Collection: Centennial Cotton Gin Company Photo Collection

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of photographs of cotton ginning equipment, plans and models of such equipment, and of the facilities of the Centennial Cotton Gin Company in Columbus, Georgia (1920s-1960s).

In addition to the images of the cotton ginning operations, there is a separate envelop of photographs of Coca-Cola delivery trucks, as well as some of the Columbus bottling facilities of Coca-Cola 1910s-1960s. 1910s-1960s 1 box (1 l.f.)

Dates

Creation: Majority of material found within 1910 - 1962

Biographical / Historical

The Centennial Cotton Gin Company was founded in 1876, the year of the U.S. Centennial . It moved to Columbus, Georgia in 1921. Samuel Kelly Dimon Jr. was associated with the company from 1924 until his retirement in 1962, serving as president from 1953 to 1962.