The old, abandoned Lyric Theatre in Waycross, Georgia
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The Lyric was opened around 1923. It appears to be the work of Valdosta architect Lloyd Greer, although this is not documented. The Ly... More
808 Short Bewick Street (House), Waycross, Ware County, GA
Significance: A significant example of housing associated with black community. House was originally 808-810 Short Bewick Street, indicating a duplex. Changed to single family residence around 1936. Survey num... More
912 Oak Street (House), Waycross, Ware County, GA
Significance: House was originally used as a boarding house. In 1950's house was converted into a single family dwelling. Structure is typical of houses constructed for black community. Survey number: HABS GA-... More
930 Oak Street (House), Waycross, Ware County, GA
Public domain photograph of a house, cottage, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
830 Short Bewick Street (House), Waycross, Ware County, GA
Significance: Katie Spate acquired house in 1935. Only heirs of Katie Spate have resided in this house. Owner of record is heir to Katie Spate. Owners take pride in house even in a dilapidated condition. Surve... More
830 Short Bewick Street (House), Waycross, Ware County, GA
Significance: Katie Spate acquired house in 1935. Only heirs of Katie Spate have resided in this house. Owner of record is heir to Katie Spate. Owners take pride in house even in a dilapidated condition. Surve... More
830 Short Bewick Street (House), Waycross, Ware County, GA
Significance: Katie Spate acquired house in 1935. Only heirs of Katie Spate have resided in this house. Owner of record is heir to Katie Spate. Owners take pride in house even in a dilapidated condition. Surve... More
808 Short Bewick Street (House), Waycross, Ware County, GA
Significance: A significant example of housing associated with black community. House was originally 808-810 Short Bewick Street, indicating a duplex. Changed to single family residence around 1936. Survey num... More
815 Long Bewick Street (House), Waycross, Ware County, GA
Public domain photograph of a house, cottage, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
913 G Street (House), Waycross, Ware County, GA
Significance: Typical example of early 20th century structures built for black community. Survey number: HABS GA-2229 Building/structure dates: 1929 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1988 Demolished
830 Short Bewick Street (House), Waycross, Ware County, GA
Significance: Katie Spate acquired house in 1935. Only heirs of Katie Spate have resided in this house. Owner of record is heir to Katie Spate. Owners take pride in house even in a dilapidated condition. Surve... More
The First African Baptist Church in Waycross, Georgia was also known F...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The church was built in the Queen Anne gothic revival style during the early years of the twentieth century. Purchase; Carol M. Highsm... More
Scene from the Okefenokee Swamp Park in Waycross, Georgia
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The Okefenokee is a shallow, peat-filled wetland straddling the Georgia-Florida line but largely in Georgia. It is he largest "blackwa... More
912 Oak Street (House), Waycross, Ware County, GA
Significance: House was originally used as a boarding house. In 1950's house was converted into a single family dwelling. Structure is typical of houses constructed for black community. Survey number: HABS GA-... More
830 Short Bewick Street (House), Waycross, Ware County, GA
Significance: Katie Spate acquired house in 1935. Only heirs of Katie Spate have resided in this house. Owner of record is heir to Katie Spate. Owners take pride in house even in a dilapidated condition. Surve... More
930 Oak Street (House), Waycross, Ware County, GA
Public domain photograph of a house, cottage, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
930 Oak Street (House), Waycross, Ware County, GA
Public domain photograph of a house, cottage, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
815 Long Bewick Street (House), Waycross, Ware County, GA
Public domain photograph - Georgia folklife collection, ethnography, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Western Auto sign, Waycross, Georgia
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies categories: Gas stations, pumps and signs. Purchase; John Margolies 2015 (DLC/PP-2015:142). Credit line: John Margolies Road... More
815 Long Bewick Street (House), Waycross, Ware County, GA
Public domain photograph of a house, cottage, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
912 Oak Street (House), Waycross, Ware County, GA
Significance: House was originally used as a boarding house. In 1950's house was converted into a single family dwelling. Structure is typical of houses constructed for black community. Survey number: HABS GA-... More
Young pine timber (longleaf). Typical of better stands on area of Coas...
