Photographs, 1860-1960 (bulk 1885-1960).

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Photographs, 1860-1960 (bulk 1885-1960).

Originals and copies, ranging from tintypes to snapshots, document the West family in general and J.W. West's entire career from schooldays through the Fair of 1850 in Clayton, Fulton, and Lumpkin Counties, GA. Subjects include agriculture, farm life, rural land use, artisans, cemeteries, children, gold mines, and, of course, the Fair.

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West, John Word, 1876-1961.

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President of North Georgia Agriculture College (1925-1933) and devoted teacher at Georgia Military Academy for 32 years, West came from a small farming community near Fairburn to a late college degree, taught at several institutions, and topped off his career by creating the Fair of 1850 at his home in Jonesboro, Clayton Co., GA (the museum progenitor of Westville) and a foundation to help needy students. From the description of John Word West papers, 1860-1976 (bulk 1900-1960). (Geo...

Fair of 1850 (Jonesboro, Ga.)

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