- Collection:
- Vanishing Georgia
- Title:
- [Photograph of Willie Hamilton Boston, Calhoun, Gordon County, Georgia, 1930 Jun. 11]
- Date of Original:
- 1930
- Subject:
- Brides--Georgia--Calhoun
Wedding costume--Georgia--Calhoun
Costume--Georgia--Calhoun
Portraits--Georgia--Calhoun - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Gordon County, Calhoun, 34.50259, -84.95105
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Calhoun, June 11, 1930. Willie Hamilton Boston poses for a photograph on her wedding day. She married Thomas Jefferson Brown in the First Methodist Church located on North Wall Street. Her parents were Dr. and Mrs. John H. Boston. They had founded the Mount Alto Bedspread Company ca. 1920 and were pioneers in the tufted bedspread industry in Gordon County. Mr. Brown and John H. Boston, Jr. founded the Georgia Textile Corp. in 1938. Mr. Brown founded Georgia Tufters, Inc. in 1945; Brown Laundry Inc. in 1952; Georgia Tufted Sales, Inc. N.Y. in 1969. Mrs. Brown has been active in many civic affairs over the years as well as working with her husband in their textile businesses.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_vang_gor436
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/vang/do:gor436
- 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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