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- A love affair with a machine
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Independence Day: 1939
July 4, 1939. "Fourth of July celebration -- St. Helena Island, South Carolina." 35mm color transparency by Marion post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
Still there!
This building appears to still be standing (with some changes) and is now the Gullah Grub restaurant:
Helena History
One might not guess it from this photo, but St. Helena Island was one of the poorest places in the country, as a result of a hurricane 46 years before. It's also a center of Gullah culture.
Nice celebration
I believe this building is still there. It’s in a little community called Frogmore just down the road from Beaufort.
Beautiful Picture
of people enjoying the day.
Star census
My count: Fifty one (the red and white stars not being mixed together).
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