- Collection:
- Vanishing Georgia
- Title:
- [Photograph of Elvin King at Prater's Mill Country Fair, Whitfield County, Georgia, ca. 1977]
- Date of Original:
- 1977
- Subject:
- Mills and mill-work--Georgia--Whitfield County
Gristmills--Georgia--Whitfield County
Art festivals--Georgia--Whitfield County
Craft festivals--Georgia--Whitfield County
Chain saws--Georgia--Whitfield County
Wood-carving--Georgia--Whitfield County
Business--Georgia--Whitfield County
Arts--Georgia--Whitfield County
Portraits--Georgia--Whitfield County
Special events--Georgia--Whitfield County
Recreations--Georgia--Whitfield County - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Whitfield County, 34.80561, -84.96722
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Whitfield County, ca. 1977. Elvin King, an exhibitor at Prater's Mill Country Fair, carves a figure out of wood using a chain saw while others watch. The fair is held in the fall at Prater's Mill. The gristmill was built in 1859 by Benjamin Franklin Prater. It is located on Coahulla Creek along Ga. Highway 2 about 10 miles north of Dalton. In the early 1970s the mill was renovated.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_vang_wtf073
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/vang/do:wtf073
- Additional Rights Information:
- Held by Georgia Archives, 5800 Jonesboro Road, Morrow, GA 30260.
Contact repository re: reproduction and usage. - Holding Institution:
- Georgia Archives
- Rights:
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