Pig Barbecue

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The Callaway Mills textile plant was built in Manchester by Fuller E. Callaway in the early 1900s, and the annual company picnic was held every July 15, Callaway's birthday. Men are shown barbecuing pigs in preparation for the picnic.

Courtesy of Troup County Archives, Nix-Price Collection.

Pig Barbecue

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