Harlem in Columbia County, Georgia — The American South (South Atlantic)
Oliver Norvell Hardy
1892-1957
Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, November 26, 2024
1. Oliver Norvell Hardy Marker
Erected by Sons of The Desert, Berth Marks Tent.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Entertainment. A significant historical date for this entry is January 18, 1892.
Location. 33° 24.953′ N, 82° 18.781′ W. Marker is in Harlem, Georgia, in Columbia County. It is on South Hicks Street west of North Louisville Street, on the left when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 125 S Hicks St, Harlem GA 30814, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in the Piedmont and in Greater Augusta. It is also in the American South and specifically in the Deep South. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the original Thirteen Colonies, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 9 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Oliver Hardy Residence (within shouting distance of this marker); a different marker also named Oliver Norvell Hardy (about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line); Famous Indian Trail (approx. half a mile away); Noted Indian Trail (approx. 6.6 miles away); Paul Hamilton Hayne (approx. 7 miles away); Grovetown Centennial Monument (approx. 7 miles away); The Birthplace of George McDuffie
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More about this marker. The Sons of the Desert is an international fraternal organization devoted to the lives and films of comedians Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy. The group takes its name from a fictional lodge that Laurel and Hardy belonged to in the 1933 film Sons of the Desert. In keeping with the tongue-in-cheek desert theme, each local chapter of the society is called a tent, and each tent is named after one of the Laurel and Hardy films and designated with an Oasis number. There are more than 100 active tents worldwide. Wikipedia
Also see . . .
1. Oliver Hardy. Wikipedia entry on the comic actor and half of Laurel and Hardy, the double act that began in the era of silent films and lasted from 1926 to 1957. (Submitted on March 7, 2025, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)
2. Laurel & Hardy: Seeing Double. Stan Laurel & Oliver Hardy were one of the greatest comedy duos of all-time and still delight audiences with their skillful, slapstick antics but who were the men behind the comedy masks? How did a thin Englishman
Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, November 26, 2024
2. Oliver Norvell Hardy Marker
Harry Warnecke via National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Elsie Warnecke (Public Domain), 1938
3. Laurel and Hardy
Oliver Hardy (right) with his longtime comedy partner, Stan Laurel. Both already had well-established solo film careers even appearing in the same films (but not together) when they first teamed up in the 1927 silent film Putting Pants on Philip. The duo would go on to make 107 shorts, films and cameo appearances together during their legendary 31-year career.
Credits. This page was last revised on March 7, 2025. It was originally submitted on March 7, 2025, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 162 times since then and 26 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on March 7, 2025, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
