Hand Trading Company

Linked to Pelham

Share Feedback

The Hand Trading Company was the largest mercantile store in southwest Georgia in the early twentieth century. Pictured in 1918, the four-story retail emporium featured nearly 100,000 feet of floor space.

Courtesy of Georgia Archives, Vanishing Georgia, # mit022.

View on partner site

Hand Trading Company

Featured Content

James Oglethorpe

James Oglethorpe

Colonial Figures
Harriet Powers

Harriet Powers

People

Trending

Geologic Regions of Georgia

Geologic Regions of Georgia

Geology
William A. Connelly

William A. Connelly

Military
Ku Klux Klan in the Twentieth Century

Ku Klux Klan in the Twentieth Century

Early 20th-Century Groups & Organizations
Button Gwinnett

Button Gwinnett

Revolutionary War Period

Updated Recently

Deportation of Roswell Mill Women

Deportation of Roswell Mill Women

22 hours ago
Stephen Corey

Stephen Corey

3 days ago
Sequoyah

Sequoyah

3 days ago
Nathalie Dupree

Nathalie Dupree

4 days ago

A More Perfect Union

The New Georgia Encyclopedia is supported by funding from A More Perfect Union, a special initiative of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Learn More