- Collection:
- Vanishing Georgia
- Title:
- [Photograph of McGehee-Crowder house with members of the Crowder family in front, Meriwether County, Georgia, 1896]
- Date of Original:
- 1896
- Subject:
- African Americans--Georgia--Meriwether County
Architecture--Georgia--Meriwether County
Domestic life--Georgia--Meriwether County - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Meriwether County, 33.04066, -84.68831
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Meriwether County, winter 1896. McGehee-Crowder home located between Greenville and Durand. It was built ca. 1845-1850 by Reverend Thomas Franklin McGehee. When Reverend McGehee died in 1876, the house was purchased by James C. Crowder. Members of the Crowder family are seen standing in front of the house in this photograph. Left to right: Betty Render Crowder Parham (Mrs. Robert Stith) and her first child, Susie, Render L. Crowder, Susan Jennett Render Crowder (Mrs. James C.), Jennie Lou Crowder, Ella Gray Crowder Ogletree (Mrs. James Frank), Robert Scott Crowder. The blacks seen in the right background had come up to the house for the hog killing. Note the snow; it had snowed the night before the photograph was taken. Also note the boxwood.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_vang_mer006
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/vang/do:mer006
- Rights Holder:
- Held by Georgia Archives, 5800 Jonesboro Road, Morrow, GA 30260.
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- Please contact holding institution for information regarding use and copyright status.
- Holding Institution:
- Georgia Archives
- Rights:
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