Tag Archives: South Carolina

Robert Frank (1924-2019)

Robert Frank, McClellanville, South Carolina, 1955 (printed 1975) (225.1996) Robert Frank, Mabou (electric dog), 1980 (2007.106.2) F. Bedrich Grunzweig, Robert Frank, 1955-56 (373.1988)

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The sun

Cynthia Farnell, Steeple, Horry County, South Carolina, 2010 (2010.76.2) Weegee, [Empire State Building, New York], ca. 1955 (3378.1993) Weegee, Statue of Liberty, ca. 1961 (5916.1993) Charles H. Traub, Queensbridge Park, New York, 1988 (446.1991) Wu Yinxian, Afterglow, Guangxi, 1965 (167.1988) … Continue reading

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Nurse-midwife Maude Callen

W. Eugene Smith, [Nurse-midwife Maude Callen examining throat glands of young boy], 1951 (1003.2005) W. Eugene Smith, [Maude and doctor examining emaciated woman-side view], 1951 (984.2005) W. Eugene Smith, [Maude wiping head of young boy with distended belly, older boy watching], 1951 … Continue reading

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Lowering the Confederate Flag

Thursday evening, July 9, 2015, Governor Nikki R. Haley signed into law a bill to lower the Confederate battle flag that had been waving at the South Carolina State House in Columbus for 50 years. After emotional debates among lawmakers and over … Continue reading

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Radical Members of the South Carolina Legislature

Unidentified Photographer, Radical Members of the South Carolina Legislature, ca. 1868–72 (442.2005) In 1867, the governments of the former Confederate states were restructured to reflect the new political order of the post-Civil War South. Federal troops oversaw the implementation of … Continue reading

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Girls in Swamps

Martin Munkácsi, [Woman sitting on tree stump, Cypress Gardens, South Carolina], 1937 Martin Munkácsi, [Woman sitting on tree stump, Cypress Gardens, South Carolina], 1937 Munkácsi Martin, [Woman sitting on tree stump, Cypress Gardens, South Carolina], 1937 Martin Munkácsi, [Women sitting … Continue reading

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