A gallery looking back at Savannah life through 1970s photographs also records scenes from elsewhere in South Georgia: a downtown marker unveiling, a Fort Stewart assignment described in a caption and tobacco loaded for shipment from Baxley.
In July 1977, Savannah Mayor John P. Rousakis unveiled a historical marker at Bay and West Broad streets for the site of John Ryan’s Excelsior Bottle Works.
A July 1974 caption said a Rangers Battalion would be stationed at Fort Stewart, a South Georgia training base. A July 1970 photograph shows tobacco being loaded in Baxley for shipment to storage buildings in North Carolina and other states.
Yolonda Harris
News Now Georgia
