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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…

This scene of "Selling Cotton: Newnan, Ga." was included in a set of ten views titled "Singer Souvenir of the South." The set was published by the Singer Sewing Machine Company in the early 1900s and distributed at Singer stores in every city. Other…

These young women pose in the Camp Peach Orchard in Moreland in 1936. From left are, Ruby Carolyn Camp Mills, Mary Willie Bowen Banks, Ida Lee Ellis, Elsie Mann Farmer, Catherine Poole Reding and Billie Camp Embry. The two Camp girls are from the…

These Coweta farming scenes are from the 1930s. At left are Tim Cole and Vada Cole Horn preparing to plant a garden in the spring of 1933. The scene at right shows Paul Cole combining wheat in 1930. The wheat would be made into flour to make bread…

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…

This photo provided by Moreland history buff Ed Wolak from the collection of Cleo Hindsman is of the E.N. Camp Factory in Moreland in the early 1900s. It shows a row of the machines made there to distribute guano or seed. A horse or mule would be…

This scene from Coweta County's past shows William Cole plowing in April 1938 at what was known as the old Spence Place off Walt Carmichael Road.

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…

This picture was made at the R.T. Trammell farm near Luthersville in Coweta County. The tenant house at left is still standing. The car with the Florida tag belonged to the Trammells' oldest son, Milner, who was home for a visit. The little girl is…

In 1923 a group of Coweta County businessmen and farmers went to Texas on a trip to see about buying land. On the land promotion trip were a Mr. Lovvorn from Newnan and James K. Polk, who owned and operated a farm west of Moreland. Polk, the maternal…

This photograph of Newnan shows the north side of the Court Square in the 1890s crowded with wagons coming to market when cotton was still king. The Confederate monument, which has since been moved to the Coweta County Courthouse grounds, stands in…