40-160 Richard Samuel Roberts House - Columbia, SC
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N 34° 00.370 W 081° 02.705
17S E 495837 N 3762841
Located at 1717 Wayne Street, Columbia
Waymark Code: WM19ZXK
Location: South Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 05/22/2024
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Richard Samuel Roberts (1880-1936), a photographer who documented individuals, families, and institutions in Columbia’s black community and across S.C., lived here from 1920 until his death. Roberts, a self-taught photographer, moved his family from Florida to Columbia and bought this house at 1717 Wayne Street for $3,000. Roberts and his wife Wilhelmina Williams Roberts (1881-1977) raised their children here.
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Roberts, who was a full-time custodian at the main Columbia post office, first used an outbuilding here for his photography studio. From 1922 to 1936 his studio was downtown at 1119 Washington Street. Roberts often advertised in the Palmetto Leader, the leading black newspaper in S.C. Some of Roberts’ best photographs were published in 1986 in A True Likeness: The Black South of Richard Samuel Roberts.
The Historic Columbia Foundation, the City of Columbia, and the S.C. Department of Transportation, 2012
Marker Name: Richard Samuel Roberts House
Marker Location: City
Type of Marker: Person
Marker number: 40-160
County: Richland County
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