- Collection:
- Vanishing Georgia
- Title:
- [Photograph of the hanging of Doc Posey, Dalton, Whitfield County, Georgia, 1909 July]
- Date of Original:
- 1909
- Subject:
- Municipal services--Georgia--Dalton
Special events--Georgia--Dalton - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Whitfield County, 34.80561, -84.96722
United States, Georgia, Whitfield County, Dalton, 34.7698, -84.97022 - Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Dalton, 1909. Doc Posey, hung for stealing horses or for rape. Hanging took place at Gordon Street Bridge. It was the last legal hanging to take place in Whitfield County.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_vang_wtf008
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/vang/do:wtf008
- 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:
-
