- Collection:
- Georgia Historical Markers
- Title:
- Six Industrial Giants historical marker
- Creator:
- Seibert, David, 1941-2020
- Date of Original:
- 1996/2014
- Subject:
- Historical markers--Georgia--Carroll County
Memorials--Georgia--Carrollton
Candler, Asa Griggs, 1851-1929
Brooks, David William, 1901-
Richards, Roy, 1912- - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Carroll County, Carrollton, 33.58011, -85.07661
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Location: Tanner and Newton Streets in Carrollton
Text of marker: "SIX INDUSTRIAL GIANTS. Born within a few miles of each other were six people who are recognized as giants of industry in the southeast. Asa G. Candler of Villa Rica was founder and first president of Coca-Cola; Sam Candler Dobbs, president of Coca-Cola; Arthur Acklen, president of Coca-Cola; Warren Sewell, father of men's clothing manufacturing in the south. D.W. Brooks started the Georgia Cotton Cooperative which became Gold Kist and Roy Richards developed Southwire into one of the largest wire companies in the world. 022-5 GEORGIA HISTORIC MARKER 1983" - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_ghm_six-industrial-giants
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ghm_six-industrial-giants
- Language:
- eng
- Rights Holder:
- Copyright held by David Seibert. Please contact markers@davidseibert.com about commercial reproduction and use
- Holding Institution:
- Digital Library of Georgia
- Rights:
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