Here’s an old photo in stereo, but what does it show? Can you tell anything else about it? Send to editor@charlestoncurrents.com. And don’t forget to include your name and the town in which you live.
Our previous Mystery Photo: Our Jan. 4 photo, “Big columns,” showed the Fireproof Building in downtown Charleston.
By English Purcell, special to Charleston Currents | Botany Bay Plantation Heritage Preserve and Wildlife Management Area is a Lowcountry treasure, and its “boneyard beach” is one of my favorite places to photograph.
Opened to the public in 2008, the 3,363-acre Botany Bay tract (map)is a significant wildlife habitat with several equally significant historic assets.
The Wildlife Management Area is also an active archaeological site where the remains of two prehistoric Native American shell rings are being threatened by erosion.
What is this building with big columns and what is its historical significance? Send to editor@charlestoncurrents.com. And don’t forget to include your name and the town in which you live.
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Our Dec. 21 photo, “Good tidings,” was a photo by Leigh Webber that Charleston’s David Rawle sent along to show the holiday spirit at Theodora Park, a pocket park in Charleston at the corner of Anson and George streets. In addition to laser lights on park pathways, words of inspiration and hope were projected on the park’s walls and trees.
Here’s a tranquil evening holiday scene, but what and where is it? Send to editor@charlestoncurrents.com. And don’t forget to include your name and the town in which you live.
Our previous Mystery Photo: Our Dec. 14 photo, “Interesting Lowcountry plant,” shows yaupon holly, described in this week’s Focus by Toni Reale.
Here’s an interesting Lowcountry plant because it is reportedly the only one in North America with this characteristic. What is the plant and what is the characteristic? Send to editor@charlestoncurrents.com. And don’t forget to include your name and the town in which you live.
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Our Dec. 7 photo, “Hers, not his,” showed a sign for a West Ashley grocery store, Doscher’s, that was missing a few letters.
This Lowcountry building apparently has undergone a transformation to cater just to women. Or something else happened. What is this place and where is it? Send to editor@charlestoncurrents.com. And don’t forget to include your name and the town in which you live.
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Our Nov. 30 photo, “So, who’s the king?” is a mural at award-winning, lip-smacking Lewis Barbecue on upper Nassau Street in downtown Charleston.
By English Purcell, special to Charleston Currents | I grew up on James Island and was always fascinated with McLeod Plantation. Its slave quarters were visible near one of only two ways off the island. The owner at the time, Willie McLeod, always sat behind my grandmother at St. James Episcopal Church.
More recently, I took one of the interpretive tours at McLeod. It focused on enslaved Africans and their lives there. I decided to shoot the series from the perspective of the enslaved on a plantation to draw attention to what they saw in their everyday lives. I must note that the enslaved were not just on plantations. Behind just about every big house on the peninsula of Charleston were slave quarters: laundries, kitchen houses, carriage houses and stables.
This series tells a story without words. The title “A study in black and white” has, of course, a double meaning: Black, representing the enslaved, and white, representing the slave owners. I also edited the photos in black and white.
Can you answer the question … and let us know where the mural is located? Send to editor@charlestoncurrents.com. And don’t forget to include your name and the town in which you live.
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Our Nov. 23 photo, “Building with history,” shows Temple Beth Elohim on Screven Street in Georgetown.
This building, located somewhere in the Lowcountry, has an interesting history. Where is it and what makes it special? Send to editor@charlestoncurrents.com. And don’t forget to include your name and the town in which you live.
Our previous Mystery Photo: Our Nov. 16 photo, “Interesting place for a mural,” showed a painting of renowned blacksmith Philip Simmons on Avondale’s Alycia Alley behind Gene’s Haufbrau.
This photo might be difficult for out-of-towners to locate because it’s in an interesting place. The “who” shouldn’t be tough, but where is it? Send to editor@charlestoncurrents.com. And don’t forget to include your name and the town in which you live.
Our previous Mystery Photo
Our Nov. 9 photo, “Orange archway?” should have been easy-peasy to anyone who has driven past South of the Border on Interstate 95 in Dillon County. It was a close-up of a Pedro sign.
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