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Businesses

Atlanta
Bailey, Son & Co - General Merchandise - 1880 Letterhead
Atlanta Hotel - Postcard postmarked 1934
Lester Grogan Motel - 1950's
Queen Motel - 1950's
Three States Home Insurance Association - 1922 - Back of card 
Avinger
Aerial View 
A M Rhyne & Company 
A & P and ESSO Station
Avinger Drugs - Soda Fountain
Avinger, L H Sawmill 1906-07 - Front of photo - Back of photo with names
Commissary & Lingold Dobies 
D R Coulter & Co - year unknown
F A McKenzie Manufacturing Company - Old warehouse building
First Brick Building - 1905
First Water Line being installed 
General Store - Pre J K Alford Grocery days
Hickory Hill Lodge - Was used by the Masons & Eastern Star
Hickory Hill (Avinger) Business Section ca 1870
J K Alford Grocery - Ca 1946
Johnson Hotel - pre 1947
Keasler's Department Store 
Korn Insurance 
Light & Power Company Power Plant
Lingold Mill - 1930's
McCain Grocery - 1910 Interior of store
McCain Grocery - Old store
McCain Grocery  - New store - House of Foods
Orr Hotel - 1950's
R H Poole Lumber Company - First lumber mill in Avinger
Post Office - 1917
Steger Lumber Company Mill 
Tucker, Coulter, Mitchell Company 
Atlanta
Country Club Inn - Old Bloomburg or Atlanta area photo - Dated around 1927 - 1930.  The Country Club Inn - Genuine Barbecue Sandwiches - Sign on the fence in the background says: H. L. Jones Wholesale Specialties
Hughes Springs
Reeder-Davis Funeral Parlor - Maybe Hughes Springs
Linden
Probably Benny's Dress Shop - Can't read date
Patman Tourist Court - Postcard
Queen City
Mathews & Hood letter head - 1880
Unknown
Cass County Canning Co. - town & date unknown
J F Christian - Dry Goods, Groceries, Clothing - 1877 - town unknown

Churches & Cemeteries

Atlanta
Atlanta First Baptist Church
Avinger
Avinger Baptist Church
Avinger United Methodist Church - 1950 - still in use today
Avinger United Methodist Church - this is the old church with the cemetery behind it
Linden
Linden Cemetery - Ca 1908

City & County Government

Linden
Courthouse - Linden - ca 1965
Courthouse - Linden - after cyclone of 1908
Courthouse - burning in 1920
Courthouse - burning in 1920
Courthouse - after fire in 1920
Courthouse - old one - yr unknown

Civic & Fraternal

Masons

Events

Avinger
Easter Egg Hunt - Ca 1915
Douglassville
Douglassville/Atlanta Deer Hunting Group - 1940's - Photo taken in front of Douglassville Locker Plant

Homes

Avinger
Dr H J Avinger home - 1913
Dr M K Sturdivant 
R C Conner home - 1910
Hickory Hill (Avinger) - Lewis A Patillo home - built abt 1860
Linden
Kasling Home  - Courtesy of: James E. Skelton (grandson of Edward Stephen and Nancy Caroline (Jeffie) Kasling)
Kasling Home on the Square - Home built 1909
Kasling Home moved to Campbell Street in 1954

Misc

Atlanta - Rodessa Oil Field 
Kennedy's 183 pound watermelon  - 1933
Big Watermelons 
Area Wildflowers 
Area Wildflowers
Area Wildflowers
Area Wildflowers
Area Wildflowers
Area Wildflowers
Area Wildflowers
Area Wildflowers
Area Wildflowers
Area Wildflowers

