- Collection:
- Ellen Payne Odom Genealogy Library Postcard Collection
- Title:
- Vereen Memorial Hospital, Moultrie, Ga
- Creator:
- Curteich (Chicago, Ill.)
- Publisher:
- Albany, Ga.: Georgia Cigar & Tobacco Co.
- Date of Original:
- 1942
- Subject:
- Hospitals--Georgia--Moultrie
Postcards--Georgia--Moultrie - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Colquitt County, Moultrie, 31.17991, -83.78906
- Medium:
- postcards
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jp2
- Description:
- Postcard (color, linen texture, divided back, 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches, reprint) titled M-6-Vereen Memorial Hospital. Moultrie, Georgia. In 1939, businessman W.C. Vereen donated $50,000 to build a modern hospital for the growing population. Vereen succeeded in getting a match in funds from the community to complete the project, according to his great-granddaughter Barbara Vereen. The hospital was dedicated on Oct. 17, 1939. In 1976, this building became the Colquitt County Governmental Building. Text on reverse: Moultrie is the county seat of a rich agricultural section. Mixed farming is generally followed: principal products being: corn, cotton, peanuts, tobacco, watermelon, beef cattle, and hogs. Largest meat packing plant in Southern States is located here. Card number 2B261-N.
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/zgz_epogpc_mccls-pstcrd-227
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/zgz_epogpc_mccls-pstcrd-227#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/zgz_epogpc_mccls-pstcrd-227/presentation/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 1 postcard : col. ill.
- Original Collection:
- Ellen Payne Odom Genealogy Library Postcard Collection
- Holding Institution:
- Moultrie-Colquitt County Library System
- Rights:
-
