- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Buggy Days
- Date of Original:
- 1708/2022
- Subject:
- Women fiddlers--Georgia--Barnesville
Fiddlers--Georgia--Barnesville
Overalls--Georgia--Barnesville
Violin--Georgia--Barnesville
Festivals--Georgia--Barnesville
Women--Georgia--Barnesville - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Lamar County, Barnesville, 33.05457, -84.15575
- Medium:
- color photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- A fiddler performs at the annual Buggy Days Festival, held each September in Barnesville.
Photograph of a fiddler performing at the annual Buggy Days Festival, held each September in Barnesville, Georgia. She wears denim overalls and a black hat. Another woman dressed in overalls and a plaid shirt stands behind the fiddler.
Barnesville was well known as the "Buggy Capital of the South" in the late 1800s and early 1900s, with several Barnesville companies producing buggies. In mid-September each year, Barnesville celebrates Buggy Days with a parade--displaying original Barnesville Buggies--and a crafts celebration bringing thousands of visitors to the town. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/counties-cities-neighborhoods/lamar-county/m-3130/
- Rights Holder:
- Courtesy of Barnesville Herald-Gazette
- Additional Rights Information:
- Please contact holding institution for information regarding use and copyright status.
- Original Collection:
- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/counties-cities-neighborhoods/lamar-county
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia - Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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