Fitzgerald Garden

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Settlers in Fitzgerald stand in their garden in 1896. Domestic yards from the colonial period to the twentieth century in Georgia were used primarily for such sustenance activities as gardening, cooking, and laundering.

Courtesy of Georgia Archives, Vanishing Georgia, #
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