- Collection:
- Vanishing Georgia
- Title:
- [Photograph of swimmers at the Milstead Division-Callaway Mills pool, Milstead, Rockdale County, Georgia, ca. 1953]
- Date of Original:
- 1953
- Subject:
- Children--Georgia
Swimming pools--Georgia--Rockdale County
Business--Georgia--Rockdale County
Recreations--Georgia--Rockdale County - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Rockdale County, 33.65424, -84.02661
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Milstead, ca. 1953. Youngsters enjoy a swim as their parents watch at the swimming pool provided by the Milstead Division-Callaway Mills. This company was the major industry in town until it closed in the early 1960s.
2003/07/08: The mill also sponsored a semipro baseball team that traveled by Greyhound bus to play other teams in mill towns across Georgia. Milstead had bungalows, not common row houses, plus paved streets and sidewalks when downtown Conyers was still dirt. When the mill ceased 24-hour, seven-day-a-week operations in 1960 and finally shut its doors in 1961, some workers stayed and found jobs at Lithonia Lighting and other companies. Today, the historic village (with its updated mill houses) boasts an active homeowners association and hosts an annual spring festival. - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_vang_roc102
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/vang/do:roc102
- 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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