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Decatur's Lamplighter. At dusk the old lamplighter could be seen filling and lighting the oil lamps on the town's street corners. This picture was taken between 1890 and 1895 in front of the Candler home in Decatur, DeKalb County, Georgia.View of Decatur's lamplighter on an ox cart in Decatur, Georgia.
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Digital Library of GeorgiaKeywords
- African Americans
- Atlanta
- Candler, Asa Griggs, 1851 1929
- Carts & Wagons
- De Kalb County
- Decatur
- Georgia
- Homes & Haunts
- Houses
- Lampposts
- Men
- Oxen
- Trees