- Collection:
- Vanishing Georgia
- Title:
- [Photograph of the Blunt-Kirby home, Dalton, Whitfield County, Georgia, ca. 1868]
- Date of Original:
- 1868
- Subject:
- African American women domestics--Georgia--Dalton
Porches--Georgia--Whitfield County
African Americans--Georgia--Dalton
Architecture--Georgia--Dalton
Domestic life--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, ca. 1868. Blunt-Kirby home located at 506 South Thornton Avenue was built in 1848 by Ainsworth Emery Blunt. The home has continued to be occupied by members of his family. Blunt arrived in Cross Plains, now known as Dalton, in 1843. He served as postmaster of the community. In 1847 when Cross plains was incorporated as Dalton, he was elected its first mayor. Lillie Kirby is seen on the porch with her daughters, Lucy and Carolyn. The older woman in the window at the left may be the children's grandmother. The black woman in the yard at the right worked for the family. Lillie was the daughter of Blunt and married Thomas Miles Kirby.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_vang_wtf037
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/vang/do:wtf037
- 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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