- Collection:
- Vanishing Georgia
- Title:
- [Photograph of selling bale of cotton for campaign funding, Sandersville, Washington County, Georgia, ca. 1954]
- Creator:
- Little
- Date of Original:
- 1954
- Subject:
- Campaign funds--Georgia
Political campaigns--Georgia
Governors--Georgia--Election
Agriculture--Georgia--Sandersville
Georgia--Politics and government--Sandersville - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Washington County, Sandersville, 32.98154, -82.81014
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Sandersville, ca. 1954. The proceeds from the sale of this bale of cotton were donated to the Griffin for governor campaign fund. S. Marvin Griffin was the candidate of the Democratic Party, and he won the election. Joe Slade (right) grew the cotton; C. A. Page (middle) bought it; and Newsome Summerlin received the check on behalf of the Griffin campaign.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_vang_was300
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/vang/do:was300
- 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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