Here’s a clue on this week’s mystery: It’s not in South Carolina, but doesn’t it look familiar? What and where is it? Send your guess to: editor@charlestoncurrents.com. And don’t forget to include your name and the town in which you live.
Our previous Mystery Photo
Our Oct. 29 mystery, “One tough mystery,” proved to be a little tough to all but three eagle-eyed readers. It showed a hiring at the International Longshoremen’s Association union hall in Charleston.
A big tip of the hat to Stephen Yetman of Charleston, who was the only reader to explain that the photo was a hiring call. Hats off also to Montez Martin of Charleston and George Graf of Palmyra, Va., both of whom identified the hall.
Graf provided a little context: “The International Longshoremen’s Association, or ILA, is an historical and powerful black union in a state where other unions struggle to even exist. Local 1422 is in Charleston’s port. All jobs for unloading all of the shipping containers in the port of Charleston come through the union hall first, so union members arrive at the hiring hall to get work for the day, which is distributed in a chaotic way based on seniority.”
Send us a mystery: If you have a photo that you believe will stump readers, send it along (but make sure to tell us what it is because it may stump us too!) Send it along to editor@charlestoncurrents.com.
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