- Collection:
- Vanishing Georgia
- Title:
- [Photograph of dignitaries at dedication of cabin where Thomas Edward Watson was born, McDuffie County, Georgia, 1976 Sept. 5]
- Creator:
- Itzkow, Isadore (Thomson, Ga.)
- Date of Original:
- 1976
- Subject:
- Georgia--Politics and government--1951-
Log cabins--Georgia--McDuffie County
Architecture--Georgia--McDuffie County
Georgia--Politics and government--McDuffie County
Special events--Georgia--McDuffie County
Watson, Thomas E. (Thomas Edward), 1856-1922--Homes and haunts
Talmadge, Herman E. (Herman Eugene), 1913- - Location:
- United States, Georgia, McDuffie County, 33.48285, -82.48137
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- McDuffie County, Sept. 5, 1976. Dignitaries gather for the dedication of the cabin where Thomas Edward Watson (1856-1922) was born. The pine log cabin was located about three miles from Thomson and was the home of Watson's grandfather, Thomas Miles Watson. Among those attending are the following: U.S. Senator Herman E. Talmadge, sitting at the left and holding a dark notebook; Randall Evans, Junior, a judge on the Court of Appeals of Georgia who was from Thomson, speaking; U.S. Senator from South Carolina Strom Thurmond, sitting second from the speaker's left; U.S. Congressman from the Tenth District of Georgia, Robert G. Stephens, Junior, sitting at the far right.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_vang_mcd008
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/vang/do:mcd008
- 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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