- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Jekyll Island Ferry
- Contributor to Resource:
- Courtesy of Jekyll Island Museum
- Date of Original:
- 1908/1912
- Subject:
- Tourism--Georgia
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, Glynn County, Jekyll Island, 31.07021, -81.42272
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- The Jekyll Island Club operated from January to April and maintained an extensive staff. Seasonal employees filled positions on the waitstaff as dish and pot washers, chambermaids, and porters. The most important and highest paid employee was the chef, who earned up to $150 per month. Local African Americans served as bellboys, stable hands, caddies, washerwomen, housecleaners, and day laborers on construction sites. These workers earned between $1.00 and $1.50 per day and were provided with housing in segregated dormitories and cottages.
- Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/exhibition/seeing-georgia-changing-visions-of-tourism-in-the-modern-south/jekyll-island-ferry_001-2/
- Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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