Georgia Institute of Technology
Organization
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Harriette Speer Parker photographs
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS353
Scope and Content
This collection contains photographs of scenes in Atlanta, Georgia, taken by Harriette Speer Parker and her father, Eustace Asbury Speer. Of special note are photographs of the Great Fire of Atlanta in 1917, the Festival of Old Atlanta in the late 1960s, and negatives of aerial photographs of downtown Atlanta. The photographs taken by Eustace Asbury Speer include images of the State Revenue Department personnel in 1927, Piedmont Park, and the Atlanta skyline. Also featured are family...
Dates:
1917-1970, undated
Hugh Brannon photographs
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS477
Scope and Contents
The bulk of this collection contains color slides that document buildings, street scenes, and fire incidents in downtown Atlanta during the 1960s and 1970s. Of particular note are images of Atlanta Fire Department stations and firefighting scenes. Also included are photographs of local events including the Inman Park Festival, Atlanta Braves and Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets sporting events, and a civil rights demonstration by Atlanta University Center students in 1960. There is also a...
Dates:
1945-1996, undated
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- Subject
- Aerial photography -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Aerial views -- 1940-1950 1
- African Americans -- Georgia -- Atlanta -- 1960-1970 1
- Art festivals 1
- Atlanta (Ga.) -- Aerial views 1
- Atlanta (Ga.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. 1
- Baseball -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Business enterprises -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Butler Street (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
- Cityscapes -- 1960-1970 1
- Cityscapes -- 1970-1980 1
- Cityscapes -- 1980-1990 1
- Civil rights 1
- Civil rights demonstrations -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Construction -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Cycloramas -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Fire departments -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Fire engines -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Fire fighters -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Fire stations -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Football -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Great Fire, Atlanta, Ga., 1917 1
- Historic buildings -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Hotels -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Inman Park (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
- Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Veterans -- United States 1
- Neighborhoods -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Peachtree Street (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
- Piedmont Park (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
- Protest movements -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Railroad trains -- United States 1
- Skyscrapers -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Stone Mountain (Ga.) 1
- Street photography -- Georgia 1
- Streets -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Universities and colleges -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Veterans -- United States 1 + ∧ less
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