Tobacco Growing, South Carolina
Tobacco is the most stable crop planted on farms surrounding Myrtle Beach and Conway, South Carolina.
This crop is just ready for pulling and one of Harry County's
most famous sharecroppers, John Monroe Johnson Holiday, is seen sizing up the leaf for tomorrow's cropping. Curing barns are in the background.
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
The Riviera of the South.
Myrtle Beach
Aerial view of Pavillion and Amusement Park
Myrtle Beach
As seen from one of the piers.
Rainbow Row, Charleston, SC
Typical of the English type of architecture are these
double houses of 18th Century aspect.
This East Bay Street scene is near the site of Vanderhorst Row, a three-storey building believed to be the first apartment house
built in America.
Old Slave Mart Museum, Charleston, NC
Established in 1937 by Miss Miriam Wilson in the only building left in Charleston where slaves are
known to have been sold. The Chalmers Street Museum traces the
history of the American Negro and preserves many specimens of his craftmanship.
It also has an art gallery featuring works by contemporary Negro artists as well as handcraft from all over the world.
Fort Sumter, Charleston, SC
Constructed 1829-1860 and named for General Thomas Sumter of Revolutionary fame,
it was fired on from Fort Johnson by a Confederate Battery to initiate the American Civil War.
Confederates soon occupied the fort and held it thoughout most of the war withstanding
one of the longest sieges in modern history.
Fort Sumter is visited daily by four boats from the Municipal Yacht Basin.
Aerial View of Fort Sumter
Fort Sumter stands on a shoal in Charleston Harbor.
During the four years of the Civil War, Union forces hurled over 7 million pounds of metal at the fort in an
attempt to recapture it.
Holiday Inn, Charleston, SC
On US Ocean Highway 17 South.
The Road to Summerville, SC
Scenic road along the Ashley River runs from Charleston to Summerville and is bordered by
several of Charleston's famous gardens. the canopy of Spanish Moss is so thick in some areas that sunlight never reaches the ground.
Legend of the Spanish Moss
Oconaluftee Indian Village, Cherokee, NC
Using the methods of their ancestors in the setting of a recreated Indian Village of 200 years ago, these Cherokee women show the artistic talent of their people.
Basket Making, Oconaluftee Indian Village
The Village is the only place in the world where the double-weave cane baskets are made while you watch. The Village is a project of the Cherokee Historical Association.
