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.
This is a Sandy Island plantation journal written inside of The South Carolina and Georgia Almanac for the year 1792. The plantation journal documents the planting of crops (rice, corns, and potatoes), the maintenance of ditches and drains, slave records, complications with the hiring of an overseer, livestock, and business relations with Laurel Hill Plantation.
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 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 photograph of several men during a fertilizer inspection at Rocket Hall Plantation. The names of those individuals are on the back of the photograph.
A color photograph of two laborers walking through a cabbage field while a bag of Muriate of Potash is in the foreground. It is indicated that an extra 100 pounds was used.
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 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 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 black and white photograph of two men in a field inspecting potato crops, particularly the bliss triumph variety. Various partners in this endeavor are listed.
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 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 words dedicating the chalice to General [George] Washington.
A black and white photograph of Weeks Feed & Seed Stores' exhibit at the fair featuring award-winning poultry and rabbits that have been fed with food from the store.
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 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 color photograph of J.F. Maybank waving his hat in a rice field. A caption on the back of the photograph reads, 'We start out [?] 12th [?] on this field 1951.'
A black and white photograph of men standing in a field of grain. A caption written on the back of the photograph claims that the field averaged 70 bushels.
A color photograph of boxes of packed asparagus on a porch outside. The boxes read, 'South Carolina Asparagus Growers Association' and 'Eat More Live Longer Iodine Does It.' A small sign is on the building and it is mostly illegible, but may read, 'No Loiters.'
A color photograph of J.R. Scott in an asparagus field with a dog. The caption on the back of the photo reads that '125 crates per acre for 5 years' have been harvested.
A color photograph of a woman picking asparagus at J.W. Warren's Farm. Also pictured are asparagus that haven't been harvested yet and more laborers in the background.
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.'
