Charles Bickerstaff and Joel Hurt Photographs
Scope and Contents of the Records
This collection contains photographs of banks, businesses, theaters, clubs, hotels, and grocery stores in downtown Atlanta, including two structures, the Atlanta Theater and the Equitable Building that were built by engineer and developer Joel Hurt. The collection also contains photographs of the Candler Building, the Century Building, the Empire Building, the English-American Building, and the Piedmont Hotel. Among the images are photographs taken by Tracy Mathewson, Edwards and Sons, and Reeves Studios, all photographers from Atlanta.
Dates
- circa 1893 - 1923
Creator
- Bickerstaff, Charles (Person)
- Hurt, Joel (Person)
Restrictions on Access
This collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use
Unpublished manuscripts are protected by copyright law. (Title 17, U.S. Code) Permission for use must be cleared through the Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center. Licensing agreement may be required.
Administrative/Biographical History
Charles Augustus Bickerstaff (1885-1937) was an insurance executive in Atlanta, Georgia from approximately 1910 to 1937. He was born in Selma, Alabama, and married Mabel Hurt in 1911. At one time, he worked for the Atlanta Home Insurance Company with his father-in-law, Atlanta business pioneer Joel Hurt. Mr. Hurt (1850-1926) graduated from the University of Georgia in 1871, and married Annie Bright Woodruff. The couple moved to Atlanta in 1875. Mr. Hurt was an engineer and real estate developer who built several of Atlanta’s first skyscrapers beginning in 1892 with the Equitable Building. He also established Atlanta’s street railway system, and developed the Inman Park and Druid Hills neighborhoods.
Extent
22 black and white photographic print(s)
Language
English
Arrangement of the Papers
This collection is arranged alphabetically according to titles supplied by staff.
Acquisition Information
Gift of Mrs. Charles A. Bickerstaff, 1948, 1966 (1966.057).
General Physical Description note
(1 oversized box)
Processing Information
Collection processed in 2006.
- Architecture -- Details
- Atlanta Home Insurance Company (Atlanta, Ga.)
- Automobiles -- Georgia -- Atlanta -- 1910-1920
- Bickerstaff, Charles
- Candler Building (Atlanta, Ga.)
- Capital City Club (Atlanta, Ga.)
- Century Building (Atlanta, Ga.)
- Clothing & dress -- 1910-1920
- Construction -- Georgia -- Atlanta -- 1890-1900
- Construction -- Georgia -- Atlanta -- 1910-1920
- Courtland Avenue (Atlanta, Ga.)
- Dining rooms -- Georgia -- Atlanta -- 1920-1930
- Draughons Business College (Atlanta, Ga.)
- Edgewood Avenue (Atlanta, Ga.)
- Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931
- English-American Building (Atlanta, Ga.)
- Equitable Building (Atlanta, Ga.)
- Excelsior Steam Laundry (Atlanta, Ga.)
- Fourth National Bank Building (Atlanta, Ga.)
- Grant Building (Atlanta, Ga.)
- Horse-drawn vehicles -- Georgia -- Atlanta
- Hosch and Sons Grocers (Atlanta, Ga.)
- Hotels -- Georgia -- Atlanta
- Hurt, Joel
- Interiors -- Georgia -- Atlanta -- 1920-1930
- Klaus and Cherry Meat Market (Atlanta, Ga.)
- Office buildings -- Georgia -- Atlanta
- Peachtree Street (Atlanta, Ga.)
- Piedmont Hotel (Atlanta, Ga.)
- Prudential Building (Atlanta, Ga.)
- Saint Luke's Church (Atlanta, Ga. : Episcopal)
- Schools -- Georgia -- Atlanta
- Theaters -- Georgia -- Atlanta
- Trust Company of Georgia
- Title
- Charles Bickerstaff and Joel hurt Photographs, circa 1893 - 1923ahc.VIS 134
- Author
- Inventory prepared by Paul Crater
- Date
- July 2009
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center Repository