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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…
Creosote Cylinders
An interesting product of the old R.D. Cole Manufacturing Company in Newnan are these sections of riveted steel creosote cylinders. Four sections weighed 100,000 pounds each, and this tank required three standard railroad flat cars for loading. The…
Demolition of old Kroger Building on the Corner of Greenville Street and Spring Street, 1957
Black and white photograph of the old Kroger store during demolition. The sign for the Piggly Wiggly was found underneath the Kroger sign.
Dixie Shoe Shop
This photograph shows how the interior of the old Dixie Shoe Shop in downtown Newnan looked to customers in the 1940s and 1950s. The establishment was located on Jackson Street, where the La Fiesta restaurant is today. Shown in the photograph are…
DO YOU KNOW THESE YOUNGSTERS?
This picture is of a class at Newnan Junior High in 1957-58, but only part of the names could be remembered. Those who are identified are, all from left, front, 1-Jesse Edwards, 2-Bobby Cook, 3-Sonny Deriso, 5-Mary Lawrence Smith, 6-Jan Foster.…
DOLL HOUSE WAS FIXTURE AT COLE HOME
The doll house in this picture was built by R.D. Cole Manufacturing Company and put on exhibit for the Coweta Centennial September 1927. It was given by Edward Guy Cole to his daughter, Mrs. Minerva Cole Woodroof, who provided the photo. The picture…
DOWNTOWN NEWNAN
Downtown Newnan of the early 1900s is shown in this photograph. The view is from Jefferson Street looking south toward East Court Square in the years before the monument to Confederate soldiers in the War Between the States was moved. The monument…
Downtown Newnan, 1885
The West Court Square of Newnan is shown in the 100-year old photograph in a view looking north. Stepping stones are visible in the foreground. The corner building at the left is the present location of Johnson Hardware.
Early Newnan Fire Protection
Big red fire engines are a common-place sight in Newnan today, but before the automobile came into use the city had another way of fighting fires. This photograph shows an early horse-drawn fire engine in Newnan. For many years the Newnan Fire…
EARLY VIEW OF CENTRAL BAPTIST
This photograph of the Central Baptist Church in Newnan was taken before the Carnegie Library building was constructed. It was included in a small booklet, "Sixteen Views of Newnan, Ga.," published by j.F. Lee Drug Co. in the early 1900s. This photo…
EAST NEWNAN SCHOOL MEMORIES
This large group of youngsters attended East Newnan School in the first and second grades in 1939. The photo, taken on the trailer outside the school, is provided by Fred Rainwater. From left are, front, second grade teacher Mrs. Williams, Mary…
EAST NEWNAN SCHOOL STUDENTS, 1921
These students in the class of Miss Letha Starr are posed in front of the old East Newnan School in 1921. The building is an early one that burned, The photograph is provided by Irene Harris Medley and Myra Harris. Mrs. Harris' husband is among those…
EAST NEWNAN STUDENTS
These youngsters were in the second grade at East Newnan School in 1927. In the photo are, from left, front, Roxanne Ayers, Lorena Neese, unknown, unknown, Charlotte Turner, Doris Richardson, Sara Dammons, Annie Adams; second row, unknown, teacher…
ELIM SCHOOL
This group photograph was made in front of the Elim School about 1921. It is provided by Mrs. C.S. Wortham, whose husband is pictured in the back row at the age of about 11. Shown in the photo are, from left, front, kneeling, Herndon Tucker (cap),…
Em, Em, Good!
Eating plates of spaghetti in this scene from 1973 are a young John Bolin, left, and Carol Sprayberry. The photo, provided by Dick Bolin, was published to remind Coweta County folks to attend the annual spaghetti supper sponsored by the Henry…
Employees of C&S Bank of Newnan in front of Christmas Tree
Black and White photograph of branch employees in front of Christmas Tree in the lobby of the bank.
Employees pose in front of large Christmas wreath
Black and White photograph of bank employees in front of large Christmas wreath in lobby of bank branch, c. 1955-1960.
