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MYSTERY PHOTO: Winter wonderland

Here’s a snow picture that we received over the last week, but where is it? Does it look familiar? (It should, for a couple of reasons.) Send your best guess – plus your name and hometown – to editor@charlestoncurrents.com. In the subject line, write: “Mystery Photo guess.”

The Jan. 1 mystery, “The remains of a day,” showcased the remains of the Progressive Club, a civil rights landmark on Johns Island that is recognized as a start for citizenship schools. They eventually led to the voter registration of hundreds of thousands of African Americans across the South.

by Charleston Currents · 01/08/2018 · Comments are Disabled · Mystery Photo, Photos

MYSTERY PHOTO: The remains of a day

The remains of this building have a place in area history, but what was it? (Hint: It could be related to something mentioned in this issue.) Send your best guess – plus your name and hometown – to editor@charlestoncurrents.com. In the subject line, write: “Mystery Photo guess.”

The Dec. 18 mystery, contributed by Hanahan photographer Chuck Boyd, shows the postal museum at the U.S. Post Office at the corner of Meeting and Broad streets in Charleston – one of the infamous Four Corners of Law.

Hats off to several alert readers who correctly identified the display: Michael Kaynard, J.J. Anderson and Kristina Wheeler of Charleston; Chris Brooks of Mount Pleasant; former James Island resident Tom Brown of Jacksonville, Fla.; Judy Roumillat of North Charleston; George Graf of Palmyra, Va.; and Archie Burkel of James Island.

by Charleston Currents · 01/01/2018 · Comments are Disabled · Mystery Photo, Photos

MYSTERY PHOTO: Very official-looking room

Hanahan photographer Chuck Boyd sent along this very official-looking local mystery. But what and where is it? Send your best guess – plus your name and hometown – to editor@charlestoncurrents.com. In the subject line, write: “Mystery Photo guess.”

Virginia sleuth solves tough mystery
Last week’s mystery was one of the toughest ever. It sought the location of a portrait of retired Democratic U.S. Sen. Fritz Hollings of Isle of Palms was one of the toughest in a long time.

Chris Brooks of Mount Pleasant got a half mark for knowing that the portrait was moved from what was the Hollings Judicial Center before it was renamed for the late federal judge Waties Waring. Upon the renaming, which was requested by Hollings (the only time a federal building has been renamed like this), the portrait was moved to Columbia.

But only one Currents reader — George Graf of Palmyra, Va., — knew that the portrait is now in a room in a new part of the Thomas Cooper Library at the University of South Carolina that is named in honor of Hollings.

by Charleston Currents · 12/18/2017 · Comments are Disabled · Mystery Photo, Photos

MYSTERY PHOTO: Where did this portrait go?

If you’ve been around South Carolina politics for a little while, you probably know the identity of the man painted in this portrait. That’s not the information we’re seeking with this mystery. Rather, we want to know where the portrait is located. For bonus points, where was it, say, three years ago and why did it move? Send your best guess to: feedback@statehousereport.com – and please make sure to include your name and hometown. In the subject line, write: “Mystery Photo guess.”

by Charleston Currents · 12/11/2017 · Comments are Disabled · Mystery Photo, Photos

MYSTERY PHOTO: Grand white house

Here’s a grand white house that many college graduates in South Carolina may have seen. If you were paying attention, what is it and where? Send your best guess to: editor@charlestoncurrents.com – and please make sure to include your name and hometown. In the subject line, write: “Mystery Photo guess.”

Hats off to all who correctly guessed last week’s mystery as being a photo of a statue of S.C.-born President Andrew Jackson at Andrew Jackson State Park in Lancaster. “Andrew Jackson, A Boy of the Waxhaws” was sculpted by Anna Hyatt Huntington, who is known for her grand sculpture collection at Brookgreen Gardens in Georgetown County.

by Charleston Currents · 12/04/2017 · Comments are Disabled · Mystery Photo, Photos

MYSTERY PHOTO: Large bronze statue

Here’s a large bronze statue, but where is it and who is it? Bonus points: Why sculpted it? Send your best guess to: editor@charlestoncurrents.com – and please make sure to include your name and hometown. In the subject line, write: “Mystery Photo guess.” Photo sleuth George Graf of Palmyra, Va., proved his mettle and deserves a medal or something better […]

by Charleston Currents · 11/27/2017 · Comments are Disabled · Mystery Photo, Photos

MYSTERY PHOTO: Reward

Avid reader Chuck Boyd of Hanahan sent along this photo captured somewhere in the Lowcountry. It’s not the message boat that used to be at Folly Beach, but using a trailer to display a message certainly got Boyd’s attention. Where is it? Send your best guess to: editor@charlestoncurrents.com – and please make sure to include your name and hometown. In the subject line, write: “Mystery Photo guess.”

by Charleston Currents · 11/20/2017 · Comments are Disabled · Mystery Photo, Photos

MYSTERY PHOTO: Old South Carolina church

Here’s an old church somewhere in South Carolina sent in by a reader. Tell us where and, for bonus points, what its significance is. Send your best guess to: editor@charlestoncurrents.com – and please make sure to include your name and hometown. In the subject line, write: “Mystery Photo guess.”

We thought that with last week’s Photo Essay of Sapelo Island, Ga., more readers would figure out that the mystery was probably close by. We snapped a sunset photo of shrimp boats along Darien Creek, which is part of the Altamaha River estuary.

by Andy Brack · 11/13/2017 · Comments are Disabled · Mystery Photo, Photos

MYSTERY PHOTO: Shrimp boat

Here’s a shrimp boat and a bridge. Could be anywhere, but where is it actually located? Send your best guess to: editor@charlestoncurrents.com – and please make sure to include your name and hometown. In the subject line, write: “Mystery Photo guess.”

Last week’s photo, offered by the good folks at DiscoverSouthCarolina.com, pictured the captivating view from Caesars Head State Park near Cleveland, S.C.

by Andy Brack · 11/06/2017 · Comments are Disabled · Mystery Photo, Photos

MYSTERY PHOTO: Great fall view

Boy, is this an out-of-this-world view, or what? But where is the guy in the picture standing? Send your best guess to: editor@charlestoncurrents.com – and please make sure to include your name and hometown. In the subject line, write: “Mystery Photo guess.”

The mystery photo in the last issue, snapped by Courtenay Brack, could have been any joint on a river in the Southeast, but several photo sleuths correctly identified it as a building at Bowen’s Island Restaurant on the Folly River near Folly Beach.

by Charleston Currents · 10/30/2017 · Comments are Disabled · Mystery Photo, Photos