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Traveling salesmen were using automobiles to travel across South Carolina as early as 1915. This photograph of the Dillon Wholesale Grocery shows horse-drawn transportation alongside such an...
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Ellenton, one of several towns that was moved in order to make room for the Savannah River Plant (see South Carolina Enters The Nuclear Age). Here Herbert Harden, Railway Express Agent, moves bundles...
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The Atlantic Coast Lumber Company built this railroad to Pawley's Island from Haley Landing on the Waccamaw River in 1902 to make the island resort easier to reach. The causeway to the island was...
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Horses had to be shoed, and buggy wheels needed repair when broken, just as a flat tire requires the services of a garage or gas station today. This 1906 billhead illustrates the services this...
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Wheeler's Transfer and Livery Company in Columbia was photographed with some of the variety of vehicles available for hire displayed in front of their office and stables in 1910. Courtesy of the South...
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Horse-drawn transportation provided opportunities for a number of businesses, just as a wide range of businesses offer service, sale, repair and rental of cars and trucks. This advertisement for...
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Development has drawn increasing numbers of people to the coastal regions of the state since the Second World War. This photo by Bill Scroggins of Garden City Beach in 1986 shows the high tide lapping...
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These bath houses at Myrtle Beach were popular with beach-goers in 1910. Courtesy of the South Caroliniana Library.
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The development of the Isle of Palms was a cherished dream of Charleston Mayor John P. Grace. Almost single-handedly in the late 1920s, he persuaded Chicago investors that South Carolina could compete...