On Dec. 9, 1948, the U.S. Post Office held first-day-of-issue ceremonies in Eatonton, Ga. for a 3-cent commemorative stamp honoring Georgia author Joel Chandler Harris. The stamp's release came on the centennial of Harris' birth in Eatonton.

As a young man, Harris worked as a reporter and writer for several different Georgia newspapers before coming to the Atlanta Constitution in 1876. Here, he worked under Henry Grady and became famous for his fictional Uncle Remus tales. Harris continued with the Constitution until his retirement in 1900. He died at his Atlanta home--Wren's Nest--on July 2, 1908.

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