Al Jolson, on the right, arrived in Spartanburg by train to entertain the soldiers at Camp Croft. On the left is Lieut. Col. Wilbur J. Fox, Camp Croft morale officer.
In a ceremony in Beaumont, Beaumont Manufacturing Company employes were awarded the Army-Navy ""E"" flag for excellency in war production. Honor guests in this photo are from left to right, Walter S. Montgomery, Lieut. Commander...
Entertainer Betty Grable is shown seated in vehicle with Major Copeland, Camp Croft special service officer. She was in Spartanburg for a USO show at Camp Croft.
A photo of the speakers' table for a war bond luncheon at the Cleveland Hotel ballroom. From the left are actor John Payne, actress Jane Wyman, Charles Hearon, Mrs. Joseph Harold Moore, and Major Joseph Harold Moore.
A fire at Collins department store, 105-109 East Main street, destroyed the entire stock of the store. The Bargain Center at 101 East Main had heavy smoke damage.
Downtown Spartanburg; Business and agriculture and agriculture
These Converse College girls were among the hundreds of volunteers who went into the fields of Spartanburg County to pick cotton.The cotton crop was endangered due to a shortage of farm labor. From the left are Terry Updike, Millie Gault, Mrs. E....
There were celebrations in Spartanburg for the 60th birthday of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. This display was for a ball at the Spartanburg Country Club.
This photo is from a dance given by Scabbard and Blade, military fraternity at Wofford College. In the front row from left to right, Capt. Fred Gillespie, Dot Harris, First Lieut. Preston B. Hardy and Mrs. Hardy.
This group of young people from the First Baptist Church stopped for a photograph while traveling to Cleveland park for a picnic. Gas and tire rationing led to the use of the 1890 model wagon that was filled with hay. The horse-drawn wagon on East...
