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Cotten Alston photographs
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS247
Scope and Content
This collection contains aerial and street views of the Buckhead, downtown, and Midtown areas of Atlanta, Georgia. Included are images of Buckhead restaurants such as OK Cafe and Buckhead Diner. Also featured are the Atlanta History Center's Swan House, Lenox Square Mall, Atlanta-Fulton Public Library System, Underground Atlanta, the Georgia Dome, The Fox Theatre, High Museum of Art, The Varsity, Piedmont Park, and Clark College (later named Clark Atlanta University). Other images include...
Dates:
1972-1998, undated
J. Richardson Jones film Film
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS179
Scope and Contents of the Records
The collection, in its original format, contains a series of sixty-five reels of primarily silent black and white nitrate film commissioned by Eugene M. White to promote the prosperous African-American communities in Atlanta during the 1930s. The footage documents a variety of activities including sporting events, homecoming, golf, motorcycle racing, occupational activities, and baseball. Included in the footage is the Atlanta Black Crackers baseball team playing a game at Ponce De Leon Park...
Dates:
circa 1938
Marion Johnson photographs
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS33
Scope and Content
This collection documents the Atlanta urban environment, particularly during the 1950s and 1960s, through cityscapes, aerial views and scenes of individual buildings as the city underwent a period of building and growth. The arrival of the city's first professional sports team, the Atlanta Braves, is documented. Also included in the collection are scenes pertaining to Southern politics including local, state and presidential races. A wide variety of Georgia agriculture and industry is...
Dates:
1938-1975
Parker Lowell Photograph Collection
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS136
Scope and Contents of the Records
Included in this collection are photographs of Atlanta buildings and parks. Images include the Atlanta Federal Penitentiary, Piedmont Park, the Cyclorama building in Grant Park, the Hurt Building and Hurt Park, the Municipal Auditorium, Rich’s Department Store, and The Temple and other scenes on Peachtree Street.
Dates:
1949
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- Football -- Georgia -- Atlanta 3
- Aerial photography -- Georgia -- Atlanta 2
- Atlanta (Ga.) -- Aerial views 2
- Baseball -- Georgia -- Atlanta 2
- Football teams -- Georgia -- Atlanta 2
- Office buildings -- Georgia -- Atlanta 2
- Parks -- Georgia -- Atlanta 2
- Recreation areas -- Georgia -- Atlanta 2
- Stone Mountain (Ga.) 2
- Andersonville National Historic Site (Ga.) 1
- Architecture -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Atlanta (Ga.) 1
- Baseball teams -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Basketball -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Buckhead (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
- Buckhead (Atlanta, Ga.) -- Aerial views 1
- Business enterprises -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Cemeteries -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Central business districts -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Cities and towns -- Georgia 1
- Cityscapes 1
- Cityscapes -- 1950-1960 1
- Cityscapes -- 1960-1970 1
- Cityscapes -- 1970-1980 1
- Clothing and dress -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Concerts -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Cumberland Island (Ga) 1
- Decatur (Ga.) 1
- Druid Hills (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
- Earth Day 1
- Etowah Indian Mound State Historic Site (Ga.) 1
- Express highways -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Festivals -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Fires -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Football 1
- Golf -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Government facilities -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Governors -- Georgia 1
- Grant Park (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
- Historic sites -- Conservation and restoration -- Georgia 1
- Hotels -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Jonesboro (Ga.) 1
- Marching bands -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Marietta, (Ga.) 1
- Midtown (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
- Mountains -- Georgia 1
- Okefenokee Swamp (Ga. and Fla.) 1
- Parades & processions -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Peachtree Corners (Ga.) 1
- Peachtree Street (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
- Photography -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Photojournalism -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Police -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Politicians -- Georgia 1
- Roswell (Ga.) 1
- Saint Simons Island (Ga.) 1
- Sandy Springs (Ga.) 1
- Shopping malls -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Skyscrapers -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Sportscasters 1
- Stores, Retail -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Synagogues -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Television news anchors 1
- Television production companies -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Urban landscape architecture -- Georgia -- Atlanta. 1
- Vinings (Ga.) 1
- Warm Springs (Ga.) 1
- West End (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
- White supremacy movements -- Georgia 1 + ∧ less
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- Agnes Scott College 2
- Atlanta Braves (Baseball team) 2
- Atlanta Municipal Auditorium (Atlanta, Ga.) 2
- Peachtree Road Race (Atlanta, Ga.) 2
- United States Penitentiary, Atlanta, Georgia 2
- University of Georgia 2
- Aaron, Hank, 1934- 1
- Alston, Cotten (Robert Cotten, III), 1945- 1
- Arnall, Ellis Gibbs, 1907-1992 1
- Atlanta Black Crackers (Baseball team) 1
- Atlanta Cyclorama (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
- Atlanta Falcons (Football team) 1
- Atlanta Hawks (Basketball team) 1
- Atlanta Historical Society 1
- Atlanta Municipal Airport (Ga.) 1
- Atlanta Negro Chamber of Commerce 1
- Atlanta Rhythm Section (Musical group) 1
- Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
- Callaway Gardens (Pine Mountain, Ga.) 1
- Clark Atlanta University 1
- East Lake Golf Club (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
- First Baptist Church (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
- First National Bank of Atlanta 1
- Georgia Institute of Technology 1
- Grady High School (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
- Grady Memorial Hospital (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
- Grant Field (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
- Henry Grady Hotel (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
- Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio) 1
- Hurt Building (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
- Jackson, Graham Washington, 1903-1983 1
- Jimmy Carter Library 1
- Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973 1
- Johnson, Marion 1
- Jones, Bobby 1
- Jones, J. Richardson (Joseph Richardson) 1
- Ku Klux Klan, 1915- 1
- Little White House (Warm Springs, Ga.) 1
- Lowell, Parker 1
- Martin, Eugene M. 1
- Masters Golf Tournament 1
- Matthews, Eddie (Edwin Lee) 1
- Morningside Baptist Church (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
- National Bank of Georgia 1
- Oakland Cemetery (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
- Paramount Theater (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
- Rich's (Retail store) 1
- Richardson, A. L. 1
- Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 1
- Russell, Richard B. (Richard Brevard) 1
- Talmadge, Herman E. (Herman Eugene), 1913-2002 1
- Temple (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
- Trust Company of Georgia 1
- Turner, Ted 1
- Underground Atlanta, Inc. 1
- Veterans Administration Hospital (Decatur, Ga.) 1
- William B. Hartsfield Atlanta International Airport 1
- Winecoff Hotel (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
- World Series (Baseball) (1995) 1
- Zoo Atlanta 1 + ∧ less
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