- Collection:
- Stetson Kennedy Papers
- Title:
- Charles McCartney and family with their goat caravan, Rockford, Illinois, 1939
- Creator:
- Florida Pre-Vues Post Card
- Contributor to Resource:
- Southern Labor Archives
- Date of Original:
- 1939
- Subject:
- Curiosities and wonders
Goats--Illinois
Travel
Goats
Family
Household moving
McCartney, Charles, 1901- - People:
- Kennedy, Stetson
- Location:
- United States, Illinois, Winnebago County, Rockford, 42.27113, -89.094
- Medium:
- photographic prints
- Type:
- StillImage
- Format:
- image/jp2
- Description:
- Post card. Text on reverse: "Chas. or Chess McCartney and family with their goat caravan, Rockford, Illinois, 1939. Chess and his Goats have been traveling from Maine to Florida for over 20 years--covering over 80,000 miles, His headquarters is the Free Thinking Christian Mission, Route 2, Jeffersonville, Georgia." Before becoming the wandering Goat Man, McCartney worked for the WPA cutting timber until he suffered an accident that crippled his left arm. Stetson Kennedy (1916-2011), writer and civil rights activist, collected these photographs during the course of his career fighting for equality throughout the Southern United States.
- Local Identifier:
- L1979-37_208
- Metadata URL:
- http://digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/SKennedy/id/13145
- Rights Holder:
- This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. In addition, no permission is required from the rights-holder(s) for educational uses. For other uses, you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: L1979-37_208, Stetson Kennedy Papers, L1979-37, Southern Labor Archives. Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University, Atlanta.
- Original Collection:
- Stetson Kennedy papers, Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library
- Contributing Institution:
- Georgia State University. Special Collections
- Rights:
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