- Collection:
- Vanishing Georgia
- Title:
- [Photograph of dedication of memorial, Cedartown, Polk County, Georgia, 1933]
- Date of Original:
- 1933
- Subject:
- Georgia--Politics and government--1865-1950
Georgia--Politics and government
Special events--Georgia--Cedartown - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Polk County, Cedartown, 34.01123, -85.25593
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- "Cedartown, 1933. Dedication of memorial to U.S. Senator William J. Harris; Cedar Valley Garden Club. L to R: Mrs. Charles Brumby, Mrs. Lucy Young Hawkins, Mrs. Robert Campbell, Mrs. Morgan Russell, Mrs. Gordon Brewster; Senator Harris's daughter, Miss Julia Harris. Big Spring Park, Wissahickon Avenue."--from field notes
2003/07/11: Harris, William Julius (1868-1932) He was the great-grandson of Charles Hooks. Born in Cedartown, Polk County, Ga., February 3, 1868. He was a member of the Democrat Party, a member of the Georgia state senate from 1911-12, and served as the Georgia Democratic state chair from 1912-13. He was a U.S. Senator from Georgia from 1919-32. He died in office in April 18, 1932 and was buried at Greenwood Cemetery, Cedartown, Ga. - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_vang_plk020-84
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/vang/do:plk020-84
- 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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