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Waddie Welcome Archive

The Waddie Welcome Archive is a collection of photographs of hand-painted signs of African American small businesses, churches, and clubs in Savannah, Georgia.

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Date of Original
2009

Subject
Signs and signboards--Georgia--Savannah
Street art--Georgia--Savannah
Small business--Georgia--Savannah
Church publicity--Georgia--Savannah
Clubs--Georgia--Savannah

Location
United States, Georgia, Chatham County, Savannah, 32.08354, -81.09983

Medium
photographs

Type
Still Image

Description
The Waddie Welcome Archive is a collection of photographs of hand-painted African American small business signs in Savannah, Georgia that represent a wide variety of small businesses, churches, and clubs as well as personal statements and artworks. The collection was designed to elicit inquiry about urban history and preservation, to initiate discussions about what constitutes an archive and a document, and to investigate the social process of archive formation.

Metadata URL
http://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/savannah-signs/

Rights Holder
All items in the Georgia Southern University repository are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.

Holding Institution
Henderson Library (Georgia Southern University, Statesboro Campus)

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