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THE NEWNAN FIRE DEPARTMENT
The Newnan Fire Department of the 1920s is shown in this scene in front of the old fire house on LaGrange Street. Notice the Modern motorized vehicles…
A DOCTOR'S WAITING ROOM
This doctor's office waiting room was the reception area for Dr. Thomas Jefferson Jones around the turn of the century. This photo is provided by Winnie Glover Klein, his granddaughter. Dr. Jones lived until June 26, 1916. The well-known physician…
A FAMILY FROM TURIN
Posed for a portrait, probably made in the early 1890s, is the Fletcher Moreland Stamps family of Turin. Seated are, left center, Fletcher Moreland Stamps, born December 19, 1841; and right, Mary Ann Roberts Stamps, born July 10, 1844. Standing at…
A FISHING TRIP
This photo provided by Herbert Ozmore of Newnan shows a group of well-known, Newnan men on a fishing trip to Florida. One of the members of the group, Walter Sanders, provided the identification for the photo. Left to right are Lamar Potts, sheriff…
A Gentleman Caller Comes A Courtin'
This gentleman and young lady are perched in a horse-drawn buggy in downtown Sharpsburg in the early 1900s. Seated in the buggy are W.B North and Polly Bridges. They are in front of the house of Mrs. Mary Bridges on the southeast corner of Terrentine…
A GROUP OF WORKERS
A group of workers gathered for this photo outside the Newnan Cotton Mill in 1942. This picture was provided by Bobby Dearman, whose mother, Beulah Dearman, is included in the photograph. Most of the people have been identified with most appreciated…
A GROUP OF YOUNG GENTLEMEN
A group of young gentlemen pose in front of Joe Wynn's store in downtown Sharpsburg about 1912. In the photo are left to right, front, Richard Ingram and Rex Brown; middle row, Alvin Ingram and Alton Royonton; and back, Lehmann Hudson and Roy…
A Large Newnan Family
This photo from the files of the Newnan-Coweta Historical Society, shows one of Newnan's large old families. The family is that of Mrs. I.E.C.W. Smith about 1917. From left are, front, Mrs. Sarah Peniston Moses, Ellis Redding Sims, Sr., Mrs. Em Smith…
A Lost Treasure Found
This old photograph was in surprisingly good condition after being discovered in the wall of the old J.W. Cole home in Moreland. It was found when the new owners, Jerry and Diane Evans, were doing restoration work on the house. No on in Moreland is…
A LOVER OF HISTORY
This photograph shows Miss Lily Reynolds on her birthday when she was in her late 80's or 90's. She was a lover of local history and co-wrote with Mary Gibson Jones the history of Coweta County published in 1926 called "Coweta Chronicles."
A MAN AND HIS HORN
Gayle North was a member of the Sharpsburg Band in 1886, playing cornet. Other member included Ed Pittman, base honr; Bob North, drum; Dub Bridges, J.D. Norris; and M.H. Norris.
A Neill girl
This photograph belonged to the parents of Mrs. Frances Banks Storey. The identity of the woman is not known, but Mrs. Storey said she was believed to be "a Neill girl."
A Play to Remember
This young group of actors performed in a children's play presented at the auditorium over the Carnegie Library in downtown Newnan about 1922. From left are, front, Bill Lee, Sally Cook, Jimmy Williams, Patsy Woodroof (standing), Lamar Smith and Dot…
A Plentiful Cotton Harvest
This scene of harvested cotton being brought to market is on the north side of the Newnan Court Square in the 1920s. Automobiles can be seen among the loaded wagons. The spire of the First Baptist Church on West Washington Street can be seen in the…
A SACRED HARP SINGING
A sacred harp singing was the occasion for this photograph of the McCullough family at Pleasant Hill Baptist Church near Senoia, Georgia, in 1907. Show in the photograph are Arch McCullough, Mrs. Cleo Tidwell McCullough, Euell McCullough, Grady…
A SCENE FROM 1929
This group of young people is a Sunday School class from East Newnan Baptist and Methodist Church shown in a 1929 photo. There were 90 pupils in the class, and the teacher is seventh from the right on the first row. Among the names that can…
A SENOIA FAMILY
This Family group from Senoia, Georgia, in about 1899. The only person who can be positively identified is the gentleman standing in the back, fourth from left, Leonard Pinkston Neill.
