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| Description: | Horse and wagon carrying five men in front of a damaged building, probably the blast furnace for the York Iron Company. |
| Date: | 1865 |
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| Description: | The ruins of Charleston after General Sherman's men burned the town near the end of the Civil War. A man, smoking a pipe, and a boy sit on the shoreline of... |
| Date: | 1866 |
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| Description: | Destruction of Columbia after General Sherman's men burned the town near the end of the Civil War. Plate 53 |
| Date: | 1966 |
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| Description: | "Two rooms. Six people, ages 33, 12, 8, 5, 2, 1. Wood heat. $12.00 per month. Carry water from neighbors front yard." Beekman Quarters housed 81 people i... |
| Date: | 1966 |
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| Description: | "A water faucet located at the top of the hill (the upper end of the alley) behind the boy is used by eleven families, 28 people, who live in the buildings... |
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| Description: | A man in work clothes and a hat stands in front of a weathered wooden building. A cat crouches near his feet, another sits to the right. Tall grass is grow... |
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| Description: | The boss says — The center is — Good workmen then served two masters One a man, the other a craft A fine-edged tool biting life-long in... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Man on a horse-drawn McCormick mower. In the background are the worn walls of a stone building, perhaps the ruined foundation of a church. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | A man using a horse-drawn mower near the ruins of a stone building. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Man posing on a horse-drawn mower in front of the ruins of a building surrounded by a fence. The building is probably a church as there are wreaths on grav... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Rear view of a man on a horse-drawn mower. In the background are the ruins of a large building, probably a church. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Rear view of a man using an ox-drawn mower. In the background are the ruins of an abandoned house. |
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