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Agatha Sheehan photographs

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS359
Scope and Content

The collection contains images of former enslaved people and elderly African Americans who lived at the E.R. Carter Home for the Elderly. Named in honor of Reverend Edward Randolph Carter (1856-1944), the pastor spearheaded an extensive housing ministry and directed the construction of a home for the aged, which was operated by Friendship Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia. The home was later demolished.

Dates: approximately 1900, undated

Long, Rucker, and Aiken family photographs and lithographs

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS32
Scope and Content

The collection documents the political, civic, educational, professional, family, and social life of members of the Long, Rucker, and Aiken families from 1859 through the 1970s. The images document three generations of the Long, Rucker, and Aiken families and visually chronicles their rise from slavery to social and political influence. It also provides visual documentation of African American life from Reconstruction to the late 20th century.

Dates: 1859-1979, undated

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African American businesspeople -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
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African American men -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
African American neighborhoods -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
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Aiken family 1
Aiken, Lucy Rucker 1
Aiken, Walter Henry, 1893-1965 1
Alexander, Wellington, Jr., Rev. 1
Amos, Moses, Dr. 1
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Anderson, Ann Rucker 1
Anderson, Charles W., Jr. 1
Askew, Thomas E. 1
Bedou, A. P. 1
Butler Street YMCA (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
Butler, Henry Rutherford, Dr. 1
Butler, Selena Sloan 1
Carter, Edward Randolph 1
Columbians (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
Crogman, William H., Dr. 1
Currier & Ives 1
Davis, Bessie Rucker 1
Davis, Griffith 1
Davis, John Wesley 1
E. R. Carter Home for the Elderly (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
Faulkner, William, Rev. 1
Friendship Baptist Church (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
Gaines, Mary 1
Gaines, Wesley John, Rev. 1
Gate City Drug Store (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
Green, Reese 1
Hampton Institute 1
Harper, Charles L., Dr. 1
Harper, Katryn 1
Harper, Laurence, Jr. 1
Harper, Laurence, Sr. 1
Harper, Neddie Rucker 1
Hatcher, Thurston 1
Henderson, Lucius S. 1
Hyman, L. G. 1
Joint Civilian Organization Conference (Fort Benning, Ga.) 1
Jones, Emma 1
Kuhns Photographic Studio (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
Little Studio (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
Lively Studio (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
Lomax, Alpha 1
Long family 1
Long, Jefferson Franklin, 1836-1901 1
Long, Lucinda Carhart 1
Matthews, William B. 1
Mollison, Irving C., Judge 1
Moral Re-armament Assembly (Georgia : 1957-1958) 1
Morehouse College (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
Murrell, Nancy 1
National Association of Real Estate Brokers 1
National Builders Association 1
National Housewives League 1
National Negro Business League (U.S.) 1
Omega Psi Phi Fraternity 1
Partee, Fannie H. 1
Peeples, Alfred 1
Pitts, India 1
Poole, Paul 1
Princess Studio (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
Rucker family 1
Rucker, Annie Eunice Long, 1865-1933 1
Rucker, Hazel 1
Rucker, Henry Allen, 1852-1924 1
Rucker, Henry, Jr. 1
Rucker, Nancy Ann 1
Scurlock, Addison N. 1
Sheehan, Agatha 1
Tidwell & Lively (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
Tuskegee Institute 1
United States. Army. 371st Infantry 1
Walker, Calloway 1
Waluhaje Hotel & Apartments (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
Welch, Constance Davis 1
West Lake Court Apartments (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
White, George H. 1
White, Madeline 1
White, Walter Francis 1
Williams, Asbury S. 1
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