13 Historic Photos That Show Us What It Was Like Living In South Carolina In The Early 1900s
South Carolina has changed a great deal in the last 80-100 years. We’ve come a long way! Whether you were actually around back in the early 1900s, or not, you may find the following window into the past is a fascinating perspective.
This photo taken in 1938 shows two children on a small horse outside a boarding house. Boarding houses were common places to live throughout the U.S. until the 1950s.
As seen in this photo, the long bench outside the store was quite the gathering spot in 1943! This, by the way, was taken 51 years prior to the construction of the still standing UFO Welcome Center.
There was certainly a lot more room for cars way back then...
Since tobacco is often harvested in July or August, this would have been a very hot task in the sweltering summer sun.
In the early 1900s, South Carolina was one of the biggest cotton-producing states in the country.
Camp Jackson was established in 1917 during World War I. It is now the largest basic combat training facility in America. More than 48,000 basic training trainees and 12,000 advanced training trainees pass through Fort Jackson each year.
Ashwood Plantation was a settlement farm, a sponsored farm community, created for tenant farmers that were moved as part of the New Deal.
Did your school have typing class and shop class?
December in South Carolina can be hit or miss when it comes to cooler weather. On this particular day in December 1938, the weather was mild enough to warrant not wearing a warm jacket.
In this photo from 1938, farm workers string tobacco to get it ready to hang out to cure.
Abandoned homesteads in South Carolina are a haunting scene that we still seek out today, as if looking into the past could help understand what's ahead in our future.
South Carolina’s history may not run long in comparison to other places around the world, but our story runs deep, especially in the hearts of true South Carolinians. What other things do you recall from the early to mid-1900s? Shout them out in the comments.
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