We all had so much fun at Saturday’s “Civil War Living History Event: Fashion Try-On,” held in conjunction with Threads of War: Clothing & Textiles of the Civil War. Our friends from the Carolina Ladies Aid Society brought a plentiful supply of dresses and accessories for women, coats and hats…
Read MoreThis event has passed: See the “try on” photos from this Event If there is one period of women’s clothing that is easily recognizable by most people, it is the mid-19th century. Those wide hoop skirts and tiny waists send us immediately to a time punctuated by the tragedy of…
Read MorePAST EXHIBIT General Robert E. Lee General Ulysses S. Grant Carte-de-Visite Carte-de-Visite photographs (CdVs) were small photographic prints mounted on cards 2 ½ by 4 inches, a successor to engraved “calling cards.” These small albumen prints were exceptionally popular for approximately twenty years. They hit their peak popularity around the…
Read MorePAST EXHIBIT Monday, December 20, 2010 (One Day Only) Adopting the Ordinance of Secession on December 20, 1860, South Carolina became the first state to declare its separation from the Union. Four days later, state leaders summarized reasons for this in the “Declaration of the Immediate Causes” of secession. As…
Read MorePAST EXHIBIT “The Meriwether Dipper” named by members of the Meriwether family from Bamberg, SC. Water dippers of this size and proportion are a bit rare for the 19th century. Furthermore, an extremely faint maker’s mark appears at the bottom of the bowl. Pending further investigation, it is attributed to…
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