- Collection:
- Vanishing Georgia
- Title:
- [Photograph of bauxite mining, Hermitage, Floyd County, Georgia, ca. 1900-1939? ]
- Date of Original:
- 1900/1939
- Subject:
- Business--Georgia--Hermitage
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, Floyd County, Hermitage, 34.32565, -85.0655
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Hermitage, early 1900s. Mining bauxite. The first discovery of bauxite in North America was made at Hermitage in 1887 by James Holland. For many years this section of Georgia provided a large part of the domestic supply of bauxite.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_vang_flo098
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/vang/do:flo098
- Additional Rights Information:
- Held by Georgia Archives, 5800 Jonesboro Road, Morrow, GA 30260.
Contact repository re: reproduction and usage. - Holding Institution:
- Georgia Archives
- Rights:
-
