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Atlanta Prison Riots photographs

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS494
Scope and Contents

This collection contains images documenting the Atlanta Prison Riots. Photographs include Federal Bureau of Investigation agents surveilling the penitentiary, as well as aerial views of prisoners. Also included are images of damage to the facility following the riots.

Dates: 1987 November 13-23

Cotten Alston photographs

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Collection number: ahc.VIS247
Scope and Content This collection contains aerial and street views of the Buckhead, downtown, and Midtown areas of Atlanta, Georgia. Included are images of Buckhead restaurants such as OK Cafe and Buckhead Diner. Also featured are the Atlanta History Center's Swan House, Lenox Square Mall, Atlanta-Fulton Public Library System, Underground Atlanta, the Georgia Dome, The Fox Theatre, High Museum of Art, The Varsity, Piedmont Park, and Clark College (later named Clark Atlanta University). Other images include...
Dates: 1972-1998, undated

Douglas H. Davis, Sr. photographs

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Collection number: ahc.VIS301
Scope and Content

This collection contains photographs of aerial views of Atlanta and vicinity, and of Valdosta, Georgia. Included are images of Southern Railway shops; downtown Atlanta; Ponce de Leon Baseball Park; Gammon Theological Seminary; and Oglethorpe University and Georgia School of Techonology campuses. Of interest are photographs pertaining to Davis as an aviator and his early days of commercial flying.

Dates: 1929-1934, undated

Duane L. Cronk Photographs

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Collection number: ahc.VIS117
Scope and Contents of the Records

This collection contains images of the construction of Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) rail stations, including the Five Points Station, Civic Center Station, North Avenue Station, Garnett Station, the North Line, South Line and East Line. Also included are photographs taken on the opening day for the Avondale, Decatur, Omni, Fare Gates rail stations, and the West Line.

Dates: 1978-1980, undated

Edmund W. Hughes photographs

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Collection number: ahc.VIS186
Scope and Content This collection contains images that document the metropolitan Atlanta region and photographs illustrating social events in the city. Bell and Stanton Public Relations used these photographs documenting the Atlanta area as promotional images. Most of the images were taken in the late 1960s and include the Atlanta Civic Center, Atlanta Memorial Arts Center, First Federal Savings and Loan building, Hartford Insurance building, Peachtree Center, and the Trust Company of Georgia. The collection...
Dates: 1958-1968

Harriette Speer Parker photographs

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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

Henry L. Taylor visual arts materials of Atlanta Transit System, Inc.

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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

Jack Etheridge Photographs

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Collection number: ahc.VIS109
Scope and Contents of the Records

This collection is comprised of images of the construction of a section of highway that merges Interstate 75 and Interstate 85, known as the downtown connector. Included are aerial photographs of downtown Atlanta, and images taken on the ground depicting the path of the interstate.

Dates: 1961-1962

John Pattillo visual arts materials

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Collection number: ahc.VIS463
Scope and Contents This collection contains photographs collected by John Patillo of Atlanta buildings and street scenes, schools, churches, residences, and portraits. Buildings and residences include Atlanta City Hall, the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, First National Bank, Georgia State Captiol, the Carnegie Library, as well as residences in the Peachtree Park neighborhood. Also in the collection are images of churches such as St. Marks Methodist Episcopal Church and the Cathedral of St. Philip; and...
Dates: approximately 1852-1970, undated

Marion Johnson photographs

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Collection number: ahc.VIS33
Scope and Content This collection documents the Atlanta urban environment, particularly during the 1950s and 1960s, through cityscapes, aerial views and scenes of individual buildings as the city underwent a period of building and growth. The arrival of the city's first professional sports team, the Atlanta Braves, is documented. Also included in the collection are scenes pertaining to Southern politics including local, state and presidential races. A wide variety of Georgia agriculture and industry is...
Dates: 1938-1975

Suzanne Anderson photographs

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Collection number: ahc.VIS405
Scope and Contents This collection contains images Suzanne Anderson took of Atlanta and metro Atlanta areas, prominent figures, and sporting events. Suzanne Anderson submitted most of the photos to Atlanta Magazine. The bulk of the images depict a two-year project in which Anderson photographed Atlanta Police Department crime scenes, patrol work, funerals, and outreach events. The collection also features photographs of major Atlanta and national figures, including Ralph David...
Dates: 1970-1999, undated

