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The Winburn Photo Studio | History Of SC Slide Collection
The Winburn Photo Studio | History Of SC Slide Collection
Episode 2

Photo

Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

The Winburn Photo Studio, located on South Main Street in Sumter around 1900, illustrates the importance of this form of business in many South Carolina communities. The Studio advertises "Photographs...
Samuel George | History Of SC Slide Collection
Samuel George | History Of SC Slide Collection
Episode 1

Photo

Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

The calendar on the wall of this office identifies the year as 1904. Samuel George, seated in the center, operated a number of businesses out of his Lexington County office. Note the old-fashioned...
Eddie Dennis' Photos | Digital Traditions
Eddie Dennis' Photos | Digital Traditions

Photo

Grades: Higher Education

Proprietor of the Blenheim Bottling Company in Blenheim, SC (Marlboro County) . The company is known for its famous Blenheim Ginger Ale and has been in business for over 80 years. The formula for the...
Postcard, 1910 | History of SC Slide Collection
Postcard, 1910 | History of SC Slide Collection
Episode 9

Photo

Postcard from Wm. H. Cobb and Co. 5 & 10 Cent Stores, Greenville. "Two South Carolina Products: A County Dispensary and Yoked Oxen as Motive Power." Ca. 1910. Courtesy of the South Caroliniana Library...
York County - Afro-American Insurance Co.
York County - Afro-American Insurance Co.

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Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

The Afro-American Insurance Company Building was constructed c. 1909 by William W. Smith, an African American architect and builder from Charlotte, North Carolina. It housed the local office of the...