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Scrapbook, Dalton, Ga. bedspread center of the world, Dalton, Georgia, 1948-1949
Scrapbook created in October, 1949 for submission to the Georgia Power Company's Champion Home Town Contest.
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Creator
Matthews, Ellie
Martin, Mary
Champion Home Town Steering Committee
Publisher
Champion Home Town Steering Committee
Date of Original
1948-11-01/1949-11-01
Subject
City promotion--Georgia--Dalton
Place marketing--Georgia--Dalton
Competitions--Georgia
Municipal government--Public relations--Georgia--Dalton
Economic development projects--Georgia--Dalton
Commerce--Georgia--Dalton
Location
United States, Georgia, Whitfield County, Dalton, 34.7698, -84.97022
Medium
scrapbooks
Type
Text
Description
In this scrapbook created October 1949, local Dalton boosters compete to win the Georgia Power Company's Champion Home Town Contest. Created under the umbrella of Dalton's ad hoc Champion Home Town Steering Committee, the scrapbook was one of several documents, reports, and exhibits submitted for evaluation by the Georgia Power Company. The scrapbook includes photographs, newspaper clippings, original illustrations, and typescript documents created by club and civic community leaders to illustrate progress in the following categories: business and industry, health and sanitation, education, tourism and recreation, agriculture, municipal development, advertising and publicity, transportation, housing and civic improvement, and housing and civic improvement.
Language
eng
Rights Holder
Dalton Champion Home Town Steering Committee
Original Collection
Dalton-Whitfield County Library History Collection
Holding Institution
Dalton-Whitfield County Library