Tifton Residential Historic District, National Register of Historic Places
Eclectic Victorian House, Tifton
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Victorian House, Tifton
Tifton Residential Historic District, National Register of Historic Places
Queen Anne Cottage, Tifton
Tifton Residential Historic District, National Register of Historic Places
P. D. Fulwood House, 1914, Tifton
In 1985, the former residence of Paul D. (P.D.) and Ruth Vickers Fulwood became home to the Tifton Council of Garden Clubs. Now known as the Fulwood Garden Center, it is used for garden club meetings and as a public event venue. The Fulwood family are among Tifton’s earliest settlers and have long been patrons of the arts and cultural life in the community. P. D. Fulwood was a pioneer in diverse vegetable production in Tift County, where it remains an important component of the local economy.
Tifton Residential Historic District, National Register of Historic Places
Billy’s Restaurant, Tifton
Several restaurants have been located here over the years. The old Billy’s Restaurant sign appears to date to the 1950s or thereabouts. It was most recently Hawk-Eye Bar-B-Que.
Watermelon Man, Tifton
I’ve been scanning a few of my older prints from film cameras recently and came across these photos, made in the parking lot of the Tifton Mall in 2006. Men who sell watermelons from their trucks are fixtures in every small town and crossroads, even today, but this gentleman had a pile of them.
Tift County Courthouse, 1913, Tifton
William A. Edwards designed Tift County’s courthouse in the Beaux Arts style quite popular at the time. On first glance it may appear a bit mundane, but walk around the square and you’ll likely by inspired by its architectural influences.
My favorite features are the lion medallions at the top of the front facade.
National Register of Historic Places
Danny Ross Motor Court, Tifton
This sign was located on US 41 near ABAC. I’m not sure if it’s still standing, but it was erected in the late 1940s or early 1950s for the Danny Ross Motor Court.
Early Postcard Views of Tifton
I’ve been collecting antique postcards of South Georgia towns since I was in college, beginning in 1988.
Most of these were not used, but they date from 1905-1925.
I recently inherited a large collection and like to share them from time to time.
What is most apparent in these images is how much a wilderness the area still was in the early 20th century.
Growth and prosperity seemed to be all around, though.
Young Family Reunion & Lewis Hine Exhibit at the Georgia Museum of Agriculture
Lewis Hine was a pioneering documentary photographer whose influence could be seen in the later work of Walker Evans, Dorothea Lange, and countless others. He’s best known for exposing the plight of child labor and his images made in America’s cotton mills and sweat shops helped put an end to the practice.
An exhibit of his work will open at the Georgia Museum of Agriculture in Tifton this Saturday (15 March), highlighted by a reunion of the descendants and relatives of one of his endearing subjects, Eddie Lou Young.
Joe Manning, whose blog, Mornings on Maple Street, has traced many of the subjects of Hines’ photographs, is the organizer of the project.
Eddie Lou Young’s mother, Catherine, fell on hard times, and Eddie Lou and several of her siblings were placed in a Methodist orphan’s home not long after the Hine photographs were made. She was adopted by Reese and Luella Parker of Americus, in 1910, and married one of Mr. Parker’s relatives, Hawkins Alexander Parker, in 1920.
The couple had seven children, and for a time, in 1941, lived a few houses down from Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter, who were newly married at the time. Eddie Lou died in 1979 and Hawkins died in 1982.
One of their sons, Earl, was my biology professor at ABAC and was one of the nicest men around. I didn’t do so well in the class, but Dr. Parker was very fair and memorably likeable.