- Collection:
- Worth County Centennial Collection
- Title:
- Photograph of Evelyn Burkett being crowned Queen of Worth County by Moultrie Mayor W. H. Withers on Monday night of the Worth County Centennial Celebration at the Sylvester High School stadium in Sylvester, Worth County, Georgia, 1953 October
- Creator:
- Worth County Centennial Commission
- Publisher:
- Sylvester, Ga.: Worth County Centennial Commission
- Date of Original:
- 1953-10
- Subject:
- Worth County (Ga.)--History
Sylvester (Ga.)--History
Worth County (Ga.)--Centennial celebrations, etc.
Moultrie (Ga.)--History
Colquitt County (Ga.)--History - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Colquitt County, Moultrie, 31.17991, -83.78906
United States, Georgia, Worth County, Sylvester, 31.53092, -83.83693 - Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- This 5" x 7" black-and-white photograph shows Evelyn Burkett being crowned, by Mayor W. H. Withers of Moultrie, the Queen of Worth County on Monday night of the the Worth County Centennial Celebration at the football field in Sylvester, Worth County, Georgia in October of 1953. Beverly Sumner can be seen looking up at Evelyn as she is crowned. This photograph was commissioned by the Worth County Centennial Commission and was taken by Bell Photography out of Sylvester, Georgia. Funding for this project provided by Georgia HomePLACE, a unit of the Georgia Public Library Service.
- Local Identifier:
- SUND004
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/gawcl-sylv_wccent_sund004-00001
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/gawcl-sylv_wccent_sund004-00001#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/gawcl-sylv_wccent_sund004-00001/presentation/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Rights Holder:
- Sylvester-Worth County Chamber of Commerce
- Additional Rights Information:
- To request reproduction please contact the Sylvester-Worth County Chamber of Commerce at info@swcountychamber.com.
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Black-and-white photograph of Evelyn Burkett being crowned Queen of Worth County by Moultrie Mayor W. H. Withers on Monday night of the Worth County Centennial Celebration at the Sylvester High School stadium in Sylvester, Worth County, Georgia, 1953 October, Worth County Historical Society Museum Collection, as presented in the Digital Library of Georgia.
- Original Collection:
- Worth County Historical Society Museum
- Holding Institution:
- Worth County Library System (Ga.)
- Rights:
-
