 The city also made somewhat of a rebound following the devastating fire of 1865; a mild construction boom took place within the first few years of Reconstruction, and repair of railroad tracks in outlying areas created jobs for area citizens.William Augustus Reckling (1850-1913) was a noted SC Photographer operating in Columbia 1870-1910 at times with his 2 sons as "Reckling & Sons Photographers" on Senate St now part of the USC campus.The latter has a collection of Reckling's photos of notable South Carolinians of the era as well as a series of stereographs of Columbia.