ERASTUS W. LANDERS
Erastus W. Landers, born on March 16, 1884, in Tyron, Chattoga, Co., Ga., was married April 27, 1904, in Newnan to Frances Almeady Chaffin of Randolph Co., Alabama. They moved to Coweta County around 1960, where Erastus lived until his death in 1965.…
First Self-Service Grocery
Dorsey Bowers provided this interior view of the new self-service grocery store opened by the H.C. Arnall Merchandise Company April 17, 1929. The company had moved from what is now the Kessler's building to the former Burdett warehouse building on…
FOLLIES 1948
The Newnan Junior Service League Follies, a benefit show staged about every four years, has been a tradition since 1941. This group of young women performed in the 1948 edition of the show. The scene is from a show program provided by Katie Arnall…
FOOTBALL FROM THE PAST
As the current high school football season proceeds toward its conclusion, it is appropriate to look back at this Newnan high football team of 1938. On the front row are, left to right, beginning with the young man in overalls, James Norman, then…
FROM THE 1920 NEWNAN HIGH
From the 1920 Newnan Senior Class are the young men, remember mostly by their nicknames. Among those in the group are Lee Evans, "Gulleywire" Goldwire, "Tub" Fields, "Kers" Kersey, "Buck" Leach, "Hubert" Meacham, "Chick" North, "Predessor" Pickett,…
GLOVER PEACH PACKING SHED
This scene photographed in 1927 is at the peach packing shed of Howard C. Glover. The shed was located on Georgia Highway 16 west of Newnan, next to the Atlanta and West Point Railroad. Notice the box car at left. It is believed that the man standing…
GREENVILLE STREET IN 1900
Today, in 1986, Newnan downtown merchants and government officials are talking about starting a Main Street program to keep the downtown vital and alive, a place where people will continue to work, shop and do business. Many of the buildings in this…
HOWARD WARNER HIGH SCHOOL
This group of young students are the 1945 graduating class of Howard Warner High School in Newnan. This class from 40 years ago was the first graduating class of Professor F.A. Dodson at Howard Warner. The old Howard Warner building on Savannah…
J.A. LATIMER COMPANY
J.A. Latimer Company once occupied the building at 14 Jackson St. in downtown Newnan where Badcock Home Furnishings is located today. In this photograph of the shop department in the back of the building are Monroe McKoy, Walter Phillips, Harold…
JACKSON STREET IN NEWNAN
This unusual view of Jackson Street in downtown Newnan, looking south, was featured on an early picture post card which was postmarked in 1915.
JOLLITIME KINDERGARTEN
Jollitime Kindergarten was located on Kellog Street in Newnan near the present Maggie Brown Kindergarten building. It was operated by Mrs. Mills Tuttle in her home. Mrs. Tuttle is standing at back right. In the photo is the class of 1951. The…
KIWANIS CHRISTMAS DINNER
This holiday scene shows a Newnan Kiwanis Club Christmas banquet in the 1940s at the old Swinton Hotel. Around the center table are, clockwise from front left, Roy Brown, Frank Thompson, Rebecca Thompson, Hamp Smith Sr., Rubye Smith, Bessie Starnes,…
LADIES BIBLE CLASS, CENTRAL BAPTIST
The Ladies' Bible Class of Central Baptist Church is shown in this photo. It is provided by Mrs. Winnie Glover Cline from a group of photos that belonged to her sister, the late Mary Glover Nixon. Cliff Glover provided the identification for the…
LIBERTY GIRLS
These young women were members of Liberty Christian Church, probably around the turn of the century. The photograph is provided by T.H. Holeman, whose mother is in the group. From left are, front, Eva Carter (Warren), Jennibell Hyde (Copeland),…
Long-Ago Homecoming
An old fashioned homecoming is a tradition at Elim Baptist Church, one of the oldest churches in Coweta County. This photograph shows the crowd at the Elim homecoming on August 30, 1936. Many improvements and changes have been seen around the Handy…
MAGNET BUILDING RENOVATION
These scenes show the "before and after" of the Magnet Building at LaGrange and Spring Streets in downtown Newnan at the time of a remodeling in 1947 and 1948. The top photo shows the building while the remodeling work was going on in 1947. The…
McCLELLAND ACADEMY
McClelland Academy is no longer standing in Newnan. The school was located on Duncan Street across from the city swimming pool. This photo is of the 1926 graduating class. Shown are seated, Mildred Wilson, Louise McColumn, Sallie P. Leigh, Maude…
