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A modern basket maker, Jannie Cohen, demonstrates her mastery of this ancient African skill. Courtesy of the South Carolina State Museum.
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A group of Penn School baskets, illustrating their many forms, as well as the beauty that made them an important craft that Sea Island residents could sell as the tourist industry began to expand in...
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The first basket teacher at the Penn School worked to revive and perpetuate the African basket making skills among the children of the Sea Islands. The baskets made had a wide range of utilitarian...
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Walter Thompson shows the method for stirring sheep stew
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Walter and Bernice Thompson discuss stewmaster Maxie Moore’s skill in making sheep stew.
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Wayne Parrish and Billy Wilkinson’s families made sheep stew.
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by Vennie Deas-Moore. A South Carolina native, Deas-Moore is a photographer and writer who specializes in the cultural history of the Lowcountry, especially the rice culture of Georgetown County. My...
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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...
Lesson
Students will analyze primary sources to discern the beliefs of Ben Tillman and his “Tillmanites” and how those beliefs and values affected Progressive era reforms.
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Middleton Place was one of the great plantations along the Ashley River. A three story brick house was probably built around 1705 by John Williams. His daughter married Henry Middleton and after their...