United States, Georgia, Whitfield County, 34.80561, -84.96722United States, Georgia, Whitfield County, Dalton, 34.7698, -84.970221868Dalton, 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.image/jpeghttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-CR/1.0/African American women domestics--Georgia--DaltonPorches--Georgia--Whitfield CountyAfrican Americans--Georgia--DaltonArchitecture--Georgia--DaltonDomestic life--Georgia--Dalton[Photograph of the Blunt-Kirby home, Dalton, Whitfield County, Georgia, ca. 1868]StillImage