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HAND TUFTED BEDSPREADS AND SOUVENIRS U.S. 41, GA.

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Date: June 1940
Place: U.S. Highway 41, Bartow County, Georgia
Held by: Georgia Archives
Collection: Vanishing Georgia (Digital Library of Georgia)
Number: Vanishing Georgia brt126 (related: brt120, brt121)
Size: photograph
Themes: Machine tufting & Dalton

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“HAND TUFTED BEDSPREADS AND SOUVENIRS U.S. 41, GA.,” June 1940. Vanishing Georgia brt126 (related: brt120, brt121), Vanishing Georgia (Digital Library of Georgia), Georgia Archives. dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_vang_brt126.

Research notes

Photograph. DLG description: "Bartow County, U.S. Highway 41, June 1940. Roadside stand featuring hand-tufted chenille bedspreads and souvenirs." Two related photographs (brt120, brt121, dated 1940/1943): "Bartow County, early 1940s. Chenille bedspreads. Note patterns." (from field notes). Why it matters: Dalton bedspreads, open question on roadside spread sales: a dated (June 1940) roadside stand on "Bedspread Boulevard" (U.S. 41), with close views of patterns. Found: Digital Library of Georgia, search "chenille bedspread", 2026-10-28.