Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority
Organization
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Henry L. Taylor visual arts materials of Atlanta Transit System, Inc.
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS382
Scope and Contents
This collection contains photographs and blueprints from the Atlanta Transit System, Inc. (ATS) in Atlanta, Georgia. Included are photographs and schematics of buses, streetcars, and trolleys used by ATS, as well as images of ATS staff. Of special note are photographs of Governor Lester Maddox (1915-2003) with William P. Maynard, president of ATS, signing a sales tax relief bill, which removed sales taxes on passenger fares. Also included is an image of Governor Maddox signing a proclamation...
Dates:
1923-1975, undated
Martin Stupich Photographs
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS115
Scope and Contents of the Records
The photographs in this collection were created during two survey grants sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). The images in the first grant documented the development of Atlanta’s rapid transit system (MARTA) from 1977- 1978, and photographs from the second grant (1979-1981) illustrate Atlanta’s role as a center of transportation. The photographs from the first NEA project depict downtown Atlanta prior to the construction of MARTA, employees involved in the creation of...
Dates:
1955 – 1981, bulk 1977-1981
Mule to MARTA Volume II photographs
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS437
Scope and Contents
This collection contains photographs of early 20th century Atlanta vehicles detailed in Volume II of Jean Martin’s Mule to MARTA book series. The collection includes images of trackless trolleys, coach cars, buses, work cars and cranes, and a light rail vehicle. Many of the photographs show these vehicles in use on downtown Atlanta streets. Other images include a revised city plan from the 1924 Beeler Report, a motorman, and a former trolley that was...
Dates:
1902-1976, undated
Additional filters:
- Subject
- Broad Street (Atlanta, Ga.) 2
- Buses -- 1950-1960 2
- Cable cars (Streetcars) -- Georgia -- Atlanta 2
- Local transit -- Georgia -- Atlanta 2
- Marietta Street (Atlanta, Ga.) 2
- Mass transit -- Georgia -- Atlanta -- 1970-1980 2
- Peachtree Street (Atlanta, Ga.) 2
- Streets -- Georgia -- Atlanta 2
- Terminals (Transportation) -- Georgia -- Atlanta 2
- Aerial photography -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Aerial views -- 1970-1980 1
- Atlanta (Ga.) 1
- Automobiles -- 1930-1940 1
- Automobiles -- 1940-1950 1
- Automobiles -- 1950-1960 1
- Automobiles -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Decatur (Ga.) 1
- Demolition -- Georgia -- Atlanta -- 1970-1980 1
- Employees' magazines, newsletters, etc. 1
- Margaret Mitchell Square (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
- Mechanical engineering -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Midtown (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
- Ponce de Leon Avenue (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
- Roads -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Street railroads -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Subway stations -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Subways -- Georgia -- Atlanta -- 1970-1980 1
- Techwood Drive (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
- Transportation -- Korea (South) 1
- Trolley buses -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Trolley cars 1
- Trolley cars -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Underground construction -- Georgia -- Atlanta -- 1970-1980 1 + ∧ less
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