Artifacts - Dataw Historic Foundation https://www.datawhistory.org Fostering the rich history of Dataw Island, South Carolina Fri, 28 Feb 2025 16:11:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.datawhistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/cropped-Dataw-Historic-Foundation-logo-512x406-1-32x32.png Artifacts - Dataw Historic Foundation https://www.datawhistory.org 32 32 Tabby Times – Fall 2022 https://www.datawhistory.org/tabby-times/tabby-times-fall-2022-2/ Wed, 26 Feb 2025 03:06:15 +0000 https://www.datawhistory.org/?p=7363 Historians and archeologists depend on human-made artifacts as clues to understanding and interpreting previous cultures. These historical objects give insight and lend credence to the influence of prior cultures on…

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]]> The Green Taffeta Silk Dress https://www.datawhistory.org/52-sams-in-52-weeks/heirlooms-sams-pippin/ Sun, 16 Apr 2023 16:00:01 +0000 https://www.datawhistory.org/?p=4146 This week’s theme is HEIRLOOMS. The Dataw Historic Foundation is fortunate because the Sams descendants have entrusted us with several family heirlooms. This week features the story of two other items donated to the Foundation, a green silk taffeta Victorian gown and a shawl circa 1860. Ginny Hall-Apicella and BIll Riski recently presented the history of the dress to our Dataw Island residents.

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