Abe Fogel (l) with Bernard Baruch in the lobby of the Prince George Hotel. Photo by W.H. Burney of Georgetown. Courtesy of George Fogel. The history of the Fogel family in Georgetown, South Carolina, begins with Harry Fogel, who emigrated in 1900 from the Austro-Hungarian province Galicia in what is today’s Poland. By 1904 Harry was in Georgetown […]
Max Heller and Trude Schönthal, Greenville, SC, circa 1941. Courtesy of Susan Heller Moses. I left Greenville, South Carolina, more than 50 years ago, but every time the airplane touches down there, I feel like I’m home. I like to drive through the old neighborhood past our house, situated a few blocks from our […]
Hyman Rubin, Sr., speaking at the Tree of Life Congregation Centennial Kick-off Ceremony, Columbia City Hall, Friday, January 12, 1996, as part of a weekend meeting of the Jewish Historical Society of South Carolina. Photo by Dale Rosengarten. I recall my grandfather, Hyman Rubin, Sr., saying more than once, always with an uncharacteristic double negative […]
Isadore Lourie in the South Carolina Senate chamber with Bishop Fred James (l) and Bishop A. C. Jackson on the occasion of the swearing-in of Bishop Jackson’s son Darrell Jackson in December 1992. Senator Jackson, who succeeded Senator Lourie, is standing behind the desk with his campaign manager, Joel Lourie. Isadore E. Lourie Papers, South […]
Lourie’s Department Store, Columbia, SC, 2000. Left to right: Frank, A. M. (Mick), Joel, Isidore, Louis Lourie.Photo by Bill Aron. Special Collections, College of Charleston Columbia replaced Charleston as South Carolina’s capital in 1786, bringing the seat of government within reach of the state’s upcountry settlers, whose numbers were increasing as pioneers ventured inland to […]
The Cohens in the living room of the Porcher Avenue family home, Eutawville, SC. Standing, Left to right: Abe, Moses, Mary (Moses’ wife), Louis , Mary (Marian, Louis’s wife); seated, left to Janie Marcusright, Corinne (Abe’s wife), Raye (Isaac’s wife), Katie Kresh, Abe Karesh (Katie’s husband); and Janie Marcus. Collection of Ronald Cohen My mother, Mary Cohen, […]
I have been told that South of the Border—the brainchild of my uncle Alan Schafer—began in 1951, the year that I was born. But the seeds had been planted two or three years before that, when neighboring Robeson County, in North Carolina, passed a law prohibiting the distribution of beer in stores and restaurants. Alan was […]
Above: Cohen Department Store in Latta, South Carolina, ca. 1930. Isadore Cohen’s son, Leonard, is sitting on the counter. Courtesy of Leonard and Mildred Cohen. 1850–1949 The town of Florence was founded in the mid-1850s as a crossroads depot for three railroad lines competing to provide service to the Pee Dee region of South Carolina. Ten […]
Above: Blue Star’s 1958 staff and CITs. Rosalie Popkin is at the left end of the 2nd row; Herman is behind her with a hand on her shoulder. Mona Popkin is at the right end of the 2nd row, with her husband, Harry, behind her. Courtesy of Gale Siegel Messerman. My childhood camping experience began […]
Above: Isadore Efron’s garage, Aiken, SC. Courtesy of Anne Thomasson. My parents, Minnie and Sam Shanker, both were born in St. Louis, Missouri, and in the mid-1930s came to Aiken where my grandparents Jake and Helen Efron had a grocery store. My parents opened their own grocery store and worked long hours seven days a […]