This is a photo album documenting a trip taken by a few members of the Agricultural Society of South Carolina on September 13-14, 1950 to North Carolina to consider whether coastal South Carolina could capitalize on the grape and wine industry as NC had so successfully done. The group visits an experiment station, inspects different vineyards, observes a harvest, and learns about varieties of muscadine grapes.
This photograph album documents a trip taken by members of the Agricultural Society of South Carolina from February 13, 1950 to February 18, 1950. The group visits ranches, reservations and an experiment station to observe Florida's growing beef-cattle industry.
This collection consists of select photographs from the 'Charleston County Pasture Tour, 1951' photograph album. The photographs depict walks through pastures, cattle, demonstrations, group photos and a shared meal.
A black and white photograph taken from behind a man standing who is giving a presentation behind a table of vegetables. The attendees and participants are outside of a building owned by Coburg Dairy with a list of 'Rental Terms' on the exterior wall.
A black and white photograph printed on Kodak Velox Paper of a crop field. The back of a house and another building along with many oak trees are pictured in the background.
A black and white print of a black and white photograph of a large group taken at Drainland . Underneath the photograph is a caption, 'Drainland 1915.'
A photograph caption typed in blue ink on the back of 'Photograph of John R. Jeffries and W.H. Mikel, Jr. in a Field.' The caption discusses the bahia grass in the photograph.
A black and white mounted photograph of one of three sides of a silver chalice awarded as 'A premium from the Agricultural Society of So. [South] Carolina, to General [George] Washington for raising the largest jackass.' This side has an engraving of the awarding institution, the Agricultural Society of South Carolina.
A black and white photograph of members of the Agricultural Society of South Carolina posing together at the United States Sea Island Cotton Experimental Farm. A list of all pictured is available on the back of the photograph.
A black and white photograph of the Executive Committee of the Agricultural Society of South Carolina in 1935. The names of individuals can be found on the label.
A color photograph of four men and a two-horse walking plow in a cultivated field at Harrison's Farm. On the top of the picture the caption 'Lanham Cotton Cultivator' is barely visible.
A black and white photograph of Agricultural Society of South Carolina members mounted on a brown piece of paper with a caption in white handwriting. It reads, 'Field meeting at U.S. Cotton Field Station. Sea Island Cotton Experiments.'
A color photograph of the reverse side of the framed tokens won by various members of the Agricultural Society of South Carolina for their agricultural endeavors.
A color photograph of a man inspecting his crops, using his hat to look underneath the growth. Photograph has a caption on the back that reads, 'Results of too much fertilizer on spuds [informal term for potato] - 4,000 pounds per acre. Beaufort, S.C.'
A black and white negative of a large barn. In front are workhorses and a drawn cart filled with hay [?], a small building, a man [Nicholas Roosevelt?], and a tractor [?]. A pipe is shown coming out of an upper-floor window down to the ground into another piece of equipment. There are three [?] silos behind the barn. Photograph has a caption on the back that reads, 'Wooden Barn at Gippy Plantation. Nicholas Roosevelt. Moncks Corner, SC.'
A color photograph of three men standing off in the distance at T. Farms. 'Melehers [?] , Chas., S.C.' is embossed on the bottom right of the photograph.
A color photograph of members of the Agricultural Society of South Carolina in front of a house. There is an unidentified man holding a large trophy in the middle of the photograph.
A black and white negative of a man standing in a potato field and holding a sign that reads, '600# [600 pounds] 20% of Manure Salts in [? illegible] Addition to [illegible] Fert [fertilizer].'
A black and white photograph of the Johns Island Young Peoples Club's agricultural exhibit. Vegetables, preserves, hunting prizes, cotton and various plants are also pictured.
A color photograph of an exhibition of horse walking plows [likely designed by Lanham Cotton Cultivator] at a cultivated field with many attendees and parked Ford Company Model T automobiles. Photograph was likely taken at Harrison's Farm in 1929 in Charleston, S.C.
