25 Photos from Beaufort's Past

There is one thing the photograph must contain, the humanity of the moment – Robert Frank

Beaufort could tell a thousand stories, and lucky for us, we’ve had the chance to learn and share them over the years. But still, is there anything quite like seeing a photograph that captures the heart of a story? Scroll back to 3 years ago on your phone’s images – think about how they captured the zeitgeist of the moment (mine also captured the very 2016 trend of millennial pink).

So, how about we scroll back a little further  – here are 25 images from Beaufort’s notable past, brought to us by the Library of Congress:

Mock Battery made by the 79th New York Volunteers at Seabrook Point on the Coosaw River, December 1861

General Isaac I. Stevens and staff on porch, ca. 1861 – 1862

Beaufort Seaside by Sam A. Cooley, Tenth Army Corps, 1862

Brothers Private Stephen D. and Private Moses M. Boynton, Beaufort District Troop, Cavalry Battalion, Hampton Legion, South Carolina, between 1861 and 1862

Charles Street, ca. 1862

Robert Barnwell Rhett’s House, 1862

Building a Pontoon Bridge, March 1862

Dress Parade of First South Carolina Volunteers, a regiment of African American soldiers formed in the fall of 1862

View on Bay Street, between 1863 and 1865

29th Regiment from Connecticut, 1864

Saltus-Habersham House, ca. 1933

John Cuthbert House, ca. 1933

James Rhett House

Mckee-Smalls House, ca. 1933

Sheldon Church Ruins, ca. 1933

Entry of Beaufort Arsenal, ca. 1933

Fruit and Vegetable Stand, ca. 1936

Tomato packing plant on Lady’s Island, Summer 1936

Lewis Hunter with his wife and family on Lady’s Island, Summer 1936

Husband and wife with one day’s tomato pick, Summer 1936

Tomotley Plantation lane, Sheldon, 1938

U.S. Marine Corps glider detachment training camp, Parris Island, May 1942

Students ready for flight in glider planes, Parris Island, May 1942

Student ready for flight in Glider Plane, Parris Island, May 1942

Trainee ready for flight, Parris Island, May 1942