- Same store still standing. Highway 21 runs right in front of it now. Ends at the end of Hunting Island. - catmandotoscescapenet
A Fourth of July celebration, St. Helena Island, S.C. (LOC)
Wolcott, Marion Post,, 1910-1990,, photographer.
A Fourth of July celebration, St. Helena Island, S.C.
1939
1 slide : color.
Notes:
Title from FSA or OWI agency caption.
Photograph shows Texaco filling station behind flag.
Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944.
Subjects:
Fourth of July
African Americans
Automobile service stations
United States--South Carolina--Saint Helena Island
Format: Slides--Color
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Part Of: Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Collection 11671-14 (DLC) 93845501
General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac
Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsac.1a34304
Call Number: LC-USF35-206
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Mizrach.McClelland, wendysue302, nicolasking, InsaneWombat, and 33 other people added this photo to their favorites.
perfgeek (65 months ago | reply)
Forty-eight stars on the flag since this pre-dates Alaska and Hawaii being States.
orange_crate_art (47 months ago | reply)
Marion Post Wolcott died in 1990. There's much on her life and work here: The Photography of Marion Post Wolcott.
J. Colerangle (29 months ago | reply)
This is a beautiful picture. I like the colorful dresses, with all of the poca dots.