- Collection:
- Kenneth Rogers Photograph Collection
- Title:
- George Harsh Trial
- Creator:
- Rogers, Kenneth, 1907-1989
- Publisher:
- Kenneth Rogers photographs, Atlanta History Center
- Date of Original:
- 1929
- Subject:
- Judicial proceedings--Georgia--Atlanta
Homicides--Georgia--Atlanta
Telegrams
Gallogly, Richard
Harsh, George - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- View of a telegram addressing the health of murder defendant George Harsh in Atlanta, Georgia.
George Harsh, a student at Oglethorpe University in Atlanta, Georgia and resident of Milwaukee, Wisconsin was charged, along with Atlanta resident and fellow Oglethorpe student George Gallogly, of the murder of Willard Smith and E. L. Meek, two grocery store clerks in Atlanta. Harsh was declared guilty and sentenced to death by the electric chair, while Gallogly was found guilty and sentenced to life in prison. - Local Identifier:
- VIS 82.156.09
ahc082156009a.jpg - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/Rogers/id/2218
- Rights Holder:
- This material is protected by copyright law. (Title 17, U.S Code) Permission for use must be cleared through The Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center. Licensing agreement may be required.
- Extent:
- 4 x 5 in. black and white glass plate negative
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
-
