1896 Cotton Fruits of Industry

Source: Sold on Ebay via BIN for $99.99 Jan. 2012.

 

Fruits of Industry

Points and Pictures Along the Central Railroad of Georgia.

 

Through two States, Georgia and Alabama

 

AUTHOR Photos by O. Pierre Havens. Text by Pleasant A. Stovall.

 

PUBLISHER

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COPYRIGHT Issued by the Passenger Department of the Central Railroad of Georgia System. Copyright 1895 for the Central Railroad of Georgia by J. C. Haile, general Passenger Agent

 

SIZE and ATTRIBUTES

 

Softcover book book. 10" x 7", Unnumbered pages, cover-to-cover photographs in black-and-white

 

CONDITION

Acceptable. Cover worn. Cellophane tape along spine, with part of spine paper missing. Covers are loose from body, and the last page is loose.

 

COMMENTS

 

 

 

Despite the condition issues this book presents, this is a hard-to-find Souvenir of both the Cotton States and International Exposition held in Atlanta, Georgia from September 18 to December 31, 1896, and of the Central Railroad of Georgia (which changed its name to Central of Georgia Railway Company on November 1, 1895.)

 

An entry in the American Magazine described this book this way:

 

Under the auspices of the Central Railroad of Georgia is published a book of value and high artistic excellence, entitled "Fruits of Industry." It contains nearly a hundred half-tone photographic views of interesting points on the line through the two States of Georgia and Alabama, whit descriptive text and statistical information by Pleasant A Stovall.

 

Some of the views found in this book include a map of the Central RR of Georgia, views from Savannah wharf, Eagle and Phenix Mills, Columbus GA; Peach tree farms with workers; Atlanta capitol; Acme Brewing Company, Macon, GA;; Mercer University, Macon, GA; Albany Fertilizer Co, Albany GA; Cuthbert Fair; Cotton Mill, Bibb Manufacturing, Macon; Steamship off Pier 35; Corn and Cotton near Marshallville, GA; White Hickory Wagon Works, Atlanta; Coosa Tunnel of the Columbus & Western Railroad; Troy Spoke and Handle Factory, Troy, Alabama; Old Capitol, Milledgeville, GA;; State Lunatic Asylum, Milledgeville; Bacon and Son's Lumber Mill, Savannah; Experiment Station near Griffin, GA; Barnesville Buggy Company; Georgia Chemical Works, Augusta; Plum orchard at Vineyard, GA' Savannah Water Works; truck farm near Savannah; Eufaula Oil and Fertilizer Co, ; Montgomery Brewing Co, Montgomery, AL; Scott's Jerseys near Montgomery; Savannah cotton mills; peeling peaches at Gray's Canning Factory, Fort Valley, GA; Chewalla Cotton Mills, Eufaula, AL; Weslyan Female College, Macon, GA; Furman Farm Improvement Co., Atlanta; Maj. Ryals' Plantation, Savannah; Atlanta Guano Co.; Fertilizer works, Comer, Hull & Co.; Coosa River Railroad Bridge; Naval stores wharf of Central Railroad at Savannah; Confederate Obelisk on the Augusta Canal; First Baptist Church, Troy; shipping melons at Dietzen's Crossing; Lummus cotton gin works, Juniper, GA; Old Executive Mansion, Milledgeville GA; Swift Manufacturing Co., Columbus, GA; Opelika Milling Co.; Georgia Cotton Oil Col Macon; Rossdale Jersey Farm, Opelika; Union Springs Cotton Mills; Sample Lumber Co., Hollins, AL; Fox Henderson residence, Troy AL; Tennessee Coal, Iron & Railroad Co near Birmingham, AL; Georgia Normal and Industrial College; Visscher's Vineyard, Fort Valley, GA; Howard-Harrison Iron Co. near Birmingham, AL; Americus Guano Co; turpentine farm;; City Mills Company, Columbus GA; Ocean Steamship Co's Wharf, Savannah; Coweta Fertilizer Co. Newnan, GA; Andrew Female College, Cuthbert; Griffin Manufacturing, Griffin; Sibley Manufacturing Co., Augusta; Chattahoochee River Bridge near Eufaula, AL; New England and Savannah Steamship Co's wharf, Boston; Horticultural Fair, Cuthbert; Gordon Institute, Barnesville; Southern Cotton Oil Co, Atlanta; Hamberger Mills and Electric Co., Columbus; Oden's Mills; State Capitol at Montgomery AL; the John P. King Cotton Mill, Augusta; view of the Augusta Canal; residence of peach king near Marshallville, GA; Exposition Cotton Mils, Atlanta; peach carnival in Macon GA; Gate City Oil Co., Atlanta; Central Park, Cuthbert; Enterprise Manufacturing Co., Augusta; Confederate Monument at Montgomery; Fort Valley Crate Factory; Offices of Central Railroad of Georgia in Savannah; Augusta Brewing Co; Crescent Mills Augusta; Peach packing house near Fort Valley, GA; Washington Street, Albany GA; a mile of pear trees Marshallville, GA; Eagle and Phenix Mills and Water Power, Columbus, GA; loading peaches and melons in GA; Jasper Monument and Hotel De Soto, Savannah; Windsor Park, Americus, GA; watermelon party at Fort Gaines, GA; public buildings and government posts Augusta adn Atlanta; Hotel Tybee, Tybee Island.

 

 

 

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