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Charleston, S.C. : The Woman's Exchange – Historic Print

Charleston, S.C. : The Woman's Exchange, 1907 — historic photograph
Charleston, S.C. : The Woman's Exchange, 1907. Historic photograph from the Charleston collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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This rare historic photograph captures Charleston, S.C. : The Woman's Exchange in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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Charleston, S.C. : The Woman's Exchange

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The Woman's Exchange in Charleston, South Carolina, named in this 1907 photoprint, points to a specific local business rather than the city in general. Women's exchanges were common in American cities in the early 1900s. They sold needlework, preserves, baked goods and other handmade items on consignment, giving middle-class and widowed women a way to earn income from domestic skills. The print is credited to Lucien Wulsin, but the catalog notes that these details come from an unverified caption card, so the date and attribution are worth checking against other sources.

Created / published1907
Medium1 photographic print.
NotesPhotoprint by Lucien Wulsin. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geogr.; BI.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,510 px · prints to 5 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-148685

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