People

Avinger, Dr J H - Avinger        Pic #2
Beal, Billy & A J 
Beal Family - 1966
Beal, L J Jr, Anna Tululah Hatcher Beal & Louise 
Beal, Leonard Jackson (Chief Big Bear) & wife Anna 
Beal, Leonard Jackson & Louis Napoleon 
Beal, Leonard Jackson Jr 
Beal, Lonnie Leon 
Beal, Lillie Lorene "Toad"
Beal, Ovel Looney & Lillie 
Beal, William & Anna's Family 
Beal, Willie, Lillie & Rosie 
Beal, Lonnie Leon 
Beal, Loonie "Coon" & Louis "Son" 
Beal, Looney, Mildred "Sis" Harwell, Warner Harwell, Leon Harwell 
Beal, Mildred "Sis", Bea & Louis Napoleon 
Beal, Rosie Mae Davis "Tom" , Lonnie Leon, & Lillie Lorene 
Beal, Rosie "Tom", Billy George, Lillie Lorene 
Beal, William Benjamin & Glen Harwell 
Bobo, Buddy & Molly Turner
Bobo, Buddy & Molly Turner Family 
Bobo - Back: Lem, Nettie Faye; Front: Angie Almeda & Grace Lorraine 
Bobo, Mollie TURNER & William Richard "Buddy" family - Mollie, Nettie Faye, Angie Almeda, Buddy & Lem 
Bostick, John Henry - Age 29
Bostick, John H & Carrie - Wedding day
Cash, Lorraine TURNER, Ben Turner & Vera TURNER Watkins 
Conner, Mr & Mrs RC - Avinger - 1910
Daughtry, Adell & Emma Skipper 
Daughtry, Sallie Adell Finlayson, daughter Olawr, Charlie 
Dow Children Charlie, Mary GORDIA, Mary Myrtle, Robert
Dow, Turner Family 
Duck, Lee Roy 
Duncan, W E "Bill" 
Early, James 
Early, Mary 
Finlayson, Norman Riley 
Finley, Mary Elizabeth HILL and Joe Cephas 
Foster, Arvalle (King), Alton Sr, & Eudell - Ca 1929
Foster, Clinton with children Albert, Dorothy, & Lillian - Ca 1928/1929
Foster, Delia, W R & Alice - Ca 1929
Frazier, Mary & Isaac 
Goodson Family 
Goodson, Perry Washington  
Granberry Family - Stella Lemuella GREENE and Thomas Stanford's family
Granberry, Thomas Stanford 
Greene, Abbie Oliver & children Tidia, Elizabeth, & Juanita - submitted by Donna Turner Ayers
Greene, Era ALLEN & Hugh Oliver - submitted by Donna Turner Ayers
Greene Family-Hugh Oliver, Louisiana FARR, Hugh O'Keefie, Ammie Lou, Ida Jane GREENE Turner--Front of fence: Thomas Hugh "Tom" Turner, Finnis "Mutt" Farr, Libbie Elizabeth - submitted by Donna Turner Ayers
Greene, George Hope - Wearing WWI Uniform
Greene, Howard  - submitted by Donna Turner Ayers
Griffin, Mr & Mrs  - This may be the wedding photo for Mr & Mrs J R Griffin. J R is the S/o George Washington Griffin & Eliza Ann Thompson. George W is the S/o James Washington Griffin & Rebecca Jane Ramsey. James W is the S/o Wm Bill Griffin & Anna Lamirah Burkhalter. Photo submitted by Donna Turner Ayers. Information submitted by Elizabeth Renee Moore Raburn.
Harwell Kids - Carrie Joy, Glen, & William Benjamin 
Harwell, Glen & Carrie Joy 
Harwell, Ida Mildred Beal 
Harwell, Warner 
Haywood, Cora 
Hearne, David T - Avinger
Heldt, Enoch Lambright "Lam" and Lucy Mae COY 
Heldt, Mable Pauline WOODS, Mike Henry Heldt & son, Henry Elvin Heldt
Hill, Abner Madison & Sarah C Teague - submitted by T J Hill
Hill, Birdie Barber Shew - submitted by T J Hill
Hill, Clarence Columbus - submitted by T J Hill
Hill, Francis Crisenberry & Creasy A Tremain - submitted by T J Hill
Hill, Francis Patterson & Martha Ann Rachel  - submitted by T J Hill
Hill, Ivy - submitted by T J Hill
Hill, Lucy Jones - submitted by T J Hill
Hill, Nettie Faye BOBO & J. Graden 
Hill, Otis, Ronnie, Louise Ivy, Clarence Hill, Birdie Hill, Billie Ruth Hill - submitted by T J Hill
Hill, Otis Woodrow - submitted by T J Hill
Hill, William Greenberry & Sovellia Bale - submitted by T J Hill
Hollingsworth, Josiah & Tabitha Amelia Permelia Hill - submitted by T J Hill
Howard, Julia Ann Goodson 
Humphrey, Ella Byrd WALKER
Humphrey, Lurlene FALKNER and Olin Joseph
Humphrey, Morris Leon and Elizabeth "Ophelia" SHEFFIELD McCord
Hyatt, Daniel F & Martha Emily Hill - submitted by T J Hill
Justiss, Leonard & Velma Elizabeth WALKER
Keasler, T B - Julia Avinger - Carrie Avinger - Jane Eubanks 
Leonard, O J T & Emma Clementine Hill - submitted by T J Hill
Lilley, Vernon E 
McCain, Cleve - Avinger
McCain, J C 
McCoy, James Howell "Rube" & Inez Jones
McGinnis, Miss Ozette & Julie Myrick - Miss Ozette McGinnis was a teacher at Bivins Consolidated School in the 1940s. Student Julia Myrick.  Submitted by Julia Clay
McKenzie, F A Sr & F A Jr 
McKinney, Charlie & Minnie - submitted by T J Hill
Myrick, Claude - 1948 - Submitted by Julia Clay
Myrick, Lena Cantrell - 1945 - Lena Myrick taught at Bivins during WWII when so many men teachers had been drafted. This is her school picture in 1945.  Submitted by Julia Clay
Powell, Albert Gabriel "Gable" Jr
Powell - Sailor: Albert Gabriel "Gable" Powell
Raines, Isla Ree (this was my mother) abt 1933-34 - submitted by Jane Horn
