- Collection:
- Vanishing Georgia
- Title:
- [Photograph of William Archibald Wilkins, Waynesboro, Burke County, Georgia, ca. 1900 ]
- Date of Original:
- 1900
- Subject:
- Soldiers--Confederate States of America
Business--Georgia--Waynesboro
Clubs--Georgia--Waynesboro
Georgia--Politics and government--Waynesboro
Portraits--Georgia--Waynesboro
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Veterans--Georgia--Waynesboro - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Burke County, Waynesboro, 33.08987, -82.01567
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Waynesboro, ca. 1900. William Archibald Wilkins (1835-1907) sitting in front of a desk on which an early type-writer has been placed. Wilkins was born in Midway in Liberty County. He attended the University of Georgia and Harvard University. In 1861 he settled in Louisville in Jefferson County and began practicing law. He served during the Civil War. He was among those who established the Bank of Waynesboro and served as its first president. Wilkins served as the mayor of Waynesboro for thirty years.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_vang_bur003
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/vang/do:bur003
- 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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