- Collection:
- Vanishing Georgia
- Title:
- [Photograph of a plant and stockyard, Moultrie, Colquitt County, Georgia, ca. 1930-1933?]
- Creator:
- Wigginton, Nat (Moultrie, Ga.)
- Date of Original:
- 1930/1933
- Subject:
- Architecture--Georgia--Moultrie
Business--Georgia--Moultrie - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Colquitt County, Moultrie, 31.17991, -83.78906
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Moultrie, early 1930s. Swift and Company Stockyard. The Swift and Company packing plant, located on North Main Street, can be seen at center rear. The plant originally operated as Moultrie Packing Company from December 1914 until June 1917 when it was bought by Swift and Company. This company's operation in Moultrie was referred to as, "The Little Chicago of the South." For another view of the stockyard see clq134.
The photograph was taken by Nat Wigginton, who was of the Studio Huber Building, Moultrie, Ga. at the time the photograph was taken.
"On this spot farmers were paid $180,000 in one week. Last face for cattle and hogs - Figures for the top week were not released - During five winter months each year livestock bought here will run over $100,000 per week."--from field notes - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_vang_clq136
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/vang/do:clq136
- Additional Rights Information:
- Held by Georgia Archives, 5800 Jonesboro Road, Morrow, GA 30260.
Contact repository re: reproduction and usage. - Holding Institution:
- Georgia Archives
- Rights:
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