Local Primary Resources: The 20th Century

The following links are to PowerPoint presentations that contain photos of Twentieth Century life from the Union County Museum.

These PowerPoint presentations may be viewed from this website or downloaded for other uses. The individual photos may also be copied from the PowerPoint presentations. The photos were arranged into presentations as a way of organizing the photos by common subjects.

Courtesy of the Union County Museum

Chester County Library

• Livestock Insurance Policy, 1911
• Mortgage Note, 1905
• Chester Little Theatre, Interior, 1950s

Chester County Printings From the files of the Chester County Library

• City Directory History, 1940s
• Chicken freak
• Home remedies, 1895
• Why women bob hair, 1924

Cotton Hills Farm Chester County, SC

• Early car ad from Ford
• Confederate Obit
• Store ledger from 1900
• Running water
• The Busy Bazaar
• V-mail instructions, WWII
• V-mail from WWII
• Gum ad, 1924

Lancaster Library

• Hospital News, 1950
• Marine Corps Certificate, WWII

Politics, 1920’s Chester County Library

• Lowrys Democratic Club, 1920s
• Campaign pledge
• Political receipts
• 1928 Campaign costs
• Receipts

PowerPoint Presentations

• Children, early 1900s
• Hotels
• World War II: The European Theatre