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Bill Wilson photographs

Collection

Collection number: ahc.VIS99

Scope and Contents of the Records

This collection is comprised of original negatives, copy prints, and copy negatives created by Bill Wilson and other artists and photographers, whose works were collected by Wilson. The collection offers important documentation on a wide variety of personalities, events, and geographic locations both in Atlanta and throughout Georgia. Most of the material is captured on acetate film and color transparencies.

Dates: 1938-1984, undated

Found in: Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center

Buford Burch Photographs

Collection

Collection number: ahc.VIS163

Scope and Contents of the Records This collection is comprised of photographs of buildings, street scenes, and landmarks in Atlanta, Georgia. Also included is a set of images of houses, churches, and public buildings in the Druid Hills neighborhood, and another group of photographs of the Edward Peters home on 179 Ponce de Leon Avenue. Among the images of buildings are Atlanta City Hall, Atlanta Stadium, Georgia State Capitol building, Georgia State Penitentiary, Georgia Tech, Peachtree Center, and Yaarab Shriner’s Temple....

Dates: 1969-1974

Found in: Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center

Carlisle Family Photographs

Collection

Collection number: ahc.VIS164

Scope and Contents of the Records This collection contains portraits of members of four generations of the Carlisle family of Atlanta, Georgia. Also included are photographs that depict activities such as sporting events and summer camp. Photographs of family members include James and Mary Carlisle, and two of their children, Isaac and Annie May. Among the identified photographs are images of the children of Isaac and Laura Carlisle; William Rhodes Carlisle, I. Reed Carlisle, and Harry B. Carlisle. Photographs of members of...

Dates: circa 1870 – 1960, undated

Found in: Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center

Delta Air Lines Public Relations Department Photographs of Atlanta, Georgia

Collection

Collection number: ahc.VIS107

Scope and Contents of the Records This collection is comprised of images taken by Delta Airlines corporate photographers and utilized for promotional purposes by the company. The photographs are of geographic locations in the metropolitan Atlanta region, but most of the images are of downtown Atlanta. Included are aerial views and cityscapes of downtown Atlanta, street scenes, parks, churches, shopping districts, private residences, hotels, colleges and universities, and Atlanta landmarks. Buildings include the Atlanta City...

Dates: 1953-1972

Found in: Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center

Harry G. Lefever papers

Collection

Collection number: ahc.MSS1011

Scope and Content The Harry G. Lefever papers consist primarily of records Mr. Lefever kept on neighborhoods and community organizations in Atlanta, Georgia. The papers reflect his involvement in community organizing; race relations and urban renewal; Atlanta inner-city neighborhoods and associations; and the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority. These files contain correspondence; articles from books, magazines, and newspapers; reports; and student papers on the relationship between the community...

Dates: 1966-2009, undated

Found in: Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center

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

Found in: Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center

Joseph C. Fisch Photographs

Collection

Collection number: ahc.VIS172

Scope and Contents of the Records The collection contains photographs of Atlanta, Georgia, including federal and state buildings, retail stores and businesses, streets, expressways, churches, hospitals, colleges and residences. Included are photographs of the Georgia State Capitol, Atlanta City Hall, Federal Penitentiary, Atlanta Naval Air Station, Carnegie Library, Atlanta Municipal Auditorium, The Journal Building, Terminal and Union Stations, Cathedral of St. Philip, Christ the King Cathedral, Glenn Memorial Church, Emory...

Dates: 1954, 1963

Found in: Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center

Lucille K. Peters photographs

Collection

Collection number: ahc.VIS372

Scope and Content

This collection contains photographs of the Peters family and their residence at the intersection of Ponce de Leon and Piedmont Avenues, as well as houses in their immediate area, including the Samuel M. Inman (1843-1915) home. Also included are photographs of the Peters family farm in Gordon County, Georgia, views of downtown Atlanta and Piedmont Park, and scenes from the 1895 Cotton States and International Exposition in Atlanta, Georgia.

Dates: Approximately 1880-1895

Found in: Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center

M. Sinclair Jacobs photographs

Collection

Collection number: ahc.VIS365

Scope and Content

This collection contains seven black and white and sepia photographic prints of Jacobs' Pharmacy on Peachtree and Marietta Streets in the Five Points district of Atlanta. Included are prints of the interior and exterior of the building.

