Column: Photo Exhibition at Northeast Georgia History Center Unveils Pieces from Gainesville’s Past

One of the items in the history exhibit is a ledger that is believed to have come from the studio. E. Lee Eltzroth donated the book, which was apparently bought at a flea market in northern Georgia. It lists customer names and prices for the photos.

Eltzroth blogs about old photographers on its website and has acquired some white artifacts. She has also amassed a ton of photography history, including the Ramseys of Hall and Early Rogers of Forsyth and Hall Counties.

In addition to the numerous glass negatives and photographs from the White Studio, Bill Riley borrows one of the photographers’ cameras. Riley explains how photographers have used glass and nitrate film negatives and how they eventually switch to security film for their cameras. While regular movie cameras are still in use, much of photography today is digital, and millions of amateurs use their smartphones to take pictures.

KH Cancelosi purchased the glass and nitrate negatives for the exhibition in the history center and donated money for the exhibition. He had linked the center to Riley. Jones said if it hadn’t been for Cancelosi, much of the White collection would have been sold on eBay.

The exhibition is free for members of the history center. Otherwise, admission is $ 6 for adults, $ 5 for seniors and the military, $ 4 for students, and free for children under 5.

Wedding photo

The Atlanta Constitution – now The Atlanta-Journal Constitution – published a photo of the wedding reception of White Jr. and his wife on July 31, 1938. Some of the kids in the picture were Heyward Hosch Jr., Rosemary Wood, Marian Matthews, Patti Palmour, Dora Kimbrough, and Amanda Joiner.

When they married, Viola was 35 years old and White Jr. 68. Viola died in the 1990s.

Johnny Vardeman is retired Editor-in-Chief of The Times. He can be reached at 2183 Pine Tree Circle NE, Gainesville, GA 30501; Phone, 770-532-2326; Email, johnnyvardeman@gmail.com. His column appears weekly.

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