- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Thomaston Peaches, ca. 1920
- Date of Original:
- 1920
- Subject:
- Peach--Georgia--Thomaston
Fruit--Georgia--Thomaston
Women--Georgia--Thomaston
Children--Georgia--Thomaston
Girls--Georgia--Thomaston
Baskets--Georgia--Thomaston - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Upson County, Thomaston, 32.88819, -84.32659
- Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Peaches all but vanished in Upson County with the onset of the Great Depression as laborers entered work in the mills rather than working in the orchards. Peach orchards were cut down in favor of the timber industry.
Photograph of a woman and a girl standing on either side of a basket of peaches in Upson County, Georgia, circa 1920. The woman holds a peach out with her right hand, and the girl bites into the peach. Both of them smile.
Peaches all but vanished in Upson County, Georgia with the onset of the Great Depression as laborers entered work in the mills rather than working in the orchards. Peach orchards were cut down in favor of the timber industry. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/counties-cities-neighborhoods/upson-county/m-2174/
- Rights Holder:
- Courtesy of Thomaston-Upson Archives
- Original Collection:
- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/business-economy/peaches
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia - Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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