Three Boudoir Cards of the Newly Founded Town of Demorest, Georgia, by Carey William Fisher, ca. 1890
by Fisher, Carey William (Photographer)
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Three albumen prints, each about 4.5" x 7", on black card mounts reading "C. Will Fisher, Demorest, Georgia." One shows a wide street on a slope, with a buggy and a storefront in the foreground. On the back in pencil: "Jessie Ashby in cart, Dr. Fitch's horse and cart" and "Mrs. -------'s store, after Mr. Dunlap's." The other two show houses spread along shore around Lake Demorest;one has "1890" written on the back. Demorest was founded in 1889 by the Demorest Home, Mining & Improvement Company--a corporation made up of nine prohibitionists whose goal was to build a model city without alcohol in a cultural environment where schools, churches and industry would be promoted for the development of ideal home and family life. The lake, a city park, and a commercial district were part of the planned community. Photographer Carey William Fisher (1849-1919) was born in Indiana, lived and worked as a photographer for some time in Harlan, Iowa, and moved to Georgia in 1889. His daughter, Genevieve, also became a photographer.
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- Three Boudoir Cards of the Newly Founded Town of Demorest, Georgia, by Carey William Fisher, ca. 1890
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- Fisher, Carey William (Photographer)
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Walkabout Books is an antiquarian bookstore located in southwest Washington State. We specialize in Americana and the literature of travel and adventure, including travel narratives, travel and tourism ephemera (travel diaries, vintage brochures, guidebooks, etc), exploration, mountaineering, and other outdoor pursuits. We also carry interesting and unusual books in many other fields.