William E. Wilson exhibit photographs

Descriptive Summary
Title: William E. Wilson exhibit photographs
Creator: Wilson, William E., -1905
Inclusive Dates: 1880-1889
Language(s): English
Extent: 0.25 Linear Feet 1 box
Collection Number: ms3632
Repository: Hargrett Library

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Collection Description

Historical Note

William E. Wilson (d. 1905) was a professional documentary photographer in the late 1800s. Born in London, England, his family moved to South Carolina when he was a child. He lived in Savannah, Georgia and Mobile, Alabama in the late 1800s and early 1900s.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of reproductions of photographs that originated from William Ernest Wilson's glass plate negatives in the 1880s. Photographs are not originals, but were reproduced for an exhibit using methods similar to the one Wilson used. Most of the images depict scenes and people in Savannah and nearby coastal areas of Georgia.

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

William E. Wilson exhibit photographs, ms3632, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscripts Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

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Related Materials and Subjects

Subject Terms

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Series Descriptions and Folder Listing

 

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Self portrait with wedding party

 

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2

Gatekeeper at Bonaventure

 

1

3

Chattam County courthouse

 

1

4

Segars and tobacco

 

1

5

Thunderbolt Road

 

1

6

Live oaks

 

1

7

Hauling cotton

 

1

8

Naval stores- turpentine

 

1

9

Forsyth Park

 

1

10

Bonaventure

 

1

11

Ox cart

 

1

12

Savannah River

 

1

13

Creek in Effingham County

 

1

14

Loading cotton

 

1

15

Savannah wharf

 

1

16

Liberty County school children

 

1

17

Hotel Tybee

 

1

18

Weighing cotton

 

1

19

Dark angels

 

1

20

Ox cart

 

1

21

Big oak and city hospital yard

 

1

22

Liberty County school children

 

1

23

Fort Jackson

 

1

24

Laurel Grove cemetery

 

1

25

Ogeechee River at Rogers, Georgia

 

1

26

Live oaks

 

1

27

Cotton pickers

 

1

28

Flat Ford, June 24, 1892

 

1

29

African American grandpa

 

1

30

Ox cart

 

1

31

Family reunion

 

1

32

Turpentine fire

 

1

33

Coastal marshes at Darien, Georgia

 

1

34

Ice and Oysters

 

1

35

Under the bluffs at Whittaker Street

 

1

36

Fort with harbor light

 

1

37

Street scene

 

1

38

Wilson montage

 

1

39

Moonshine

 

1

40

Eating watermelon

 

1

41

Waterworks

 

1

42

Colonial Park cemetery

 

1

43

Seated African American

 

1

44

Photograph gallery

 

1

45

Thunderbolt

 

1

46

Chippewa Square

 

1

47

Barbeque

 

1

48

Telfair Academy exterior

 

1

49

DeSoto Hotel

 

1

50

Forsyth Park

 

1

51

Midway Church