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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…
SARGENT SCHOOL IN 1910
This photograph features the students at Sargent School in 1910 when the teacher was Maude Bridges Carmical. Among the students are, not in order, Eldridge Burnham, Home Burnham, Robbie Burnham Vickery, Myrtle Burnham Vickery, Bertha Burnham Beam,…
SENOIA BASEBALL OF 1905-1906
Warm weather is here, and with it comes the American tradition of baseball for old and young alike. This group of men is the Senoia Baseball Team of 1905-1906. Team members include, from left, front, a man named Norton, Ralph McKnight, a Tech…
READY FOR A PARADE
These people in a photo from about 1910, provided by Cliff Glover, Jr. of Newnan, are ready for a parade. Glover is the father of Newnan Mayor Clifford (Gandy) Glover III. The third person from the left on the wagon float is Clifford Glover, Sr.,…
At Home on the Farm
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…
ATKINSON GRAMMAR SCHOOL
These young people are students from Atkinson Grammar School in 1933. Among those in the photo are Duke Blackburn, George Neil, Harold Ward, Eugene Love, Haden Camp, Harold Barron, Tommie Yeargan, Virginia Wilson Holbrook, Julia Mann Power, Lavonia…
White Oak High School
These students are from the 1917 class at White Oak High School. The photograph is provided by Mrs. Mary Ella Bellamy of Luthersville, and among those in the picture is her mother, Mary Ella Bexley (Martin). The Newnan-Coweta Historical Society would…
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…
STARR HIGH SCHOOL
Several photos have been provided of the old Starr High School in Sharpsburg, including this one from the Coweta County Board of Education files and one from James McKoon. The school was established in 1919 and was located by the side of the raiload…
READY FOR A RIDE
Rhodes Johnson and Nancy Bowers (Johnson) are seated in the front seat of this new automobile in the yard at the old Bowers home in the White Oak Community, J.D. Johnson and Mary Hunter (Chestnut) are seated in the back.
CENTRAL OF GEORGIA RAILROAD PARK
This view of the Central of Georgia Railroad Park in Newnan is from about 1918. The park was located on Savannah Street next to the present Newnan-Coweta Chamber of Commerce building.
TEMPLE AVENUE SCHOOL
These school children from the early 1900s are sixth graders at the old Temple Avenue School in Newnan. In the photo are, from left, front, Mary Cranford, Amy Ruth Morgan, Mary Powers, Ruth Robinson, Mrs. B.B. Melson, Mildred Arnall, Gabrille…
THE AMERICAN PASTIME
This group of men ready fr a good game composed the 1937 softball team of R.D. Cole Manufacturing Company. In the photo are, from left, seated, Charlie Griffith, Fleming Jones; standing, front, George Strickland, Sid Boswell, Horace Bowie, Walter…
THESE SIXTH GRADERS
These sixth graders are students from the old Temple Avenue School in Newnan in 1921. Most of the students are identified as follows: sitting, left to right, Ethel Ball, Martha Cole, Sara Bryant; standing, front, left to right, (unknown), Willene…
Baptist Convention in Newnan
The Georgia Baptist Convention met in Newnan in November 1917 at the First Baptist Church on West Washington Street. Church records give a brief mention of the event, saying that A.N. Freeman gave the welcome on behalf of the First Baptist Church and…
THE NEWNAN HIGH SCHOOL 1910
The Newnan High School 1910 graduating class was quite a bit smaller than the hundreds who will graduate next Monday night. In this photo are the graduates and their teachers. Following the numbers, beginning at top right and going down, are 1.…
A DISTRICT CHURCH MEETING
A district church meeting held in 1945 drew a large crowd at the Jones Hill United Methodist Church on Walk Carmichael Road. The Rev. R.W. Sutton, kneeling in the center with the basket, was pastor. This photo is provided by Claudia Mae Powell Berry,…
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…
The 1938 Graduating Class
The 1938 graduating class of the old Starr High School in Sharpsburg is shown in this photo. From left are, front, Bertha Hooten (Couch), Beula Johnson (Reese), (unknown), a girl named Caldwell; second row, Edwin Brown, Josephine Summers (Lee),…
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…
ROSCOE BALL TEAM
In this scene from 1939 in Newnan at Pickett Field are the members of the Roscoe Ball Team. In the photo are, from left, front, T.X. Thrower, Felton Causey, Rufus Norton, John Causey Jr.; back, unknown, Harvey Lee Dutton, Joe Brown Norton, Jessie…
MT. CARMEL SCHOOL
These youngsters are at a seventh grade graduation at Mt. Carmel School in 1926. LEft to right are Louis Austin Henson, Evelyn Boone Jordan, Lucy Mae Sitton Smith, Leon Story, Very Lettimer Dempsey, Ernestine Mulkey Payton and Lena Lattimer Murphy.…
YOUNG PEOPLE FROM 1931
This group of teenagers is from Starr High in 1931. In the photo are, from left, front, Edna Byron, Lucile Banks, teacher Hazel Potts and Eugene Upshaw; second row, Martha Linch, Musa Brooke, Margaret McMichael, Cecil Drake and Joseph Summers; back,…
THE WEDDING PARTY
Almost every married couple has a photograph to remember the people taking part in their wedding ceremony - and this wedding party is especially large by anyone's estimation. The event was the wedding of Virginia Glover to Edmund Francis Cook at…
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."
