- Collection:
- Vanishing Georgia
- Title:
- [Photograph of Knox Brothers Lumber Company workers, 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. Workers at the Knox Brothers Lumber Company located on Railroad Street hold two 2" x 12" boards that have just been joined between metal plates by using the hydro air engineering press seen to the left of the board. This was a step in the manufacture 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 pieces of the homes. Later the firm was purchased by National Homes. Lawrence, Robert E., Wyke A., and Peter S. Knox, Junior were the owners of the business.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_vang_mcd070
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/vang/do:mcd070
- 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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