South Carolina; Georgetown County; Brookgreen Gardens; Gardens and Grounds
""The National Arborist Association and The International Society of Arboriculture jointly recognize this significant tree in this Bicentennial year as having lived here at the time of the signing of our Constitution."" The tree, which is located...
World War II; South Carolina, Murrells Inlet; Crash Boat Station
"Channel marker at Inlet, no jetty" is written on the reverse of this photo. Monty Watson served as a member of the Crash Boat crew in Murrells Inlet. The Coast Guard planted the marker, which signaled the deep part of the inlet. The boat is...
World War II; South Carolina, Murrells Inlet; Crash Boat Station
"Dock to no where" is written on the back of this photograph. The dock was part of the Murrells Inlet Crash Boat station and had been built by the United States Army Air Corps. After the war, it became a community fishing pier but after years of...
South Carolina, Georgetown County, Pawleys Island; Architecture; Inns; Photographs, Black & White
"Miss Daisy" McGregor and her nephew Tom Boyle sit on the porch at Newcastle in 1950. Note the measuring cup in her hand. In the 1920s, Miss Daisy found it difficult to find and to store enough food to provide her paying guests with three meals a...
"Near Murrell's Inlet, Route #49, C.W.A. Project #97, Georgetown County, South Carolina". The Civil Works Administration operated from November 1933-March 1934 and helped to employ nearly four million men during the Great Depression. The men worked...
South Carolina; Georgetown County; Brookgreen Gardens, Roads
A 1930s view of the beach house road from the center of the traffic circle. The beach house was used by the Brookgreen Gun Club in the 1920s and when the Huntingtons bought the property in the 1930s, the Huntingtons briefly lived in the house until...
South Carolina; Georgetown County; Brookgreen Gardens; Aerial Views
A 1976 copy of a sketch of Brookgreen Plantation barnyard, probably drawn by E.M.Willett in 1891. The property line between Brookgreen and the Oaks is shown in the upper right side.
South Carolina; Georgetown County; Brookgreen Gardens, Buildings and Structures at Brookgreen
A black bear, who resided in the Bear Pitt in the Wildlife Park at Brookgreen Gardens, looks out at the many visitors who came to see the many different animals that were represented in the zoo.
