- Collection:
- Vanishing Georgia
- Title:
- International Association of Car Accountants
- Creator:
- Kuhns, J. H. and Hugh B. Adams
- Date of Original:
- 1887
- Subject:
- Railroads--Cars
Special events--Georgia--Bartow County
Recreations--Georgia--Bartow County
Transportation--Georgia--Bartow County - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Bartow County, 34.23786, -84.8405
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Allatoona Pass, Bartow County, April 18, 1887. A grouping of the International Association of Car Accountants posed with the locomotive General at Allatoona Pass on the Western and Atlantic railroad in Bartow County, Ga.
This is an albumen print.
02/25/2003: The locomotive, used by the Confederate troops, was involved in the battle of Kennesaw Mountain, June 27, 1864 and was the last train to leave Atlanta when Hood's army evacuated it. On April 13, 1887, the Western and Atlantic railroad offered a special excursion for the families of the members of the International Association of Car Accountants from Chattanooga to Atlanta. The train stopped at the pass. - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_vang_brt138-91
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/vang/do:brt138-91
- Rights Holder:
- Held by Georgia Archives, 5800 Jonesboro Road, Morrow, GA 30260.
Contact repository re: reproduction and usage. - Additional Rights Information:
- Please contact holding institution for information regarding use and copyright status.
- Holding Institution:
- Georgia Archives
- Rights:
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