- Collection:
- Vanishing Georgia
- Title:
- [Photograph of the Georgia Supreme Court, Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, 1949]
- Date of Original:
- 1800/1994
- Subject:
- Municipal services--Georgia--Atlanta
Georgia--Politics and government--Atlanta
Portraits--Georgia--Atlanta - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- "Atlanta, 1949. Picture of Supreme Court of Georgia, taken in Supreme Court Room, State Capitol, Atlanta.
Left to right: Associate Justice T.S. Candler, Blairsville; Presiding Justice W.Y. Atkinson, Newnan; Chief Justice W.H. Duckworth, Cairo; Associate Justice R.C. Bell, Thomasville; Associate Justice T. Grady Head, Ringgold; and Associate Justice J.H. Hawkins, Marietta.
Associate Justice R.C. Bell served as Chief Justice from 1943 to 1946. He was the last person elected by the people as Chief Justice. Since the Constitution of 1945 the Chief Justice has been selected by Associate Justices, usually being the person with the longest tenure on the court.
The Supreme Court was created in 1845. Sheriff L.R. Waddey in the forefront."--from field notes - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_vang_cob756
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/vang/do:cob756
- 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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