Howard E. Felton photograph album, 1907-1915

Summary

Creator:
Felton, Howard Erwin, 1869-
Date:
1907-1915
Extent:
0.25 Linear Feet
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Howard E. Felton photograph album, ms4136, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

Background

Scope and content:

The album contains photographs taken by Dr. Howard Erwin Felton. Consists mostly of photographs of the Felton family and people and places around Cartersville, Georgia. Also includes 17 commercially produced color photographs of scenes around Cartersville. Notable photgraphs include "Election day in Cartersville, June 20, 1907 when Prohibition carried," "the first hospital ever erected in Cartersville, October 1913," and images of the Bartow County Fair, 1913.

Biographical / historical:

Dr. Howard E. Felton was an amateur photographer and the son of Dr. William H. Felton and Rebecca Latimer Felton, At the age of eighty-seven, Rebecca Felton was appointed by Governor Thomas Hardwick to fill the senatorial vacancy caused by the death of Thomas E. Watson. After the appointment on October 3, 1922, she attended two sessions and became the first woman to occupy the senate seat.

Access and use restrictions

Preferred citation:

Howard E. Felton photograph album, ms4136, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.