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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…
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…
Two Grantville Young Men
Two Grantville Young Men are among the face in this group of Georgia Military Academy students from 1911-1912. The display is from the school program. Marie Geter of Grantville received the program from relatives of one of the young men, Granvill…
THE ROSCOE SCHOOL
These students are at the Roscoe School in 1913. In the photo are, from left, front, sitting on ground, George Potts, J.W. Turner, Harold Sewell, Carl Sewell; second row, on ench, Maggie Jou Edison, Willie Mae Cook, Irene Crews, Myrtie Sprayberry,…
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.
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…
MORELAND SCHOOL IN 1898
These students are gathered in front of the Moreland School in 1898. In the photo are, from left, front, Abner York, Frank Brannon, Albert Sydney Camp, Charles Pierce Gordon, John Tom Brown, Fred Dunn, Will Brannon Jr., Sam Rollins; second row, Irene…
OLD POPLAR LOG MISSION
Organized about 1931 by "Uncle" Henry Richards, the Old Poplar Log Mission met in Cole's Pasture, about 200 yards east of the present-day Congregational Holiness Church on Farmer Street. Services were each Sunday morning and Wednesday night. Lanterns…
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.
Starr School Students
These first grade students are from a class at Starr School in Sharpsbug in 1922-23. The only ones known are John Thomas Norton, seventh from the left on the second row; the teacher, Mrs. Moore, who is eighth from the left on the second row; and…
CORNER BRANCH SCHOOL
Among the many schools in Coweta County's history is one called the Corner Branch School that can be dated back to about 1890. It was located at the corner of Smokey Road and Dr. Bruce Jackson Road, and it closed in 1918.
FRESH YOUNG FACES
These young women are students of the Moreland School from about 1912 or 1913. In the photograph are, from left, front, Ruby Spratling, Cleo Webb, Lucille Bexley, Nellie Parks; second row, Susan Wilson, Florence Polk, Pearl Haynes; back, Alma Evans.
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…
PROLIFIC FAMILY
Shown in this photo is the large William Henry Bryant family of Sargent. Included in the group photo are the Bryant children, their spouses and children. They are, from left, front, Ethel Duncan Bryant with child Frances Bryan (Yarbrough), Edward…
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…
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…
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,…
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…