Corey Alston (Mount Pleasant, SC)
“My name is Corey Alston. I'm a fifth generation Sweetgrass Basket Weaver. I currently run the family business in the Charleston City Market. Sweetgrass Basket Weaving has been a major part of the Gullah Geechee Culture dating back to days of Enslavement. This coastal art form has been recognized as South Carolina State Handcraft and has been known to be kept alive the longest along Sweetgrass Basket Makers HWY of South Carolina. This skill is one of the rare arts of our country that is founded nowhere else in America. Gullah Sweetgrass Baskets are a national treasure.
“Being chosen as one of the artisans of Mt. Pleasant does not only bring awareness to my skill set and my culture as a Gullah Geechee representative, but in collaboration with Acres of Ancestry raises awareness of the unjustifiable treatment that Black and minority farmers have endured. The more that this topic is brought to the forefront, the more that our nation's leaders will see that treating white farmers one way and then treating Black farmers another way will not be accepted. I applaud Acres of Ancestry for working tirelessly on making sure that everyone understands what our elder farmers are going through.
“These two Sweetgrass Baskets are called ‘Poppa’ and ‘Big Momma.’ It took six months to complete ‘Big Momma’ and four months to complete ‘Poppa.’ They both measure 36 inches tall.”
—Corey Alston, fifth generation basket weaver and cultural preservationist from Mount Pleasant, SC, Artisan Statement
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E Arkansas Street, Mount Pleasant, Texas.
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Main Street, Mount Pleasant. Pennsylvania. 1935
Photo: Walker Evans
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That '70s Coal by Don Kalkman
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Burlington Northern coal load AT342 was grinding up the hill into Mount Pleasant behind SD40-2 8114/8094 and C30-7 5536 in 1994.
At the time, coal trains were in transition as new EMD SD70MACs were being delivered. This move was still an-all 1970s show.
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CB&Q EMD diesel locomotive 9927A on passenger train Nebraska Zephyr crossing bridge west of Mt Pleasant, IA.
January 28, 1962
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Sunset at Shem Creek, Mount Pleasant, SC.
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Mount Pleasant, Liverpool, March 2023
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9:10pm, Mount Pleasant, Vancouver.
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A little slice of Mount Pleasant at night.
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The Art of Nothing x KOU Studios x Mount Pleasant.
Southern Gulf Island's pop-up art gallery representing the Salt Spring, Pender, Saturna, Galiano, and Mayne Islands.
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