Thomas Weyandt, Jr. visual arts materials

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Collection number: ahc.VIS297
Scope and Content This collection contains images related to Thomas L. Weyandt’s work and research in community planning and transportation policy for the City of Atlanta, the Atlanta Regional Commission, Georgia State University, and the 1996 Paralympic Games in Atlanta. Images include aerial photographs of the Atlanta metro area from the 1950s and examples of wheelchair accessibility at MARTA transit stations. Videos include 1996 Paralympic Games promotional content, city of Atlanta development initiatives,...
Dates: 1950-2002

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Georgia Institute of Technology 3
Peachtree Road Race (Atlanta, Ga.) 3
Trust Company of Georgia 3
Agnes Scott College 2
Atlanta Braves (Baseball team) 2
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Atlanta Falcons (Football team) 2
Atlanta Municipal Airport (Ga.) 2
Georgia State Capitol (Atlanta, Ga.) 2
Hartsfield, William Berry 2
Jackson, Graham Washington, 1903-1983 2
Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority 2
Oakland Cemetery (Atlanta, Ga.) 2
Ponce De Leon Park (Atlanta, Ga.) 2
Talmadge, Herman E. (Herman Eugene), 1913-2002 2
United States Penitentiary, Atlanta, Georgia 2
University of Georgia 2
Aaron, Hank, 1934- 1
Abernathy, Ralph David, 1926-1990 1
Alston, Cotten (Robert Cotten, III), 1945- 1
Amara, Lucine, 1924- 1
American National Red Cross. Canteen Service 1
American Red Cross 1
Anderson, Suzanne Stearns, 1944 - 1
Ansley Hotel (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
Arnall, Ellis Gibbs, 1907-1992 1
Atlanta (Ga.). Fire Department 1
Atlanta (Ga.). Police Department 1
Atlanta Art Association 1
Atlanta City Hall (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
Atlanta Civic Center (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
Atlanta Constitution (Firm) 1
Atlanta Cyclorama & Civil War Museum. 1
Atlanta Hawks (Basketball team) 1
Atlanta International Raceway (Hampton, Ga.) 1
Atlanta Memorial Arts Center 1
Atlanta Municipal Auditorium (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
Atlanta Rhythm Section (Musical group) 1
Atlanta Stadium (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
Atlanta Transit System, Inc. 1
Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
Bell and Stanton Public Relations (Atlanta, Ga.). 1
Brown, Julius L., 1848-1910 1
Busbee, George, 1927-2004 1
Callaway Gardens (Pine Mountain, Ga.) 1
Carmichael, James Vinson, 1910-1972 1
Carnegie Library of Atlanta 1
Carter, Jimmy, 1924- 1
Cathedral of St. Philip (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
Clark Atlanta University 1
Clark College 1
Confederate Soldiers' Home of Georgia 1
Cotton States Exposition (1895 : Atlanta, Ga.) 1
Cronk, Duane L. 1
Davis, Douglas H., Sr. 1
DeKalb County Courthouse (Decatur, Ga.) 1
Delta Air Lines 1
Dick, Jackson P., 1918-1977 1
East Lake Golf Club (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
Emory University 1
Etheridge, Jack P. 1
First Baptist Church (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
First National Bank of Atlanta 1
Fox Theatre (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
Franklin, Shirley, 1945- 1
Fulton County Courthouse (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
Fulton National Bank 1
Gabor, Carelli, 1915-1999 1
Gammon Theological Seminary 1
Georgia Power Company 1
Georgia. Department of Revenue 1
Georgia. General Assembly 1
Grady Memorial Hospital (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
Hamilton, Grace Towns, 1907-1992 1
Haverty, Rawson (James Rawson), 1920-2007 1
Henry Grady Hotel (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
High Museum of Art 1
Hines, Jerome, 1921-2003 1
Hughes, Edmund W., 1931-2012 1
Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio) 1
Jackson, Maynard, 1938-2003 1
Jimmy Carter Library 1
Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973 1
Johnson, Marion 1
Jones, Bobby 1
King, Coretta Scott, 1927-2006 1
Ku Klux Klan, 1915- 1
Kuhns family 1
Kuhns, Isabella 1
Kuhns, Julius Henry, 1852-1928 1
Kuhns, William August, 1824-1906 1
Kuhns, William Theodore, 1854-1938 1
Lance, Bert, 1931-2013 1
Lane Brothers Photo News Service (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
Lenox Mall (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
Little White House (Warm Springs, Ga.) 1
Maddox, Lester, 1915-2003 1
Masters Golf Tournament 1
Matthews, Eddie (Edwin Lee) 1
Maynard, W. P. (William P.), 1920-1997 1
Merrill, Robert, 1917-2004 1
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