Postcard collection
Scope and Contents
This collection contains postcards that depict scenes in Atlanta and the state of Georgia. Most of the images are of man-made structures in Atlanta including Agnes Scott College, Atlanta Municipal Airport (now Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport), Biltmore Hotel, Booker T. Washington High School, Bulloch Hall, Candler Building, Capitol City Club, City Hall, Clark College (now Clark Atlanta University), Atlanta Cyclorama at Grant Park, English-American (Flatiron) Building, Fort McPherson, Camp Gordon, Emory University, Fort Walker, Georgia School of Technology (now Georgia Institute of Technology), Georgian Terrace Hotel, Governor’s Mansion, Kimball House, Morehouse College, Municipal Auditorium, Piedmont Hotel, Piedmont Driving Club, Spelman College, Georgia State Capitol Building, Terminal Station, United States Post Office, and Union Station.
Also included are postcards of neighborhoods and streets in Atlanta such as Ansley Park, Ashby Street, Capitol Avenue, Dodson Park, Druid Hills, Elizabeth Street, Five Points, Grant Park, Marietta, Mitchell Street, Oakland Cemetery, Stone Mountain, Peachtree Street, Ponce de Leon Avenue, and Underground Atlanta. Other postcards contain images of Georgia cities and towns including, Athens, Augusta, Brunswick, Columbus, Macon, Milledgeville, Pine Mountain Valley, Rome, and Savannah. The remainder of the collection are postcards that depict broad themes like agriculture, churches, railroads, the Civil War, and racist African American stereotypes.
Dates
- 1899-1990, undated
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use
This material is 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.
Extent
1,907 postcard(s)
Language
English
Arrangement
This collection is arranged alphabetically by titles supplied by staff.
Processing Information
This collection was processed in 2004.
- African American universities and colleges -- Georgia -- Atlanta
- Agriculture -- Georgia
- Amusement parks -- Georgia -- Atlanta
- Architecture -- Georgia -- Atlanta -- Pictorial works
- Architecture, Domestic -- Georgia
- Atlanta Historical Society
- Atlanta Municipal Airport (Ga.)
- Atlanta Municipal Auditorium (Atlanta, Ga.)
- Bridges -- Georgia -- Atlanta
- Camp Gordon (DeKalb County, Ga.)
- Candler, Asa Griggs, 1851-1929
- Cemeteries -- Georgia
- Churches -- Georgia -- Atlanta
- Commercial buildings -- Georgia -- Atlanta
- Cotton trade -- Georgia
- Cox College (College Park, Ga.)
- Fort McPherson (Ga.)
- Georgia School of Technology
- Georgia State Capitol (Atlanta, Ga.)
- Grady, Henry Woodfin, 1850-1889
- Grant Park (Atlanta, Ga.)
- Historic buildings -- Georgia
- Historic buildings -- Georgia -- Atlanta
- Hospitals -- Georgia -- Atlanta
- Hotels -- Georgia -- Atlanta
- Lakes & ponds -- Georgia
- Landscape architecture -- Georgia
- Landscapes -- Georgia
- Monuments & memorials -- Georgia -- Atlanta
- Mountains -- Georgia
- Neighborhoods -- Georgia -- Atlanta
- Parks -- Georgia -- Atlanta
- Peachtree Street (Atlanta, Ga.)
- Railroads -- Georgia
- Restaurants -- Georgia -- Atlanta
- Rivers -- Georgia
- Streets -- Georgia -- Atlanta
- Terminal Station (Atlanta, Ga.)
- Theaters -- Georgia -- Atlanta
- Universities and colleges -- Georgia
- Title
- Postcard collection
- Author
- Jennie Oldfield
- Date
- April 2020
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- 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