MORELAND RAILROAD STATION
Moreland is the traditional place to eat barbecue on July 4th in Coweta County - and has been for 40 years. In recent years the town has added the Puckett Station crafts fair to the annual barbecue event. The crafts fairs goes by the name for the…
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…
A Cool Swim About 1910
The young people in this photo are enjoying a swimming outing at Hilley's Mill about 1910. The recreation spot was northwest of Powers' Crossroads. The names of the young women are not remembered. In front is (7) Gyp Stanley, and on the second row…
PROTECTING THE CITY OF HOMES
This scene was photographed in front of the old City of Newnan Fire Department on June 19, 1949, when it was located on LaGrange Street in what is now Barron's appliance store. The fire department was moved to a new building beside the Municipal…
CROWDER HOME, 1898
This photograph of the William L. Crowder home was made in fall of 1898. The adults seated in front are, left to right, Bud Watts, William Leonard Crowder and Sophia Wortham Crowder. The children standing behind them are, left to right, Mary…
CROWDER HOME, 1982
This picture of the restored Crowder home was made during the summer of 1982. Seated are, left to right, Len Clarke Crowder, grandson of the builder; the late Donnie Wortham Hendrix, granddaughter of Hugh Wortham, holding Thomas Henry "Harry" Camp;…
Typical Sunday Dinner
In earlier days, it was typical for many of the parishioners at Elim Baptist Church to come to the adjacent Crowder home for a big Sunday Dinner. This scene depicts a group on the front porch of the historic home after such a meal. Left to right are,…
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…
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…
NEWNAN SHOPPING IN YESTERYEAR
This photo shows the interior of one of Newnan's old stores, Boone's department store, which was located on the east side of the Court Square. It is not known exactly when the photo was taken, but the men in the store are, from left, S.G. Dukes,…
THE MURRAY STREET SCHOOL
The Murray Street School, shown in this photo from the files of the Coweta County School System, was a mill school established in 1898 by the Newnan Cotton Mill. It was located on Haynes Street in the village of East Newnan. The name was soon changed…
SHARPSBURG TOWN COUNCIL IN SESSION
This group of gentlemen are members of the Sharpsburg Town Council at a meeting, probably in the late 1940's, at the old Bridges and Cole Store. The store remained the center of activity in Sharpsburg until recent years, when renovation of the…
This View of Downtown Newnan
This view of Downtown Newnan shows the east side of the Court Square looking north about 1910. In the distance is the Virginia House building, which still stands at the corner of East Washington Street and Jefferson.
HARALSON SCHOOL
This impressive wooden structure thought to be the Haralson School does not fit the description given in "Coweta School Days" by the Honor's Program of Central High School published in 1985.The Newnan-Coweta Historical Society hopes readers will be…
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…
OLYMPIA HOTEL
This view of the old Olympia Hotel in Newnan is from 1900. The structure was located on Greenville Street, on the present site of the Newnan Post Office and Federal Building.
NEWNAN HIGH SCHOOL, 1935
The family of George Willis Hammond shared this photograph, featuring the 1935 graduating class at Newnan high School. Left to right are, front, Alvin Harper, Rosa Deck, Margaret Kersey Heck, Helen Cole Jones, Lucy Wilkinson, Norman Camp, Mary Willie…
SCHOOL DAYS
As Coweta County School children head back to classes this coming Monday they are not so different from the students of days gone by. These third grade youngsters in October 1924 pose at the old Temple Avenue Grammar School in Newnan, which stood on…
THE T.G. FARMER AND SONS
The T.G. Farmer and Sons General Merchandise Store was the original occupant of the building at 15 Jefferson St., at the corner of Madison Street, that now houses the Newnan Times-Herald offices. The building dates from 1914, and the T.G. Farmer sign…
This Starr High Tenth Grade
This Starr High Tenth Grade class is from the 1933-34 school year. The school, no longer used, was in the Sharpsburg-Turin area. In this photo are, from left, front Ella Hill Brown, Joyce Edwards, Louise Duke, Louise McKoon, Ruby Dial, Sam Hooten;…
1935 Newnan Football Team
As football season is getting underway, we look back at one of Newnan High School's past football teams from about 1935. From left are, front, 21-Hugh Pope, 10-E.C. "Beefie" McCoy, 11-Roy Power, 1-Robert (Gravett or Gravette), 17-Philip Jackson,…
These Youngsters
These youngsters and their teacher are students from the first through fourth grades at the old Sharpsburg School about 1921. From left are, front, J.W. Cole, Wynn Smith, Gene Johnston, Arrie Henry, (first name unknown) Moore, and (first name…
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…
'Possum Eaters Convention
December 5, 1946, brought the 34th annual 'Possum Eaters Convention - which was held in Newnan for many years at Bud Gay's restaurant on East Broad Street. The menu cooked by the popular black restaurant proprietor included crisp and brown roasted…
NEWNAN HIGH GRADUATES, 1904
This group of young people are the 1904 graduates of Newnan High School. From left are, front, John Robinson, Willis J. Davis, Earl Chandler; second row, Lorenna Robertson (far left) and Annie Lizzie Widener (far right); third row, Ysabel Salbide,…
SCHOOL CHILDREN IN HARALSON
This group of youngsters are school children from Haralson about 1928. This photo was made at the Lutheran Church. At front right are J.C. Tenney and Steve Tenney. The other children are not identified.