- Collection:
- Vanishing Georgia
- Title:
- [Photograph of Transylvania Club Kaolin Festival parade float, Sandersville, Washington County, Georgia, 1965]
- Date of Original:
- 1965
- Subject:
- Kaolin--Georgia--Sandersville
Children--Georgia--Sandersville
Festivals--Georgia--Sandersville
Parade float--Georgia--Sandersville
Women--Georgia--Sandersville
Special events--Georgia--Sandersville - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Washington County, Sandersville, 32.98154, -82.81014
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Sandersville, 1965. Transylvania Club float in the Kaolin Festival parade whose theme was Parade of Progress. The float depicts one of the twelve historical plates designed by Louise Irwin and manufactured by the Wedgewood Company. The plates had been commissioned by the Transylvania Club of Sandersville to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the founding of Georgia. In 1974 House Resolution 573 designated these as the official Georgia Historical Plates. Kaolin, a major ingredient in Wedgewood, is a major industry in the county. Left to right: Laurie Jackson, Leigh McMillan, Greer Summerlin.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_vang_was395
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/vang/do:was395
- 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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