The Economic Landscape

1975 TO PRESENT. South Carolinians, businesses and organizations help define and establish business and economic practices in the late 20th century and early 21st century.

The Downtown Cooper River Docks In Charleston | History Of SC Slide Collection

Episode 9

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

The downtown Cooper River docks in Charleston. Charleston's harbor fell into disrepair in the early 20th century after neglect by the railroads, which controlled the docks through the Terminal Company...

Darlington County Bank And Trust | History Of SC Slide Collection

Episode 1

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Interior of the Darlington County Bank and Trust in 1947. Courtesy of the Darlington County Historical Commission.

Change Of Occupation In Office Work | History Of SC Slide Collection

Episode 2

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

Office work changed from being primarily a male occupation to one dominated by women between the early 20th century and this 1960s photograph of a Winthrop College student in typing class. Courtesy of...

South Carolina State Ports Authority | History Of SC Slide Collection

Episode 4

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

Charleston has been reestablished as one of the major port cities on the East Coast since the Second World War by the advent of the phenomena of container cargo, and the farsightedness of the South...

V.C. Summer Nuclear Plant | History of SC Slide Collection

Episode 9

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

V.C. Summer Nuclear Plant, Fairfield County, showing the giant steam turbine at the nuclear station. Photo by Tim Dominick, November 1984. Courtesy of "The State" newspaper.

Summer Nuclear Plant | History of SC Slide Collection

Episode 8

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

Aerial view of the Summer Nuclear Plant, located near Columbia and operated by SCE&G. It was completed in 1984 as an alternative to water or coal generated production to meet growing demands for...

Traveling Southern Style: A lesson on the Jim Crow Laws

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Grades: 5

The Negro Travelers’ Green Book began publication in 1936. The book offered “Assured Protection for the Negro Traveler”. The publisher-owner Victor Green began the idea from personal experiences while...

Turkeys | History of SC Slide Collection

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Turkey processing at the Louis Rich Poultry plant in Newberry. Photo by Doug Gilmore, February 12, 1988. Courtesy of "The State" newspaper.

Florence: A Renaissance Spirit: New South | Carolina Stories

Episode 5

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Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Higher Education

In the midst of these dramatic social changes, an economic transformation was taking place. It was after the days of World War II, after 1945, when Florence really burst into the New South. In the...

South Carolina Today | Conversations on SC History

Episode 21

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8

Noted South Carolina historian Dr. Walter Edgar discusses the key issues in SC History. South Carolina Today is discussed: Changed Politically, Socially, and Educationally Economic Development -...

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