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FOCUS: Photo memories from the 1960s

By Chuck Boyd, special to Charleston Currents | In 1964, I had a picture pending to be on the full MISCELLANY page in LIFE Magazine, but I could not identify where it was taken!

I was in a helicopter, returning inland after taking photos of surfers for my newspaper, the San Diego Union-Tribune. I was a staff photographer for the paper, lugging a bulky 4×5 Speed Graphic camera. I quickly managed to grab two shots as we passed over an apple orchard with the word “QUIET” plowed in the field in huge letters.

Back at the paper, the editor passed on using it, but when I sent a copy to LIFE magazine, the editors immediately called to say they needed a caption with the facts! We photographers at the paper had submitted shots before and always received a polite stock rejection slip… but this time, they phoned me.

by Special to Charleston Currents · 05/13/2019 · 1 comment · Focus, Good news, Photo Essay

5/13, FULL ISSUE: LIFE memory; Wrong CHE finalist; Palmetto Poem

IN THIS ISSUE:

FOCUS: Photo memories from the 1960s
COMMENTARY, Brack: Not hard to connect the dots on CHE finalist
IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Morris Financial Concepts, Inc.
PALMETTO POEM: four eyes
GOOD NEWS: Hollings Cancer Center wins renewal as national Cancer Center
FEEDBACK: Two years for a new pier?
MYSTERY PHOTO: Interesting roofscape
S.C. ENCYCLOPEDIA: Education in South Carolina
CALENDAR: From a luncheon to a play and lots of suds

by Charleston Currents · 05/13/2019 · Comments are Disabled · Full issue

MYSTERY PHOTO: What is this photo all about?

There might be a little guessing going on with this photo, but you might recognize the guy with the big smile. Any idea what this photo is and around when it was taken? 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 April 8 mystery, “This mystery may be too tough” was a beach scene sent in by Hanahan reader Chuck Boyd. And it was pretty tough as only two people guessed correctly that it was a sign on the Folly Beach fishing pier pointing to an artificial reef.

by Andy Brack · 04/15/2019 · Comments are Disabled · Mystery Photo, Photos

WHAT WE LOVE: Floating and fishing on the Edisto

Hanahan photographer Chuck Boyd has a memory from his boyhood that he cherishes:

“I helped my granddad build a small square floating cabin on the Edisto River when I was a teenager in the late 1940s. It sat it on four empty 55-gallon drums and we floated and fished for catfish.

by Charleston Currents · 08/19/2018 · Comments are Disabled · What We Love

8/20, full issue: Good breakfasts; Joshie the Giraffe; North Charleston library

IN THIS ISSUE:
FOCUS: Start the day with a great breakfast
COMMENTARY, Brack: Go the extra mile, do the extra work and exceed expectations
IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Titan Termite & Pest Control
GOOD NEWS: Plans to be unveiled for new North Charleston library
WHAT WE LOVE: Floating and fishing on the Edisto
FEEDBACK: Readers respond to column on Dick Riley
MYSTERY PHOTO: Look familiar
S.C. ENCYCLOPEDIA: The lettered olive
CALENDAR, Aug. 20+: ACLU to have back-to-back events

by Charleston Currents · 08/19/2018 · Comments are Disabled · Full issue

PHOTOS: The Great Charleston Snow of 2018

We’ve collected several photos from around Charleston County of their photographic impressions of the Great Charleston Snow of 2018. Thanks to all who contributed. (More photos being added now)

Click the link above to findphotos from North Charleston, Hanahan, Sullivan’s Island, Folly Beach, downtown Charleston, West Ashley and James Island. If you wan to send your photos, send to: editor@charlestoncurrents.com

by Charleston Currents · 01/04/2018 · 1 comment · Photo Essay, 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: 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