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SENOIA HOME IN LATE 1800S
This house was home of Capt. W.D. Linch. The photo, submitted by Paul McKnight, Jr., was probably made in 1891, or that may be the date the house was…
This Family Portrait
This family portrait provided by Mrs. James Stewart of East Highway 16, Sharpsburg, was taken at the Baldwin and Son Studio in Newnan around 1893. Shown are Mr. J.T. "Jim" Hughie and his wife Electa with, from Left, son Gene, daughters Fannie Mae…
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,…
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…
MILL FAMILIES
Families of workers from Southern Mills are gathered for this photo made in 1942, provided by Charles F. Welden. Mr. Welden remembered a number of people scattered through the group. In addition to Charles Welden and Dorothy Welden they include:…
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…
E.N. CAMP FACTORY
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…
Beavers Packing Company, Inc.
Beavers Packing Company, Inc. opened for business on September 1, 1939. The two people shown are Mrs. J.A. Beavers, Sr., wife of the founder, and W.H. Shoaf, plant superintendent. The automobile is a 1939 Buick Coupe belonging to J.A. Beavers, Sr. He…
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…
THE LaGRANGE STREET VIADUCT
The railroads have played an important part in travel and development for Newnan, as for other towns across America. This interesting photograph, shows train travel at the LaGrangeStreet Viaduct in Newnan about 1918.
R.D. FOREMEN
In this scene from the early 1940s are department foremen of the old R.D. Cole Manufacturing Company, which was replaced by the current Brown Steel Company on East Broad Street. Shown in the photo are, from left, front, M.E. Spraggins, Harvey…
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…
Logging Operation
The harvesting of trees is still big business in Coweta County, but these scenes show an operation more than 35 years ago. The top photo shows a load of logs cut near Haralson about 1948. The 1946 model truck was purchased by the late G.W. Skinner…
E.N. CAMP AND SONS
E.N. Camp and Sons Manufacturing Company in Moreland, Georgia, is shown in this photograph. The company manufactured horse-drawn farm implements and veneer blankets for packing and selling fruit such as peaches and grapes. The building shown in the…
Two Way Traffic
It has been a while since two-way traffic was allowed on Greenville Street in downtown Newnan. This photograph appeared in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution Magazine October 8, 1950, with the article "Newnan ... Home-Owned Industries Produce." The…