A color photograph of a large crowd gathered around a table of speakers having an assembly. It appears that they are discussing lumber that is laid out in front of the table. There are many parked Ford Company Model T automobiles along the street. Photograph was likely taken at Harrison's Farm in 1929 in Charleston, S.C.
A color photograph of a parade float sponsored by the Agricultural Society of South Carolina, Charleston County Department of Natural Resources, and the Charleston Agricultural and Industrial Fair (November 11-16, 1929). The three are 'Partners Promoting Progress.' The float participated in a parade celebrating the opening of the John P. Grace Memorial Bridge (also known as 'the old Cooper River Bridge'). Five girls dressed as field hands ride the float alongside a pyramid decorated with vegetables: Julia Frampton, Annette Remington, Rosa Belle Blank, Louise Brown, and Isabel Frampton (one may not be pictured). Special attention is paid to the iodine in vegetables and its health benefits.
A color photograph of a man [L.A. Cave?] posing with a small yield of asparagus in the field. Photograph has a caption on the back that reads, 'L.A. Cave Barnwell, S.C. 2100# 7-5-5-. 500# muriste [? Illegible] of potash [? Illegible] nea [? Illegible].' It is unknown whether the photograph was taken before or after the fertilizer demonstration.
A black and white print [page from a book?] of a black and white portrait of Samuel G. Stoney, president of the Agricultural Society of South Carolina from 1909-1919.
Three black and white prints of a photograph taken at T. Farm in 1919. One of the prints is cropped while the other two are full-size. Caption on cropped print reads, 'Luxuriant growth of cotton & corn on old Rice Field. At E.W. Durant's T. Farm-1919.' The other two prints both have the caption, 'T. Farm 1919.'
A color photograph of the front of a delivery truck over packed with various vegetables and of the laborers. Photograph has a caption on the back that reads, 'Artistic loading. Vegetables for Eastern Markets from E.W. King, Charleston, S.C.'
A black and white photograph of nine steers purchased by the Citadel's General Charles Summerall. The cattle had been raised by the Charleston County 4-H Calf Club.
A black and white photograph of the Charleston Chamber of Commerce corn exhibit at the arcade mall in Columbia, South Carolina. The exhibit took place during the National Corn Show which was being held in Dallas, TX on February 10-24, 1914. A pennant reading, 'Charleston, SC' can be seen hanging in one of the windows among other patriotic decorations. Two men, W. McLeod Frampton and L.H. Mixson are in the photograph by the exhibit.
A black and white negative of a man standing in a potato field and holding a sign that reads, '600# [600 pounds] [illegible]' during a fertilizer experiment.
A black and white photograph of an exhibit booth by the Food Committee and Women's Defense Committee for 'Food for Defense.' Upon entering the exhibit the attendee is prompted with the question of, 'Are you a Perky or a Poky?' and then confronted with good and bad dietary choices. Dolls are used as an attempt to provide an example of a 'Perky' woman and a 'Poky' woman.
A color photograph of two young girls standing in a large field behind a Potato Variety Test sign listing the cooperating partners. Different variations of the potatoes are marked.
A black and white photograph of a man with Jean, a champion Jersey cow. Also noted on the back of the photograph are the names of W.E. Chapman [?] and R.A. Burroughs Jr. Ford Company Model A automobiles, other cars, a tractor, trailers and Berkeley County, SC school buses are pictured in the background.
A black and white photograph of two men with champion milch [? Illegible] cow, Nancy. Noted on the back of the photograph is the name W.A. Parrich [? Illegible} who is attempting to steady Nancy. Ford Company Model A automobiles, other cars, a tractor, trailers and Berkeley County, SC school buses are pictured in the background.
A color photograph of a large dinner and meeting of the Agricultural Society of South Carolina at T. Farm, a livestock farm owned by Edward Warburton Durant, Jr. located in Rantowles, SC (now Hollywood, SC).
