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Gathering of residents and community members in the pavilion off Boone Drive at Newnan Public Housing apartments.

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Second from left is Elizabeth Camp, longtime aide to former Congressman and House Speaker Newt Gingrich. She appears to be sharing information on drug abuse prevention.

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Photograph of Mary A. Lovelace Stegall, used for her obituary

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Lois Ware, long time Coweta County School Food Service Worker retires.

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Willie Frank Strong, a Newnan student often in the news for achievement.

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ROTC Cadet Reginald Cheney receiving an accommodation

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Newnan High FHA honored

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Mr. and Mrs. Edward N. Grant celebrate their anniversary

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Honors Day at Madras School (located on U.S. 29 North). From left, are Coach Gemmell, Henry Seldon (Coweta County School System Recreation Director), Mrs. Ida Long, Mark Ball, Mrs. Donald Ball, and Coach Bennett.

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Employee shows off the handwritten entries in a Coweta County Superior Court Criminal Docket.

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Employee conducting research in the Coweta County Superior Court Records.

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Neal Shepard, left, presenting the Honor for Service to a veteran employee Florine Garner. Shepard was a Republican serving as State Representative from the Newnan area.

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Golden Age Club Plans Bazaar

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Florine Garner, right, receiving a State of Georgia Faithful Service Award

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State Kiwanis Officers participate in meeting. Third from left is Allyn Bell, a long time Coweta County School System principal and member of the Newnan Kiwanis Club.

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Mrs. Fannie Brown celebrates her birthday

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Nora Sewell celebrates her birthday

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Mr. and Mrs. Roy Allen, of Dayton, Ohio, formally of Newnan, will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary with a reception on February 20, 1982. The Allen's have seven children, 13 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

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Wanda Stegall employee of the Office of Public Relations, West Georgia College, Carrollton, GA

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Familiar Coweta County faces of the day are shown at a "wild game supper" in 1960 at the Manget cabin on Highway 34 west of Newnan. From left are Joe Norman (who served for a number of years as Newnan mayor and provided photography services for the…

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This photo is of a group called the "Anonym Club." The four men's names were written on the back of the frame in the following order: Harry Trantham, J. Litt Jones, John S. Hardaway, Jr. and W.L. Stricker.

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Newnan High School's graduating class in 1920 was a bit smaller than those today, a little over 40 in comparison to almost 400 in 1985. In this photo are 43 students - 19 young men and 24 young women - along with several adults. In the class are,…

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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,…

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A tree planting ceremony in Oak Hill Cemetery was preserved for history by a photographer, but the peoples' names and occasion are a mystery.

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This old courthouse was built in 1829 by Captain William Hitchcock. The clock tower was added while A.J. Lyndon was in office in the 1880's. Notice the well in the center foreground.

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The old Atlanta and West Point railroad station was located on East Broad Street in Newnan. The building was demolished in the late 1960's.

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The contract for the old Newnan Post Office was awarded to Algernon Blair of Montgomery, Alabama, for a sum of $47,868.92. The building was constructed on the southeast corner of Greenville and Spring Street and completed in July of 1911. This…

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This house was located on the northeast corner of College and West Washington Streets in Newnan. It was the home of Judge John Ray from 1838 to 1868, when it was sold to Dr. J.H. Hall. Another view of this house may be seen in the "Centennial…

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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…

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The Newnan passenger train station is shown in this old photograph as it appeared in 1970. It was provided by Merrill S. Hughie, who was a railway clerk at this depot for 42 years for both the A&WP Railway and the Central of Georgia (Southern…

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The home of Dr. A.B. Calhoun on Greenville Street was built in the 1850s. It was constructed of brick handmade by slaves. The home was being demolished in 1955 to make way for the Greenville Street Shopping Center.

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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.

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This old view of downtown Newnan is of the north square looking west. The spire of the First Baptist Church can be seen in the center background of this photograph.

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Newnan was once the location of a college dedicated to the elevation of young women, and which later opened its doors to young men as well. Located on property bound by College Street on the west, Temple Avenue on the south, and Kellogg Street on the…

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This view looking south on Greenville Street shows the hustle and bustle of downtown Newnan in the 1920s. The photograph also gives a glimpse of the automobiles and fashions of the times.

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Walthall's Drug Store in downtown Newnan was located on the east side of Greenville Street where Sprayberry's Small World is now house.

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Tall cedar trees once stood in Oak Hill Cemetery in Newnan in the special Confederate section. The trees were demolished by a tornado in the late 1960s or early 1970s. The Confederate section holds the graves of 265 Confederate soldiers. The…

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While on an outing to obtain a photograph of the boulder which marks the site of the lost town of Bullsboro for the "Coweta County Chronicles," this photograph was made of Mrs. Mary Gibson Jones. Founded in 1826, Bullsboro was Coweta County's first…

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These distinguished gentlemen gathered on the steps of the Coweta County Courthouse in downtown Newnan are veterans from Coweta County of the War Between the States. The picture of the surviving veterans was made in the 1920s by photographer Will F.…

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Located in the Raymond community on Sheddon Avenue, this old school began as a one-room school house about 1910. The community of Raymond was named after Mr. and Mrs. Jay Ray, and the school was named after Mary Ray - the Mary Ray Memorial School.…

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A Coweta County family is shown with this automobile in a pose photographed about 1912. The picture of the Morgan Addy Caldwell family was taken at the Caldwell home on Standing Rock Road near Senoia. Standing on the far left is Mary Kate Caldwell,…

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The float in this photograph was in the parade commemorating Coweta County and Newnan's 100th anniversary on September 28, 1927. The float was sponsored by Arnall Mills, which is now owned by Bibb Manufacturing Company of Macon. Shown on the float…

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This Newnan High School track team won the state high school track championship for Georgia in 1922. The members of the team were photographed on the steps of the old high school, which was located on Jackson Street on the lot now occupied by the…

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This Veterans On-the-Job Farm Training Class photo was taken about 1949, and the Newnan-Coweta Historical Society would like to know the names of all those in the picture. Among those on the front row are, seated, beginning from left, J. Wilkins…

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A slightly different mode of travel than school children see today these Coweta County school buses are shown parked at the Coweta County Courthouse in downtown Newnan in May 1938.

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This is a view of the Strickland Market at 17 East Broad Street in Newnan as it appeared on August 8, 1937. Earl Strickland, now retired, ran the store for 38 years. Behind the counter in the old view of the store are, from left, Earl Strickland,…

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This group from the early 1900s is believed to be gathered for a singing school at Sargent Baptist Churhc. Among thos in the picture are Mrs. Emmy Witcher Warren, Brewer Witcher, Mrs. Amelia Crawford Witcher, Ernest Witcher and Mrs. Annie Newton…

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These young Coweta County men were inducted into the United States Army on July 8, 1943, and are shown at the Newnan train depot as they headed for Fort McPherson in Atlanta. Some of the men on the second row have been identified, including Johnny…

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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…
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