Dates: Approximately 1886-1934

Found in: Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center

Manning, Selvage, and Lee Forward Atlanta Campaign Photographs

Collection

Collection number: ahc.VIS113

Scope and Contents of the Records This collection of public relations photographs contains images of the city of Atlanta that were created for the Forward Atlanta campaign in the late 1960s and early 1970s, and were meant to showcase the city. Some images were probably taken in support of other public relations activities of Bell and Stanton, but are not identified as such. Included are aerial views of downtown Atlanta, Midtown, and the Peachtree Center area, which highlight the city’s skyline and infrastructure. Other...

Dates: circa 1960-1970

Found in: Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center

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

Found in: Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center

Mrs. William Gayle Photographs

Collection

Collection number: ahc.VIS121

Scope and Contents of the Records This collection contains reproductions of photographs of the Five Points area of downtown Atlanta, including images of Union Station, the parking deck for Rich’s Department Store, the Carnegie Library, the Forsyth Street Bridge Atlanta Journal building, Krystal restaurant, the Ivan Allen-Marshall building, Friedman Jewelers, the Western Union building, and the “Coca-Cola clock”. The streets shown include Broad, Alabama, Forsyth, Marietta, Peachtree, Pryor, and Carnegie. The collection also...

Dates: circa 1953

Found in: Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center

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

Found in: Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center

Peter J. Rosendorf photographs

Collection

Collection number: ahc.VIS334

Scope and Content

This collection contains images taken within Piedmont Park, and photographs displaying statues and architecture around Atlanta.

Dates: 1969-1970

Found in: Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center

Southline Press, Inc. photographs

Collection

Collection number: ahc.VIS158

Scope and Contents of the Records This collection contains images of people, places, and events, most of whom were represented in news stories and other features in Southline. Images of people include political and civic leaders, religious leaders, professionals, entertainers, journalists and authors, athletes, and the general public. Among the photographs are images of Marvin Arrington, Roy Barnes, Julian Bond, Mike Bowers, Bill Campbell, Shirley Franklin, Pierre Howard, Maynard Jackson, Joseph Lowry, Billy McKinney,...

Dates: circa 1985-1989, undated

Found in: Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center

Van Buren Colley Photographs

Collection

Collection number: ahc.VIS149

Scope and Contents of the Records This collection of photographs includes pictures of Atlanta and rural areas in the metropolitan Atlanta region, including Adamsville, and Alpharetta, and other areas of Fulton County. Included are street scenes in downtown Atlanta, and private residences, such as the interior of the home of Civil War collector Beverly DuBose on 2737 Peachtree Street, the home of Lemuel P. Grant in Grant Park, and farmland on Dunwoody Road. The collection is comprised of photographs of churches, including the...

Dates: circa 1873-1970, undated, bulk 1953-1970

Found in: Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center

Virginia Twinam Smith slides

Collection

Collection number: ahc.VIS397

Scope and Contents This collection contains slides of a wide variety of identified plants including herbs, flowering annuals and perennials, native shrubs, vegetables, vines, and trees of the Southeastern States. Also a part of the collection are photographs of public gardens, such as the Atlanta Botanical Garden, Callaway Gardens, Chattahoochee Nature Center, and the gardens of the Tullie Smith House at the Atlanta History Center. Other images in the Smith collection depict downtown Atlanta, skylines,...

Dates: 1978-2003

Found in: Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center

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Bill Wilson photographs

Buford Burch Photographs

Carlisle Family Photographs

Delta Air Lines Public Relations Department Photographs of Atlanta, Georgia

Harry G. Lefever papers

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

Joseph C. Fisch Photographs

Lucille K. Peters photographs

M. Sinclair Jacobs photographs

Manning, Selvage, and Lee Forward Atlanta Campaign Photographs

Martin Stupich Photographs

Mrs. William Gayle Photographs

Mule to MARTA Volume II photographs

Peter J. Rosendorf photographs

Southline Press, Inc. photographs

Van Buren Colley Photographs

Virginia Twinam Smith slides

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