McCLELLAND ACADEMY CLASS OF 1929
This photograph is another in a group of graduating classes from McClelland Academy, which operated in Newnan in the early 1900s. It was located on Duncan Street, across from the city swimming pool there. In this 1929 graduation photo, are, from…
McCLELLAND ACADEMY CLASS OF 1930
The McClelland Academy is no longer standing, but it was located on Duncan Street in Newnan across for the current Duncan Street swimming pool. Class groups from McClelland have been featured before in Coweta County Remembered and this group is the…
Mill Workers
These faces from Coweta County's past are employees of the old Newnan Mill photographed in 1916. Among the cotton mill workers are Miss Nettie Crawford, front, far right; and Miss Hattie Crawford, back, far right. Names of the other workers are being…
Mill Workers
Gathered in this photograph are workers at the East Newnan mill around 1929. Some of the people remembered, not in any order, are Jim Treadwell, Odie Hinsley, Johnny Kimbell, Lena Neill, Bess Watts, Noah Bennett, Roy Neese, Lena Griffin Neese, Rosie…
MR. GUY COLE
Mr. Guy Cole is shown in this photo at his office at the old R.D. Cole Manufacturing Company or "Cole Shop" probably during World War II. Ed Cole III provided the picture of his late grandfather. R.D. Cole Company was Coweta County's oldest industry,…
Murray Street School, 1940
These first graders were students at the old Murray Street School in 1940-41 in the class of Mrs. Mable Holland. In the photo, are, from left, front, Nora Lee Abercrombie, Minnie Lee Olmstead, Betty Jo Hamby, Christine Tucker, unknown, unknown,…
MURRAY WAREHOUSE BLOCK
This postcard scene of the Murray Warehouse Block building just off the Court Square on West Washington Street. The postcard listed the address as 2450 West Washington, about which Pinson is surprised because he started Newnan Electric Company in…
Naval Academy Grads
Forty-one years ago, on June 6, 1945, The Newnan Times-Herald ran the photo at left of three midshipmen who were graduating from the United States Naval Academy. All three were appointed to the academy from Coweta County by Congressman A. Sidney…
Nearly Completed C&S Bank Building
Black and white photograph of nearly completed C&S bank located on Greeville Street and Spring Street in downtown Newnan.
Neill Wrote Church History
William Tatum Neill (1848-1918), right, wrote the history of Bethel Methodist Church. At left is his wife, Elizabeth "Betty" Hall Neill (1852-1911).
NEW SOLDIERS
This photograph made in April 1943 in front of the old train depot in Newnan shows a group of young men who had been inducted into the service. They had come home for seven days of leave and were ready to leave for the service. On the front row are…
Newnan Chevrolet Dealership
In 1935 the J.L Weddingon, Jr. Chevrolet dealership and Texaco gasoline station was located on Greenville Street at the site presently occupied by Arnall Insurance Company and the drive-in windows of the C&S Bank. Shown in the photograph is the staff…
Newnan Fire Department
Newnan city officials display a "fire engine" of Hose Company No. 1 in this 1912 photograph. From left to right are John Shakelford, chief of police; Jim Beavers, fire chief; Tom Parrott, council member; Tom Goodrum, council member; and Bennett…
NEWNAN FIRST METHODIST
The cornerstone for the first brick building of the Newnan First Methodist Episcopal Church was laid on August 25, 1874. Two views of the old church building are shown in these photographs. The church, the congregation of which is now Newnan First…
NEWNAN HIGH CLASS OF 1914
These individual graduation portraits and view of the Newnan public school are from a composite made by photographer S. Fowler in 1914. The picture was brought to the Male Academy Museum, and the provider is unknown. The building, later known as the…
NEWNAN HIGH CLASS OF 1924
These Newnan High School graduates pose in their finery at ceremonies in 1924. From left are, front Ann Bryant, Ruth Boynton, Rose Stephens, Eileen Gurley, Hazel Potts, Ella Mae Smith, Virginia Davis, Virginia Banks (St. John), Marion Arnall, Martha…
NEWNAN HIGH CLASS OF 1937
The Newnan High School graduates from 1937 are shown in this photo taken in the auditorium in the upstairs of the Carnegie Library building by a photographer named Tarpley. Where married names of the women could be remembered, they are indicated in…