- Collection:
- Vanishing Georgia
- Title:
- [Photograph of worker at Knox Brothers Lumber Company, Thomson, McDuffie County, Georgia, ca. 1947]
- Date of Original:
- 1947
- Subject:
- Lumber trade--Georgia--Thomson
Business--Georgia--Thomson - Location:
- United States, Georgia, McDuffie County, Thomson, 33.47069, -82.50457
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Thomson, ca. 1947. Worker at the Knox Brothers Lumber company located on Railroad Street uses a hydro air engineering press to join two 2" x 12" boards between a metal plate. This was a step in manufacturing the pieces of prefabricated homes. The company, begun in 1932, was one of the first in the area to build prefabricated homes. An assembly line process was used to manufacture the pieces of the home. Later the firm was purchased by National Homes. Lawrence, Robert E., Wyck A., and Peter S. Knox, Junior were the owners of the business.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_vang_mcd064
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/vang/do:mcd064
- 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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