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.

John Singleton, of Tatemville, April 25, 1935

Park and Tree Commission Photographs - Applicants for Cemetery Lot Care, 5600PC-36, Box 1, Folder 1B, Item 58
Grace Walker and Isabell Mewborn shop on Broughton Street, early 1950s

History Round-up Days - Carver Village, 1121-064.01, Item Slay_002
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

Westside Documentation Project, Item 6112-003_Rose Harris
David Jefferson, May 5, 1930

Park and Tree Commission Photographs - Applicants for Cemetery Lot Care, 5600PC-36, Box 1, Folder 1A, Item 32
Springfield Terrace School baseball team, circa 1950s

History Round-up Days - Carver Village, 1121-064.01, Item Shinhoster002
Addie Elizabeth Greene knitting an American flag, circa 1918-1919

W. W. Law Photograph Collection, Item 1121-100_1776
Rick Tindol and Spot try out the scooter Rick made in the back yard of his home in Savannah Gardens, circa 1950s

Eastside Documentation Project, Item 6112-003_Tindol.2
Longshoremen posed in front of the Longshoreman's Hall, circa late 1940s

History Round-up Days - Carver Village, 1121-064.01, Item Slay_001
Boy Scout, circa 1911-1920

W. W. Law Photograph Collection, Item 1121-100_0887
Jane Ginsberg with unidentified girl in front of ice company coal pile on Harmon Street, September 1938

Benjamin Van Clark Neighborhood Documentation Project, Item 6112-003_img3203
Man and woman posed in front of an automobile, circa 1940s

History Round-up Days - White Bluff/Coffee Bluff Community, Item 1121-064.05_01-029
In front of Garvin Temple, top (L to R) Rev. L. B. Free, Rev. Roosevelt Scott, Sr. (pastor at Followers of Christ, West Savannah); bottom (L to R) Marcy, unknown, Martha (Marcy's twin), unknown, circa

History Round-up Days - Frogtown/Yamacraw/West Broad Street, Item 1121-064.04_Jeffs003

Water Works Portraits

John Singleton, of Tatemville, April 25, 1935

Grace Walker and Isabell Mewborn shop on Broughton Street, early 1950s

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

David Jefferson, May 5, 1930

Springfield Terrace School baseball team, circa 1950s

Addie Elizabeth Greene knitting an American flag, circa 1918-1919

Rick Tindol and Spot try out the scooter Rick made in the back yard of his home in Savannah Gardens, circa 1950s

Longshoremen posed in front of the Longshoreman's Hall, circa late 1940s

Boy Scout, circa 1911-1920

Jane Ginsberg with unidentified girl in front of ice company coal pile on Harmon Street, September 1938

Man and woman posed in front of an automobile, circa 1940s

In front of Garvin Temple, top (L to R) Rev. L. B. Free, Rev. Roosevelt Scott, Sr. (pastor at Followers of Christ, West Savannah); bottom (L to R) Marcy, unknown, Martha (Marcy's twin), unknown, circa

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