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Title
#73
engine
going
through
Tallulah
Gorge
Creator
Romanes, R. A. (Reinfried Armstrong), 1896-1978
Medium of Original
photographs
Date of Original
1939-07-09
Dimensions
3.5
"
x
5.5
";
Description
Reinfried
Armstrong
Romanes
(April
4
,
1896-1978)
,
more
often
known
as
R
. A.
Romanes
or
simply
as
Romanes
, was
born
and
raised
in
Europe
. In
1919
, he
emigrated
to
America
and,
through
family
and
political
connections
,
settled
in
Alto
,
Georgia
,
where
he
remained
for the
rest
of his
life
.
It
wasn’t
until
1925
that
Romanes
became
interested
in
photography
, but
after
that
time
,
photography
became
his
passion
. He
made
pictures
of
farming
families
in and
around
his
adopted
hometown
in
northeast
Georgia
and
took
landscape
shots
in
Georgia
,
South
Carolina
, and
western
North
Carolina
.
Most
of the
photographs
in this
collection
were
made
in the
1930s
,
1940s
, and
1950s
and
many
are
labeled
as to
where
they were
taken
.
Subject
Railroad trains -- Georgia
Gorges -- Georgia
Local Subject
transportation
landscapes
structures
Time Period
1930s
Location
Rabun County (Ga.)
Source Institution
Western Carolina University Hunter Library
Collection
R.A. Romanes Collection
Inventory Number
HL_MSS90_03_32_174_02
Copyright Information
All rights reserved. For permissions, contact Hunter Library Special Collections, Western Carolina U, Cullowhee, NC 28723
Digital Publisher
Hunter Library Digital Collections, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC 28723
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