The ways in which South Carolinians have earned their livings, enriched themselves and the state, and provided essential goods and services to each other, the region, and the nation have varied over time and place, and are becoming increasingly diverse. The images collected together in this category do not make up the whole story. Users of this collection are urged to look also at the following section on transportation, and to use the search function for additional images that illustrate the agriculture, commerce and industry of South Carolina.
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A county agent inspects the yield of a farmer's peanut crop after he has used fertilizer; photo by G.W. Ackerman for the U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1923. Courtesy of the National Archives and...
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During the 1920s, the crop that a sharecropper planted was often controlled by the market to which he sold it. Many sharecroppers' wives were able to find a market for some of the vegetables from...
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This photograph at the State Fair in 1926 shows boys and older men lined up in a calf competition. Courtesy of the South Caroliniana Library.
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State and County Fair competitions were an important way for farmers to exchange information about their crops and livestock. Until the 1960s, separate segregated fairs were held, both in individual...
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A beekeeper tends his hives in Oconee County around 1960. Courtesy of the Clemson University Libraries.
