballanger coal wagon delivered fuel to houses throughout the Greenville area in the 1950s. Courtesy of the Greenville County...
School Buses Pull Up At Sesquicentennial State Park, 1941 | History Of SC Slide Collection
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School buses pull up to unload children for a day of recreation at Sesquicentennial State Park, near Columbia, in 1941. Courtesy of the South Carolina Department of Parks, Recreation, and Tourism.
Office, And School Truck At Vaucluse, S.C., 1910 | History Of SC Slide Collection
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Office and school truck at Vaucluse, South Carolina, in 1910. Mr. J. Wesley Rearden is shown standing, with derby hat, on the far side at the front end of the truck. Courtesy of the South Caroliniana...