Public domain photograph - Georgia folklife collection, ethnography, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Turpentine dipper near Waycross, Georgia
Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More
912 Oak Street (House), Waycross, Ware County, GA
Significance: House was originally used as a boarding house. In 1950's house was converted into a single family dwelling. Structure is typical of houses constructed for black community. Survey number: HABS GA-... More
913 G Street (House), Waycross, Ware County, GA
Significance: Typical example of early 20th century structures built for black community. Survey number: HABS GA-2229 Building/structure dates: 1929 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1988 Demolished
930 Oak Street (House), Waycross, Ware County, GA
Public domain photograph of a house, cottage, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
808 Short Bewick Street (House), Waycross, Ware County, GA
Significance: A significant example of housing associated with black community. House was originally 808-810 Short Bewick Street, indicating a duplex. Changed to single family residence around 1936. Survey num... More
912 Oak Street (House), Waycross, Ware County, GA
Significance: House was originally used as a boarding house. In 1950's house was converted into a single family dwelling. Structure is typical of houses constructed for black community. Survey number: HABS GA-... More
830 Short Bewick Street (House), Waycross, Ware County, GA
Significance: Katie Spate acquired house in 1935. Only heirs of Katie Spate have resided in this house. Owner of record is heir to Katie Spate. Owners take pride in house even in a dilapidated condition. Surve... More
912 Oak Street (House), Waycross, Ware County, GA
Significance: House was originally used as a boarding house. In 1950's house was converted into a single family dwelling. Structure is typical of houses constructed for black community. Survey number: HABS GA-... More
913 G Street (House), Waycross, Ware County, GA
Significance: Typical example of early 20th century structures built for black community. Survey number: HABS GA-2229 Building/structure dates: 1929 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1988 Demolished
930 Oak Street (House), Waycross, Ware County, GA
Public domain photograph - Georgia folklife collection, ethnography, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
913 G Street (House), Waycross, Ware County, GA
Significance: Typical example of early 20th century structures built for black community. Survey number: HABS GA-2229 Building/structure dates: 1929 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1988 Demolished
913 G Street (House), Waycross, Ware County, GA
Significance: Typical example of early 20th century structures built for black community. Survey number: HABS GA-2229 Building/structure dates: 1929 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1988 Demolished
913 G Street (House), Waycross, Ware County, GA
Significance: Typical example of early 20th century structures built for black community. Survey number: HABS GA-2229 Building/structure dates: 1929 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1988 Demolished
Turpentine dipper near Waycross, Georgia
Public domain photograph of Georgia in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Scene from the Okefenokee Swamp Park in Waycross, Georgia
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The Okefenokee is a shallow, peat-filled wetland straddling the Georgia-Florida line but largely in Georgia. It is the largest "blackw... More
Scene from the Okefenokee Swamp Park in Waycross, Georgia
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The Okefenokee is a shallow, peat-filled wetland straddling the Georgia-Florida line but largely in Georgia. It is the largest "blackw... More
808 Short Bewick Street (House), Waycross, Ware County, GA
Significance: A significant example of housing associated with black community. House was originally 808-810 Short Bewick Street, indicating a duplex. Changed to single family residence around 1936. Survey num... More
830 Short Bewick Street (House), Waycross, Ware County, GA
Significance: Katie Spate acquired house in 1935. Only heirs of Katie Spate have resided in this house. Owner of record is heir to Katie Spate. Owners take pride in house even in a dilapidated condition. Surve... More
Reverend C.M. Ledbetter, Trinity Church, Waycross, Ga. & William Jenni...
A couple of men walking down a sidewalk. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Marsh area on edge of Okefenokee Swamp, part of purchase area of Coast...
Public domain photograph - Georgia folklife collection, ethnography, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
930 Oak Street (House), Waycross, Ware County, GA
Public domain photograph - Georgia folklife collection, ethnography, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
815 Long Bewick Street (House), Waycross, Ware County, GA
Public domain photograph - Georgia folklife collection, ethnography, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
912 Oak Street (House), Waycross, Ware County, GA
Significance: House was originally used as a boarding house. In 1950's house was converted into a single family dwelling. Structure is typical of houses constructed for black community. Survey number: HABS GA-... More
913 G Street (House), Waycross, Ware County, GA
Significance: Typical example of early 20th century structures built for black community. Survey number: HABS GA-2229 Building/structure dates: 1929 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1988 Demolished
Scene from the Okefenokee Swamp Park in Waycross, Georgia
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The Okefenokee is a shallow, peat-filled wetland straddling the Georgia-Florida line but largely in Georgia. It is he largest "blackwa... More
808 Short Bewick Street (House), Waycross, Ware County, GA
Significance: A significant example of housing associated with black community. House was originally 808-810 Short Bewick Street, indicating a duplex. Changed to single family residence around 1936. Survey num... More
Scene from the Okefenokee Swamp Park in Waycross, Georgia
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The Okefenokee is a shallow, peat-filled wetland straddling the Georgia-Florida line but largely in Georgia. It is the largest "blackw... More
Scene from the Okefenokee Swamp Park in Waycross, Georgia
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The Okefenokee is a shallow, peat-filled wetland straddling the Georgia-Florida line but largely in Georgia. It is he largest "blackwa... More
Scene from the Okefenokee Swamp Park in Waycross, Georgia
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The Okefenokee is a shallow, peat-filled wetland straddling the Georgia-Florida line but largely in Georgia. It is he largest "blackwa... More
Detail of the First African Baptist Church in Waycross, Georgia
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. It was also known First Antioch Missionary Baptist Church. The church was built in the Queen Anne gothic revival style during the earl... More
Young pine timber (longleaf). Typical of better stands on area of Coas...
Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More
Scene from the Okefenokee Swamp Park in Waycross, Georgia
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The Okefenokee is a shallow, peat-filled wetland straddling the Georgia-Florida line but largely in Georgia. It is he largest "blackwa... More
An alligator makes an appearance in the Okefenokee Swamp Park in Waycr...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The Okefenokee is a shallow, peat-filled wetland straddling the Georgia-Florida line but largely in Georgia. It is he largest "blackwa... More
913 G Street (House), Waycross, Ware County, GA
Significance: Typical example of early 20th century structures built for black community. Survey number: HABS GA-2229 Building/structure dates: 1929 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1988 Demolished
Scene from the Okefenokee Swamp Park in Waycross, Georgia
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The Okefenokee is a shallow, peat-filled wetland straddling the Georgia-Florida line but largely in Georgia. It is he largest "blackwa... More
Do you see something lurking in the Okefenokee Swamp Park in Waycross,...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The Okefenokee is a shallow, peat-filled wetland straddling the Georgia-Florida line but largely in Georgia. It is the largest "blackw... More
Scene from the Okefenokee Swamp Park in Waycross, Georgia
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The Okefenokee is a shallow, peat-filled wetland straddling the Georgia-Florida line but largely in Georgia. It is the largest "blackw... More
Scene from the Okefenokee Swamp Park in Waycross, Georgia
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The Okefenokee is a shallow, peat-filled wetland straddling the Georgia-Florida line but largely in Georgia. It is he largest "blackwa... More
815 Long Bewick Street (House), Waycross, Ware County, GA
Public domain photograph of a house, cottage, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Ivy-covered building in Waycross, Georgia
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2017; (DLC/PP-2016:103-5). Forms part of: Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the ... More
Scene from the Okefenokee Swamp Park in Waycross, Georgia
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The Okefenokee is a shallow, peat-filled wetland straddling the Georgia-Florida line but largely in Georgia. It is he largest "blackwa... More
Scene from the Okefenokee Swamp Park in Waycross, Georgia
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The Okefenokee is a shallow, peat-filled wetland straddling the Georgia-Florida line but largely in Georgia. It is he largest "blackwa... More
Willis Beauty Shop, Waycross, Georgia
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies categories: Beauty salons; Main Street. Purchase; John Margolies 2008 (DLC/PP-2008:109-1). Credit line: John Margolies Roads... More
Scene from the Okefenokee Swamp Park in Waycross, Georgia
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The Okefenokee is a shallow, peat-filled wetland straddling the Georgia-Florida line but largely in Georgia. It is he largest "blackwa... More
Somebody's having some fun at the "House of Rust" auto-parts store in ...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2017; (DLC/PP-2016:103-5). Forms part of: Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the ... More
Somebody's having some fun at the "House of Rust" auto-parts store in ...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2017; (DLC/PP-2016:103-5). Forms part of: Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the ... More
Okefenokee Swamp Park sign, Route 1, near Waycross, Georgia
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies category: Gift shop billboard signs. Purchase; John Margolies 2008 (DLC/PP-2008:109-4). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside... More
808 Short Bewick Street (House), Waycross, Ware County, GA
Significance: A significant example of housing associated with black community. House was originally 808-810 Short Bewick Street, indicating a duplex. Changed to single family residence around 1936. Survey num... More
815 Long Bewick Street (House), Waycross, Ware County, GA
Public domain photograph - Georgia folklife collection, ethnography, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
913 G Street (House), Waycross, Ware County, GA
Significance: Typical example of early 20th century structures built for black community. Survey number: HABS GA-2229 Building/structure dates: 1929 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1988 Demolished
Clothing, Waycross, Georgia. Photogrpah by John Margolies
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies category: Main Street. Purchase; John Margolies 2015 (DLC/PP-2015:142). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America photogr... More
Scene from the Okefenokee Swamp Park in Waycross, Georgia
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The Okefenokee is a shallow, peat-filled wetland straddling the Georgia-Florida line but largely in Georgia. It is he largest "blackwa... More
An alligator makes an appearance in the Okefenokee Swamp Park in Waycr...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The Okefenokee is a shallow, peat-filled wetland straddling the Georgia-Florida line but largely in Georgia. It is he largest "blackwa... More
Scene from the Okefenokee Swamp Park in Waycross, Georgia
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The Okefenokee is a shallow, peat-filled wetland straddling the Georgia-Florida line but largely in Georgia. It is the largest "blackw... More
808 Short Bewick Street (House), Waycross, Ware County, GA
Significance: A significant example of housing associated with black community. House was originally 808-810 Short Bewick Street, indicating a duplex. Changed to single family residence around 1936. Survey num... More
Scene from the Okefenokee Swamp Park in Waycross, Georgia
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The Okefenokee is a shallow, peat-filled wetland straddling the Georgia-Florida line but largely in Georgia. It is the largest "blackw... More
815 Long Bewick Street (House), Waycross, Ware County, GA
Public domain photograph - Georgia folklife collection, ethnography, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Welcome City of Waycross sign, Waycross, Georgia
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies category: Main Street. Purchase; John Margolies 2015 (DLC/PP-2015:142). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America photogr... More
An alligator makes an appearance in the Okefenokee Swamp Park in Waycr...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The Okefenokee is a shallow, peat-filled wetland straddling the Georgia-Florida line but largely in Georgia. It is he largest "blackwa... More
Scene from the Okefenokee Swamp Park in Waycross, Georgia
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The Okefenokee is a shallow, peat-filled wetland straddling the Georgia-Florida line but largely in Georgia. It is the largest "blackw... More