Transported: Charleston Street Scenes, 1860s-1960s

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The Charleston Museum presents Transported: Charleston Street Scenes, 1860s-1960s, in its new interim exhibits space, the Lowcountry Image Gallery. This gallery, the first of its kind at The Charleston Museum, will be located on the second floor and showcase photography from the Museum's extensive archival collection.

The Lowcountry Image Gallery will allow visitors a true peek into Charleston's history as they view photographs from decades, even centuries, past. Curating each of the exhibitions will be Archivist and Collections Manager, Jennifer McCormick. It is the Museum's hope that these images will provide a connection between visitors and some of the Museum's archival collections that are not generally on display.

Transported, on exhibit beginning today, August 3, 2015 until January 31, 2016, will examine the century-long evolution of the means by which Charlestonians commuted through the city. While transportation mechanisms have changed over time, thanks to area preservation efforts many of the streets and buildings have remained as they were. As the title implies, visitors will be transported into the photographer's world in the moment he captured the image and to an earlier time in Charleston's history.

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