- Collection:
- Vanishing Georgia
- Title:
- [Photograph of "Uncle" Steve Eberhart with guinea hens at a Confederate veterans reunion, Thomasville, Thomas County, Georgia, 1924 Oct.]
- Date of Original:
- 1924
- Subject:
- Freedmen--Georgia--Thomasville
Soldiers--Confederate States of America
African Americans--Georgia--Thomasville
Costume--Georgia--Thomasville
Armed Forces--Georgia--Thomasville
Special events--Georgia--Thomasville
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Veterans--Georgia--Thomasville - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Thomas County, Thomasville, 30.83658, -83.97878
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Thomasville, Oct. 1924. "Uncle" Steve Eberhart with guinea hens at a Confederate veterans reunion. Eberhart was a slave who accompanied his owner in the Civil War. Later he was valet to Henry Grady at the University of Georgia. He then moved to Rome where he became the mascot of the Confederate veterans there. He dressed up as seen here with flags, feathers, hens, etc. and attended Confederate veteran reunions as often as possible.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_vang_tho063
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/vang/do:tho063
- 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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