- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Cotton Weighing
- Contributor to Resource:
- Georgia Archives
- Date of Original:
- 1903/1905
- Subject:
- Counties--Georgia
Cities and towns--Georgia - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Jackson County, 34.13388, -83.56635
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Bales of cotton are weighed, circa 1904, in Commerce, one of several incorporated cities in Jackson County. Because the town was an important center for the cotton market early in the twentieth century, residents changed its name from Harmony Grove to Commerce in 1904.
- Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/counties-cities-neighborhoods/jackson-county/m-10044/
- Digital Object URL:
- https://vault.georgiaarchives.org/digital/collection/vg2/id/12621/rec/1
- Original Collection:
- Vanishing Georgia
- Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
-
