{"id":2264,"date":"2011-06-02T17:55:24","date_gmt":"2011-06-02T17:55:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.dlg.galileo.usg.edu\/?p=2264"},"modified":"2024-11-20T16:48:41","modified_gmt":"2024-11-20T21:48:41","slug":"before-they-were-famous","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.dlg.galileo.usg.edu\/?p=2264","title":{"rendered":"Before They Were Famous"},"content":{"rendered":"

Long before they gained national fame for their accomplishments, these Georgians were largely unknown members of society, waiting to take their place in history. Take a small peek into their lives back when they weren’t so well known:<\/p>\n

Sidney Lanier<\/a> gained attention in the late 19th century for writings and poetry about his home state. The photograph below from the Vanishing Georgia Collection<\/a> captures him as a 15 year old boy in Macon, Georgia<\/a>. In the years that followed, he graduated from Oglethorpe University<\/a> and served in the Civil War before embarking on a successful writing career. As a result of this success, he would eventually have a lake<\/a>, a bridge, and even a county<\/a> named in his honor in Georgia.<\/p>\n

\"Black-and-white<\/a><\/p>\n

Silent film actor Oliver Hardy spent most of his youth in Milledgeville<\/a>, Georgia where his mother ran a hotel and he worked at a movie theater. The newspaper clipping below from the Jul. 21, 1908 issue<\/a> of the Milledgeville Union Recorder<\/em> lists him as a first basemen in a Married versus Singles baseball game. Note the roster refers to him as “Fatty,” which was one of his childhood nicknames. He eventually left Georgia for a movie career in California and became one of the most recognizable actors in the history of American film.<\/p>\n

\"Program<\/a><\/p>\n

Although not completely unknown in 1963, this image<\/a> of Jimmy Carter<\/a> during his early days as a state legislator bears no hint that the “Farmer & Warehouseman” from Plains, Georgia<\/a> would one day become the president of the United States (by anthony<\/a> at dress-head <\/a>). The image is from a picture book of state legislators in the Georgia Government Publications<\/a> site.<\/p>\n

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Long before they gained national fame for their accomplishments, these Georgians were largely unknown members of society, waiting to take their place in history. Take a small peek into their lives back when they weren’t so well known: Sidney Lanier gained attention in the late 19th century for writings and poetry about his home state. … <\/p>\n

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