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Columbia Historical Photos (1865-1918)

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SC Picture Project / Richland County / Columbia Historical Photos (1865-1918)

These were pictures the Security Federal Savings and Loan Association had for their customers. The Savings and Loan is out of business today. Thanks to John Howell of Columbia for sharing these historical photos with us. John writes: “My mother obtained them in the late 1960s.”

Farmers Market at Assembly Street
Berry's Store on Main St (1891)
Columbia Academy for Boys
Camp Jackson (1917)
Columbia College around 1900
Columbia Police and Fire Department
Gervais Bridge and Flooding Congaree (1908)
Governor Richard I. Manning
Late 1800's Columbia Home
View down Main Street from the SC State House.
Main Street after Sherman's March (1865)
President Taft's Visit (1909)
Rebuilt Main Street from Statehouse
Rifle Company at Hyatt Park
Parade of Spanish-American War Soldiers
Snow Fall at the State House
Main Street & Sylvan Jewelers (1918)
Wheeler's Transfer & Livery Company

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  1. House of Prayer for All People says

    April 15, 2019 at 10:35 PM

    Do you have any of the House of Prayer tent services on Cherry Street in Columbia in the 1940s-50s? We are celebrating our centennial year and I’m trying to do research with pictures. Thank you.

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    • SC Picture Project says

      April 15, 2019 at 11:24 PM

      We do not have any ourselves, but we did look for you and it appears that there is one of a baptism located at the Richland County Digital Library: https://cdm16817.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16817coll7/id/287.

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  2. Kathy Morrell Newman says

    May 14, 2018 at 2:50 PM

    Do you know of a photo of snow in the 1890s? I am writing an article for The Columbia Star, part of which includes my grandmother’s comments re: snow in her diary, 1890-95. Would love to find one to use with story. Thank you, Kathy

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    • SCIWAY says

      May 15, 2018 at 1:22 AM

      Hi Kathy, we do not have an archive of historic images outside of what is posted unfortunately, but we did do a search using http://www.scememory.org. That website searches through various archives in the state (that participate) and we did see some of Columbia in the snow in that timeframe, hopefully one of these can help! Here is a direct link with wording we used for the search: http://test.scmemory-search.org/?q=columbia+snow

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  3. Bobby Reed says

    August 7, 2015 at 11:57 AM

    My great grandfather was a master chef at the Columbia Hotel but I can't find any photos of him and the other staff (cooks). Are thee any other archives that are available that may have photos of him?

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  4. John Howell says

    January 23, 2014 at 6:53 PM

    These photos were obtained by my mother in the late 1960s.

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  5. Pat Mostyn says

    January 17, 2014 at 11:55 AM

    I recently came upon a partial set of these photo reproductions – they have small numbers in the lower left corner. Any idea when the set was issued through the Savings and Loan?

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