Photo Archive

Famed Folk Artist Howard Finster, creator of Paradise Gardens

1955 Chattooga County’s 1st Bale of Cotton Contest

Augustus Finley family 1906. Augustus( left front was born a slave in Chattoogaville and bought his wife’s freedom.His descendants still live in the area

1967 Pep Rally Chattooga High School

Longtime Chattooga businessman Jamie Marks…over 70 years in the car business

Covered bridge, near Price’s Bridge Road near Chattoogaville, pre 1930s

CHS Glee Club in 1962, the first year of the consolidated Chattooga High

Taylor Ridge 1960

Davis Brothers Chevrolet 1954

Chattooga High faculty 1962

Summerville High cheerleaders, late 1940s

Summerville High FHA fashion show, 1957

Summerville Presbyterian Church Vacation Bible School, 1959

The SHS band was formed again in 1946 after the school burning several years before had forced it’s demise.

Trion Plaza decked out for Army Navy E award during WWII

1898 map showing train route through Tulip and Sprite from Lyerly

Lyerly School 1915

Summerville News photo of Taylor Ridge, early 1960s

Workers Progress Administration (WPA) road crew 1930s

Holland Training School, a Rosenwald school