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Hotel Martinque

Date: 1920
Description: A view of the Hotel Martinque. Cars are parked on the street near the hotel, which is a three-story brick building with balconies.
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Willson Boarding House

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Description: View of the Willson boarding house. Sign reads: "Mrs. Willson Rooms Beautyrest Beds Private Baths free Garage Meals Heat."
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Street of Newly Built Homes

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Description: View of a street with largely identical newly built houses in a company town of Pepperell Manufacturing Company. The street and yards are dirt, and trees h...
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Large Boarding House

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Description: A view of a large two-story boarding house in a company town of Pepperell Manufacturing Company. There are several large trees in front of the building, wh...
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Winding Residential Street

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Description: A view of winding residential street lined with homes. Several cars are parked in the distance, and pedestrians are on the street. Taken in a company town ...
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Lindale Recreation Hall

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Description: A group of men sit on the porch of the recreation hall. Lindale was a company town of Pepperell Manufacturing Company. View of the large recreation hall fa...
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Greenwood

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Description: "Greenwood," a residence built in the Greek Revival style in 1835-40 by Tom Jones, was originally the center of a cotton plantation.
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Greene Street

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Description: A residence on Greene Street that would become the location of a YWCA residence house in the following years, and later, St. Stephen's Ministry.
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Gas Tanker Truck for Gulf Refinery

Date: 1916
Description: International Model F or 31 tanker truck operated by Gulf Refining Company. Text on the truck reads: "There is More Power in 'That Good Gulf Gasoline' and...
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Automobile Club

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Description: View across road toward the Automobile Club, arranged in a long line of automobiles along a tree-lined commercial street. Caption reads: "Automobile Club R...
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Rapid Transit Car

Date: 1915
Description: A group of men and a boy pose near the rapid transit car labeled, "Aileen" and "Hotel." Caption reads: "Rapid Transit Car, Washington, GA."
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Two Horses Pulling a Trolley Car

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Description: A trolley pulled by two horses through downtown Covington, Georgia, with the Newton County Court House in the background.
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Georgia Ferry and Ox Cart

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Description: A composite of two photographs depicting an ox cart and a Georgia ferry. The top photograph shows a small cable ferry crossing a river, carrying a horse-dr...
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Garden Scene

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Description: View of a garden with the columned entrance to a mansion in the background. The garden includes azalea bushes, yucca plants, palm trees and a cannon.
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Georgia Peach Orchard and Packing House

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Description: Elevated view of a peach orchard and packing house. The roof of a building is in the foreground. Railroad tracks on the left run through the orchard, and a...
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Union Street

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Description: A view of Union Street, which is a wide thoroughfare with a grass median. On the left side of the median is both a car and truck. On the right side a figur...
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Cattle Grazing under the Pine Trees at Bessie Tift College

Date: 1925
Description: Cattle grazing amidst the trees.
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Picking Cotton

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Description: A group of agricultural workers picking cotton in a field.
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"Rattlesnake" Watermelons

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Description: A view of a horse-drawn wagon carrying three huge "Rattlesnake" watermelons. Each watermelon has a weight: 300 pounds, 285 pounds, and 260 pounds. The whee...
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Grist Mill

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Description: View from road with a stone wall toward a small stone building housing a grist mill, with a large water wheel on the right side. Surrounding the grist mill...

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