Rutherford, Stanmore Mortiville "Stanley
Sheffield, Elizabeth Penny  - submitted by Donna Turner Ayers
Sheffield, Elizabeth PENNY & Ila SWINFORD Hanes  - submitted by Donna Turner Ayers
Sheffield, James "Cornelius" & Elizabeth "Ophelia" - submitted by Donna Turner Ayers
Sheffield, James Monroe "Jim" and his brother Henry - at Jim's house. House located between Carterville and Almira - submitted by Donna Turner Ayers
Sheffield, James Monroe "Jim" - submitted by Donna Turner Ayers
Sheffield, Jim in back; Lee and William Henry Sheffield sitting  - submitted by Donna Turner Ayers
Sheffield, Jim & Lula Bell WALKER Sheffield  - submitted by Donna Turner Ayers
Sheffield, Jim & Lula Bell WALKER Sheffield - 1942 - submitted by Donna Turner Ayers
Sheffield, Jim's Pond-located between Carterville and Almira-Fishermen Unknown-Wagon Picture William Alonzo "Lon" & John Wesley Walker - submitted by Donna Turner Ayers
Sheffield, Lula Bell WALKER  - submitted by Donna Turner Ayers
Sheffield, Lula Bell WALKER - about 10 years old…1899 - submitted by Donna Turner Ayers
Sheffield, Lula Bell WALKER and James Monroe "Jim" Sheffield's home - - submitted by Donna Turner Ayers
Sheffield, Jim and Lula Bell WALKER's wedding day - 15 December 1909 - submitted by Donna Turner Ayers 
Sheffield, Lula Bell WALKER, Nora Elnora WALKER, George Washington Walker & Ella Byrd WALKER Humphrey   - submitted by Donna Turner Ayers
Sheffield - Back Row: Ruffus Pickney "Roof", Jim, William "Henry" Front Row: Nora Eldora SHEFFIELD Martin, Euginia Elizabeth "Gene" SHEFFIELD Kirkland, Ila Mintoria SWINFORD Hanes - submitted by Donna Turner Ayers
Sheffield Christmas 1954-Includes Jim & Lula WALKER Sheffield's families, Lee Humphrey's family, Herbert and Minnie Licenia SWINFORD Perser, Ray & Doris Harp - submitted by Donna Turner Ayers
Sheffield Home Place  - submitted by Donna Turner Ayers
Sheffield, W H - 1943 - submitted by Donna Turner Ayers
Sheffield, W H & George - 1900 - submitted by Donna Turner Ayers
Sheffield, W H Family - submitted by Donna Turner Ayers
Shooks Family - Avinger
Simmons, Kenneth, Tommy, Ann & Jerry - Avinger
Tolleson Boys - P Barton, Noble E, Elijah Eulen, Cone Jefferson  - S/o Jesse Elijah Tolleson Jr
Tolleson, Noble E Family  - 1900
Turner, Albert & Alfred - twins - submitted by Donna Turner Ayers
Turner, Albert "Fat" - submitted by Donna Turner Ayers
Turner, Albert "Fat"  - submitted by Donna Turner Ayers
Turner, Alfred Ralph - submitted by Donna Turner Ayers
Turner, Alfred - submitted by Donna Turner Ayers
Turner, Antonet Haden & William Franklin - submitted by Donna Turner Ayers
Turner, Antonet Haden & William Franklin - - submitted by Donna Turner Ayers
Turner, Antonet Haden & William Franklin Family  - Ben, Levi (WF's brother), Albert, & Alfred - submitted by Donna Turner Ayers
Turner, Ben  - submitted by Donna Turner Ayers
Turner, Ben Family -   back row: Mary CHERRY Turner, Vera, Vernis; front row: Ben Turner, Lorraine, & Emmett - submitted by Donna Turner Ayers
Turner, David C & son David A  - submitted by Donna Turner Ayers
Turner, Ida Jane "Janie" GREENE  - submitted by Donna Turner Ayers
Turner, Loranzo Dow & Mary "Mamie" Heldt - submitted by Donna Turner Ayers
Turner, Loranco Dow & Mary "Mamie Heldt & son - submitted by Donna Turner Ayers
Turner, Vela Mae SHEFFIELD - age 3 - submitted by Donna Turner Ayers
Turner, Vernis - submitted by Donna Turner Ayers
Turner, Walter - submitted by Donna Turner Ayers
Turner, William Franklin - 1939 - submitted by Donna Turner Ayers
Waites Family 
Walker Family Reunion at Pruitt Lake - 1920 - John Wesley Walker's family, Lon Walker's family, Ella WALKER & Lee Humphrey' family, & Lula Bell WALKER & Jim Sheffield's family - submitted by Donna Turner Ayers
Walker, John & George - 1900 - submitted by Donna Turner Ayers
Walker, William Alonzo "Lon"   - submitted by Donna Turner Ayers
Walker, Mary Elizabeth SNELSON - submitted by Donna Turner Ayers
Walker, William Alonzo "Lon" & sister Lula Bell WALKER Sheffield   - submitted by Donna Turner Ayers
Walker, W H  - submitted by Donna Turner Ayers
Walker, William H  - submitted by Donna Turner Ayers
Walker, William Holland Walker & 2nd wife, Alice Magnolia BROWN; Lon Walker Family: wife, Geneva "Bell" FOSTER; children: Velma Elizabeth, James Holland & Nora Lee  - submitted by Donna Turner Ayers
Walker, William Holland and his traveling photographer's wagon
Walker, Nora, George Washington and Lula Bell - Another photographer wagon - submitted by Donna Turner Ayers
Walker Album - submitted by Donna Turner Ayers
Welsh, Howell Marion & Missouri Hasseltine Blalock 

