Stunning Vintage Photos Show Life in Bainbridge, Georgia from 1961-1981

These stunning photos show life in Bainbridge, Decatur County of Georgia from 1961 to 1981. People working in tobacco fields, shops, factories, and fields. They also show supermarkets shoppers waiting in line, people waiting for buses at the Trailways station, families and spectators waiting for verdicts at the Decatur County Courthouse, and Mrs. Tomlinson in the house of tomatoes waiting for the Martian invasion.

Paul Kwilecki captured these photographs, he was a talented self-taught photographer. Kwilecki honed his craft by photographing the broad spectrum of daily life manifested in Bainbridge and the rural areas of Decatur County.

I’m not trying to make aesthetic images. I’m not in it as an artist…I’m interested in what is going on here. Said Kwilecki.

#1 Mr. Gause in his Pure Oil Station, 1980 May

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#2 Interior of Jake’s Pawn Shop on Water Street, 1968

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#3 Mr. Ward in the window of his hardware store, 1968

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#4 Ms. Sasser in her grocery store, 1979 Oct

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#5 At Elmore’s “department” store, 1981 Aug

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#6 Two women (head shot) in front of tobacco barn, 1966

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#7 Mrs. Tomlinson in the house of tomatoes, 1967

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#8 Woman in back seat of car on Water Street, 1965

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#9 Outside entrance to Wynn’s Department Store, 1968 Dec

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#10 Preparing to enter the Bargain Center, 1978 July

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#11 Visiting, 1978 Sept

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#12 Ms. Bennet in her jewelry store on West Street, 1978 Oct

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#13 Woman putting bacon in grocery cart, 1980

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#14 Grocery buying, 1980 Mar

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#15 At checkout, 1980 Mar

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#16 Waiting at checkout, 1980 Mar

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#17 December 1981

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#18 Prostitute standing in doorway of her house, 1965

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#19 Man with cigarette picking leaves, 1966

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#20 Sitting on bumper of old car, 1970

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#21 Woman and baby in laundromat in Bainbridge Mall, 1973

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#22 Gorilla show in a circus.

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#23 Junk table with women, 1975 Nov

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#24 Trailways Bus Station, 1978 Aug

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#25 Trailways Bus Station, 1978 Aug.

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#26 Trailways Bus Station, 1978 Sept

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#27 Woman in housecoat fishing at Flint River, 1979 June

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#28 A young boy in a court.

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#29 Couple fishing on tubs, Flint River, 1980 Apr

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#30 Dr. M. A. Ehrlich in the doorway of his office, 1980 Aug

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#31 Watt Baldwin, Jr. in his garage, 1980 June

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#32 People Enjoying the show.

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#33 People in court room during a session of superior court, 1981 Feb.

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