Athens, Georgia photographs, ca. 1930s-early 1950s.

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Athens, Georgia photographs, ca. 1930s-early 1950s.

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The collection consists of images of street scenes, houses, schools, churhces, and other buildings in Athens, Georgia. There are also several folders of unidentified photographs, but most likely the locations are either Athens, north Georgia or possibly Tennessee. A photograph of David Earnest's homeplace in East Tennessee is also included.

133 items (0.25 linear feet).

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SNAC Resource ID: 7506449

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University of Georgia. International Student Life Office

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The University of Georgia (UGA) is the largest institution of higher learning in the state of Georgia. Located in Athens, Georgia, approximately 70 miles northeast of Atlanta, it was the first state-chartered university in the United States. In 2005 U.S. News & World Report magazine ranked UGA 19th in its list of the top 50 public universities for a sixth year in a row. UGA also ranks 58th overall (public and private) in the nation. Today, it is the largest university of the University Syste...

Earnest, David Lewis, d. 1956.

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Dr. David Lewis Earnest was a professor at the State Normal School for thirty-five years and at the University of Georgia for nine years. Dr. Earnest was one of the first bicycle riders in Athens as well as being one of the few who practiced photography as a hobby in the early 1900s. He had a darkroom at the State Normal School as well as one at home. Dr. Earnest's pictures are located in the University of Georgia Libraries Special Collections, the Photography Archives of the Art Department, and...