Schools

Old Almira School
Atlanta High School  - Atlanta graduating class, year unknown. The young man in the front on the right hand side, is Kenneth Moore, s/o George Dewey Moore and Opal (maybe Williams). Info submitted by Elizabeth Renee Moore Raburn.
Avinger - 1913 entire school 
Bear Creek School 
Bivins School - 1940-48 - Bivins School was built by the WPA and was opened in 1940. Claude D. Myrick was the Principal in 1940 and the Superintendent in 1941-1948. Submitted by Julia Clay
Bloomburg School - Intermediate age group - ca 1927
Bloomburg School Group - ca 1930's
Bloomburg Graduating Class of 1935
Dalton School - 1922-23  
Douglassville School - ca 1920
Douglassville School - ca 1920
Douglassville School - ca 1927
Douglassville School -
Douglassville School -
Hughes Springs School - 1918 
Hughes Springs School - 1928 
Linden - 2nd & 3rd grades 
Linden School - 1907
Linden School  - 1908
Linden School  - 1908
Linden School  - 1909
O'Ferrell School
Wood School 
See Unknown heading for unknown schools

Street & Park Scenes

Atlanta - Downtown - 1908
Avinger - Main Street - 1930
Early Cass County 
Pittsburg Aerial Photo 

Towns

Atlanta - Aerial Photo
Atlanta - Aerial Photo
Bloomburg - Aerial Photo
Smyrna Community  - 1914

Unknown

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Unknown Church -       Pic #2      Pic #3
Unknown Church  - submitted by Pat Fite
Unknown group-2nd girl from the left is Lula Bell WALKER Sheffield
This may be Lorraine TURNER Cash
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Unknown Boy - submitted by Cristy Powell
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