Water Works Portraits

Window to Savannnah's History is a large-scale photography installation at the historic Water Works Pump House building featuring images from the Municipal Archives' collections. Selected with assistance from community members from Savannah's westside neighborhoods, the images represent both residents of Savannah's westside, as well as Savannah as a whole. The images represented in this installation include many collected during neighborhood documentation projects aimed at preserving the unique stories of Savannah's diverse neighborhoods and communities.
  1. 1 John Singleton, of Tatemville, April 25, 1935
  2. 2 Grace Walker and Isabell Mewborn shop on Broughton Street, early 1950s
  3. 3 Rose Marie Manigault (now Harris), around the age of 4-5 years old, shopping on Broughton Street with her mother, Mrs. Ernestine E. Manigault, circa 1940-1941
  4. 4 David Jefferson, May 5, 1930
  5. 5 Springfield Terrace School baseball team, circa 1950s
  6. 6 Addie Elizabeth Greene knitting an American flag, circa 1918-1919
  7. 7 Rick Tindol and Spot try out the scooter Rick made in the back yard of his home in Savannah Gardens, circa 1950s
  8. 8 Longshoremen posed in front of the Longshoreman's Hall, circa late 1940s
  9. 9 Boy Scout, circa 1911-1920
  10. 10 Jane Ginsberg with unidentified girl in front of ice company coal pile on Harmon Street, September 1938
  11. 11 Man and woman posed in front of an automobile, circa 1940s
  12. 12 In front of Garvin Temple, top (L to R) Reverend L. B. Free, Mr. Scott; bottom (L to R) Marcy, unkno