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Merry Christmas from the Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections! 🎄 Wishing you joy and peace this holiday season. #MerryChristmas #Christmas2025 #ValdostaState

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🎄 Flashback to December 1982!
The Bailey’s Christmas Open House lit up Valdosta State with holiday cheer, twinkling lights, and community spirit. ✨ @ValdostaState
📸 From the Spectator Negatives Collection
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🎄Mary and the Angels at the Old English Christmas Festival in 1943 at Georgia State Womans College 🎄 @ValdostaState #Christmas #VSUHistory https://t.co/b2vkZzwGxc

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📚 Journey through the 1925 yearbook and celebrate a century of tradition. Here’s to the Class of 2025—our newest chapter! #VSU #Valdosta #Graduation #Throwback @ValdostaState https://t.co/R1KdnHRU9J

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Back in 1966, @ValdostaState students faced finals with stacks of books and plenty of stress. Some things never change! How do you prep for exams? #Throwback #Finals #FinalsWeek #StudentLife https://t.co/4CZvm5Dd6x

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🎅 Christmas Eve, 1973. Santa Claus visits children at South Georgia Medical Center in Valdosta, spreading holiday cheer. Featured are Anthony Nussbaum and Penny Force receiving gifts from Santa. Photo by Robert Winter III for the Valdosta Daily Times. From the VDT Photo Index

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Finals week at VSU! In 1972, the old Student Union was a favorite hub for late-night study sessions. @ValdostaState #ValdostaState #VSU #FinalsWeek https://t.co/0Z1YMhZYW4

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🎄Throwback to 1937! Students at Georgia State Womans College (now Valdosta State University) celebrate the holiday season during the Ye Olde Christmas Festival by bringing in the Yule Log. This tradition, inspired by old English customs, marked the start of Christmas festivities

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VSU History: Learn about the Old English Christmas Festival at the Georgia State Womens College - YouTube Videos #ValdostaState #Christmas #Christmas2025 #VintageChristmas https://t.co/VO3gbTgfTF

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Sacred Harp traditions cross state lines. The Alabama Folk podcast “Like a Lightning Bolt” (Alabama Folklife Association) highlights singing in Alabama—complementing our South Georgia series https://t.co/hzPjTSQwx9

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Downtown Quitman, Georgia, ca. 1908-1921. Lee Street from the South. Photograph from Quitman Businesses and Street Scenes (4). Brooks County Museum and Cultural Center Collection at Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections https://t.co/9EFmgrYWko

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Historic street scenes + businesses photographs from Quitman, GA, now online! #CommunityArchives #BrooksCountyHistory #HistoricPreservation https://t.co/g19ozJpPI3

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Easter Egg Hunt at the Georgia State Womans College @ValdostaState, April 17, 1927. #Easter #Easter2025. Source: Valdosta and Lowndes County Through Our Eyes: 150 Years of the Valdosta Daily Times.

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Mule sled pulling sacks of sweet potatoes on the Owen Griffin farm on Flat Creek, 1940. Left to right: W. E. Griffin, Horace Griffin, and Max Devane (Farm Life and Agriculture - BerrienCounty) https://t.co/03BWIQGzzR

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Remembering the tragic Atlantic Coast Line train wreck of March 26, 1911, when the Dixie Flyer derailed, claiming ten lives and injuring many. Explore more about this historical event with a photo from the Berrien Historical Society: https://t.co/IDcKHR6xUG #History #Georgia

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Harper's Store, run by Mrs. Mose Harper offered the Ocilla community a cool respite from the sun. Photo by Carl Fleischhauer, 1977. From the South Georgia Folklife Collection at Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections. https://t.co/GC7087OD47

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Artie Lott at sugar mill on granddaddy Griffin's place, now owned by Mr. Patton, photo by Ben Greene, John R. Griffin Collection. From the South Georgia Folklife Project at Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections. https://t.co/GC7087OD47

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Old-time singing meeting at the Home of Mrs. Fannie Teals, Tifton, photo by Beverly Robinson, 1977. From the South Georgia Folklife Collection at Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections. https://t.co/GC7087OD47

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The gate at Blue Springs in Brooks County, Georgia, was engulfed by floodwaters on August 15, 1928. https://t.co/Xp1mlZaGRn #Georgia #History

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New photo album from the Quitman Brooks County Museum https://t.co/itrVlisyph #Quitman #Georgia #History #FlashbackFriday