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| 1704 Crisp Map
"A Plan of Charles Town from a survey of Edward Crisp 1704." Unframed color print measures 11" x 14".
$40.00
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| Historic Charleston Map
This map of historic Charleston shows original high tide water lines, fortifications, boroughs, great fires, historic information, etc. compiled and delineated by Alfred O. Halsey, May 1949, superimposed upon City Engineers map drawn by Jos. Needle 1946. The color print measures 20" x 26".
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| Volunteer Fire Department
Vintage (1974) Bicentennial edition print of "Officers of the Volunteer Fire Department, Charleston, South Carolina 1841" by Christian Meyr.
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| Scenes of Eldorado by Alice Ravenel Huger Smith. Design one of two.
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| Scenes of Eldorado
by Alice Ravenel Huger Smith. Design two of two.
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| The Swamp Fox
Full-color Currier & Ives print of Francis "The Swamp Fox" Marion and his band of men crossing the Peedee River, S.C. 1778, "On their way to attack the British force under Tarleton." Measures 11" x 14".
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| The SCHS is pleased to offer for sale two prints of artist Carroll N. Jones, Jr. These paintings have hung in the main reading room at the SCHS library since the 1970's. The paintings were comissioned by long-time supporter James Lewis Kirby. These limited edition prints are 23 x 35, unframed.
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| "One of the Exchange building's most famous prisoners was South Carolina Patriot Col. Issac Hayne. Charged with treason, Hayne was found guilty and sentenced to death without a proper trial. He was held in a room in the provost dungeon with nothing but the coffin he was to be buried in. Although both Patriots and Loyalists protested to the British headquarters, Hayne's execution was carried out on August 4th, 1781." From the Society's CD, Revolution (see SOFTWARE).
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| On May 3rd, 1779, Patriot forces clashed with British forces at the Coosawhatchie River near Beaufort, South Carolina. Also depicted in the painting is the dramatic rescue of the wounded Patriot leader Colonel Laurens from the battlefield by Captain William Hazzard Wigg.
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The John Henry Dick Collection
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The South Carolina Historical Society is honored to sell these wonderful color prints of the work of John Henry Dick (1919-1995). Mr. Dick was an artist, author, naturalist, photographer, world traveler, and conservationist. A native of New York, Dick moved to South Carolina in 1947 and made his home at Dixie Plantation near Meggett, S.C. He contributed illustrations to numerous books on birds and natural history including South Carolina Bird Life (1949), Florida Birdlife (1954), The Warblers of America (1957), A Gathering of Shore Birds (1960), Carolina Lowcountry Impressions (1964), and The Birds of China (1984). In 1979, Dick published Other Edens, an illustrated account of his nature travels.
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| Print title: "Mandarin Drake", 11" x 14"
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| Print title: "Waldaff (The Charmer)", 11" x 14"
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| Print title: "Bachman's Warbler", 11" x 14" (unsigned)
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| Print title: "Cooper River Jump Shooting", 11" x 14" (unsigned)
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| Print title: "East African Crowned Cranes", 11" x 14"
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| Print title: "Himalayan Monal or Impeyan Pheasant", 11" x 14"
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| Cooper River Plantations Map
"Map showing the plantations along the Cooper River as they were in the year 1842"
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| The Secession Banner
On December 20th, 1860, South Carolina became the first state to secede from the Union. This banner was present at Secession Hall where this event took place. The prints were copied from the original which hangs today in the Fireproof building.
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