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This image was taken by Morgan W. Davies in a small village in Moldova in 2001, is one of many interesting photographs now on exhibit at the Mary G. Burr Art Gallery of the Cheraw Community Center. Sponsored by the Cheraw Arts Commission, the exhibit will remain on display until the end of the month.

What do you see?

by Karen Kissiah
Staff Writer

02:01 AM, Sunday, May 19

In some artistic circles, the question of whether or not photography is a fine art continues to be a philosophical argument. Even in the earliest days of photography, the mid-1800’s, some artists from the American Hudson River School of Art used ...

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Miss America of 1960, Lynda Lee Mead of Mississippi, will be on hand for all events at Pageland's tenth annual Watermelon Festival July 19. As usual, there will be a host of beauties on hand to compete for the Watermelon Queen crown, and festivities include a swim suit pageant, the big parade, an evening show and the Coronation Ball. This was published Thursday, June 30, 1960, in The Cheraw Chronicle.

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These are some scenes of the recent Beach Blast held in downtown Cheraw at the old Belk lot over the Labor Day weekend. Shoppers stopped by for a dance or two, and children played in the sand brought in especially for the occasion. The event was sponsored by the Merchants and Professional Society (MAPS) and radio station WCRE which provided the beach music and broadcast live from the area. This was published in The Cheraw Chronicle Sept. 29, 1988.

Remember When — September 1988
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