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Photo, Print, Drawing John R. Griffin, Lenox, Georgia, old family photographs

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About this Item

Title

  • John R. Griffin, Lenox, Georgia, old family photographs

Names

  • Jabbour, Alan (Collector)
  • Fleischhauer, Carl

Created / Published

  • Lenox, Georgia, August 20, 1977

Headings

  • -  Folklore--Georgia
  • -  Photographs
  • -  Ethnography
  • -  United States -- Georgia -- Cook County -- Lenox

Genre

  • Photographs
  • Ethnography

Notes

  • -  Image numbers and description: old family photos in the possession of John R. Griffin of Lenox GA: 01-04, Griffin family photograph, photo, possibly made on the occasion of John R. Griffin's mother's birthday during the 1940s, John R. with all of his brothers and sisters and their children, John R. is in overalls second from left, his mother is the second from the left in the back row, photo probably made by Alma Whiddon, one of John's father's sisters; 05-06, the brothers and sisters on the same occasion, with their mother, the part of the image showing one of the sisters has been clipped off the right-hand edge of the picture by one of her family members, John R. Griffin is holding the violin, photo probably made by Alma Whiddon, one of John's father's sisters; 07-08, Cora Lee Williams Griffin (the mother?) on a beach in Florida in the 1930's, photographer is unknown; 09-11, John R. Griffin at Christmas is his current home in about 1970, photo by his daughter Reba Spradley; 12-13, John R. Griffin at a carnival in Lenox in the 1950s, Griffin was a Lenox policeman at that time and is wearing a badge and carrying a 38 pistol in his waistband, the photographer's notes report that Griffin was a Lenox policeman at the time, and served as a policeman for two years in the 1950s, the woman with him is his oldest daughter Carolyn, by his second wife Myrtle Ethel Tyson Griffin; 14-15, Jackson and Lace Osteen (?), two of John R. Griffin's friends from Nashville, the photographer's note state that the men were "old pickin' buddies" of John in the 1920s, photo by Ben Green of Lenox, who used to be a photographer for hire; 16, Artie Lott, with autoharp, photo by Ben Greene, circa 1920, Lott was a neighbor who lived in Lenox and played and sang with John R. Griffin, the photographer's notes report that Griffin has said that Lott wasn't a very good musician, and that Griffin described him as "an afflicted boy, feet deformed, who never married and lived to an old age."

Medium

  • 35 mm color slide

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Call number: AFC 1982/010: GA7-CF-11

Source Collection

  • South-Central Georgia Folklife Project collection (AFC 1982/010)

Repository

  • American Folklife Center

Digital Id

Online Format

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Credit line: South-Central Georgia Folklife Project collection (AFC 1982/010), American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

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Chicago citation style:

Jabbour, Alan, and Carl Fleischhauer. John R. Griffin, Lenox, Georgia, old family photographs. United States Cook County Lenox Georgia, 1977. Lenox, Georgia. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/afc1982010_cf_011/.

APA citation style:

Jabbour, A. & Fleischhauer, C. (1977) John R. Griffin, Lenox, Georgia, old family photographs. United States Cook County Lenox Georgia, 1977. Lenox, Georgia. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/afc1982010_cf_011/.

MLA citation style:

Jabbour, Alan, and Carl Fleischhauer. John R. Griffin, Lenox, Georgia, old family photographs. Lenox, Georgia. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/afc1982010_cf_011/>.