A SHARPSBURG GATHERING, CIRCA 1910
These festive young people are gathered to the street of Sharpsburg during the summer of about 1910. This photograph is from the photo album of Louise Gearreld Wynn, who is pictured at the top of the group and it was provided by Georgia Shapiro.…
A SINGING SCHOOL
This group from the early 1900s is believed to be gathered for a singing school at Sargent Baptist Churhc. Among thos in the picture are Mrs. Emmy Witcher Warren, Brewer Witcher, Mrs. Amelia Crawford Witcher, Ernest Witcher and Mrs. Annie Newton…
A TRIPLE WEDDING IN 1905
As the traditional "wedding season" gets underway, this photo gives a glimpse of a large triple wedding in the McColhum community off what is now U.S. Highway 29 in northern Coweta County. The wedding ceremony, which took place in August 1905, was…
A Visit from Santa
Black and white photograph of children posing with Santa Clause at the bank branch located on Greenville Street in downtown Newnan. Photograph was taken by Bob Shapiro Photography in 1984.
A YOUNG COWETA COUPLE
This young man and wife married in the 1930s of Coweta County are shown during their honeymoon. Hewlette Carter Murphy and Lena Latimer were married June 20, 1937 at the Coweta Circuit Parsonage on East Broad Street. Mt. Carmel Methodist was Miss…
A&WP TRAIN STATION, NEWNAN
The old Atlanta and West Point railroad station was located on East Broad Street in Newnan. The building was demolished in the late 1960's.
Academy was on Duncan Street
This group of students composed a graduating class of McClelland Academy, which was located in Newnan across from the current swimming pool on Duncan Street. The academy was a school for black children sponsored by the Presbyterian Church. The…
AMONG COWETA 19TH CENTURY
Among Coweta 19th Century citizens were the Pucketts of Newnan, shown in these photographs. The children on the right are John O. Puckett, born in 1885. They were bth born in Newnan, and their father and mother, Columbus and Sallie Puckett, in the…
AN 1890'S PICNIC AT SARGENT
This group of young Coweta County citizens are gathered for an 1890s picnic at Wahoo Creek near Sargent. The names of the couple cannot be identified, although it is known that Howard Clover and a young woman named Mary Goodrum (or possibly Goodwyn)…
AN 1890'S POLITICAL FISH FRY
This gathering in the Handy community is a political fish fry in the summer of 1893 for Newnan attorney, William Y. Atkinson, then in the midst of his campaign for governor of Georgia. It was hosted by W.L. Crowder near Handy Crossroads. Atkinson is…
AN AUTOMOBILE IN 1910?
An automobile in 1910? No! This picture was made in a photographer's studio in Newnan in 1910, using an automobile as a prop setting. Notice the canvas painting backdrop. Seated in the center, with the cigar, is William Norman Teasley Camp. At the…
An Exciting Basketball Game
An exciting basketball game is shown in progress on the grounds of the Welcome School in the early 1920's. This wooden school building was used prior to the brick school building being built on the site in 1934.
AN OLD-FASHIONED SOUTHERN PICNIC
This photo was made in Turin, Georgia, probably on a hot summer afternoon in the 1920s. Neither the exact location nor the people can be identified.
Annual Employee Photograph
Black and white photograph of bank employees posing in front of the lobby Christmas Tree, c. 1955-1960.
Arial View of Construction of New C&S Bank
Black and white photograph taken of the re-construction of the old Kroger store building. Photograph was taken on the rooftop of the old Post Office building.
Army Inductees
These young Coweta County men were inducted into the United States Army on July 8, 1943, and are shown at the Newnan train depot as they headed for Fort McPherson in Atlanta. Some of the men on the second row have been identified, including Johnny…
ARNALL GROCERY OPENING, 1929
This crowd was gathered for the opening of a new self-service grocery started by the H.C. Arnall Merchandise Company on April 17, 1929. The photo, a companion to another published in this feature April 21, 1987, is provided y Dorsey Beavers, present…
