St. scene, Columbia, South Carolina, 1909 – Historic Photograph Print
(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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Step back in time with St. scene, Columbia, South Carolina, 1909, a historic image rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
Library of Congress record: St. scene, Columbia, S.C.
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St. scene, Columbia, South Carolina, 1909
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Columbia, South Carolina, in 1909 was the state capital and a center of cotton trade, railroad traffic, and textile and lumber activity, with the University of South Carolina and several colleges shaping its civic life. The city had rebuilt after Sherman's troops burned much of it in February 1865, and by the early twentieth century its streets were lined with state government offices, churches, and the brick commercial blocks of Main Street. Railroad lines radiating from the city carried cotton, lumber, and passengers, and the Congaree and Broad rivers supplied water power for nearby mills. The panorama of the city's streetscape would have shown a place proud of its statehouse and its growing business district, a community still working through the social order of the Jim Crow era.
| Created / published | 1909 |
|---|---|
| Creator | haines photo co. (conneaut, ohio) |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--South Carolina |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,189 × 1,390 px · prints to 17 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | St. scene, Columbia, S.C. |
| Reference | SC 1909 St. scene, Columbia |
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