- Collection:
- Vanishing Georgia
- Title:
- [Photograph of Governor Maddox giving a speech, Colquitt County, Georgia, ca. 1967-1969?]
- Date of Original:
- 1967/1969
- Subject:
- Little River (Ga.)
Rivers--Georgia
Parks--Georgia--Colquitt County
Architecture--Georgia--Colquitt County
Municipal services--Georgia--Colquitt County
Georgia--Politics and government
Portraits--Georgia--Colquitt County
Special events--Georgia--Colquitt County
Maddox, Lester, 1915- - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Colquitt County, 31.18839, -83.76885
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Colquitt County, late 1960s. Governor Lester Maddox speaking at the dedication of Reed Bingham State Park, held at the new Visitors' Center located at the dam and spillway on Little River. This river forms the border between Colquitt County and Cook County and the park is located on the river above Georgia Highway 37. Seated behind the governor, left to right: Dorsey Matthews, State Representative from Colquitt County, 1959-1978; a county commissioner from Cook County; Ford Spinks, State Senator from Tifton; Billy Fallin, State Representative from District 63, Colquitt, Cook, and Tift Counties; Grover Patton, State Representative from Cook County; C. J. Powell, Park Superintendent.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_vang_clq147
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/vang/do:clq147
- 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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