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Polio, the disease which had crippled Franklin D. Roosevelt, remained a serious threat to the health of American children until the development of a vaccine to prevent it, by Jonas Salk in 1950. This...
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Henri Monteith Treadwell (age 17), James Solomon (age 33) and Robert Anderson (age 19), speaking to news media after registering in September 1963 as the first African-American students at the...
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In the early years of the twentieth century, a number of prominent, wealthy Northerners purchased land on the Waccamaw Neck. Bernard Baruch, who bought Hobcaw Barony in 1905 as a winter vacation home...
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President Taft speaks at the South Carolina State Fair Grounds on November 6, 1909. Courtesy of the South Carolina State Museum.
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Martin Frederick Ansel (1850-1945) is being sworn in as governor in the South Carolina State House. Ansel served as governor from 1907 to 1911. Courtesy of the South Caroliniana Library.
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Union County's most famous military organization was "The Johnson Rifles." Named in honor of Governor David Johnson, these riflemen were the first South Carolinians to report for duty in the Mexican...
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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...
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Scarcely had the city of Charleston recovered from the 1886 earthquake than the entire coast, including Charleston, was struck by a devastating hurricane in 1893. It created extensive damage in the...
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Hundreds of people were left homeless by the destruction of the 1886 earthquake. Others feared to stay in their homes lest there should be another quake, or weakened walls collapse. Here, families...
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The force of the 1886 Charleston earthquake knocked this train from its tracks. Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration.