VI. Photographs, 1903-1961
- Extent:
- 685 photographs, 12 negatives
- Scope and content:
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The collection contains a variety of black and white photographs from Peterson's home and office in Ailey, Georgia. Peterson displayed several signed photographs from political peers and photographs of the Peterson family in his office, which was located in the backyard of Sandridge Manor in Ailey. Photographs found in the Montgomery Monitor office in Mt. Vernon, Georgia, consist of multiple photographs of senior class groups visiting Washington, D.C. from the First Congressional District, 1937-1941 and 1946. Also in this series are early photographs of Peterson as a child and teenager saved by Flora Peterson Snooks and Marie Peterson Palmer, his sisters.
Peterson's papers yield many photographs from the trips he took as a member of the congressional Committee on Territories, the Committee on Rivers and Harbors, and the Committee on Public Roads. People corresponding with Peterson also sent photographs, which include photographs from men serving in World War II. Corresponding manuscript materials are found in Series IV, United States Congress.
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