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Allen Jones photographs
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS451
Scope and Contents
The collection is comprised of photographs of Allen Oscar Jones, including photos of his childhood, trips to Europe and Texas, Jones with friends and family, as well as class portraits. Locations depicted in the photographs include Lakewood Park, Moreland Elementary School, Little Five Points, Houston and Galveston, Texas, and unspecified locations in Europe. The bulk of the collection is from Jones’ childhood in Atlanta in the 1940s and 1950s.
Dates:
approximately 1940-1980
Atlanta Urban Design Commission visual arts materials
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS443
Scope and Contents
This collection contains images, historic property surveys, and maps which depict Atlanta and its neighborhoods. AUDC generated these materials, gathered by trained volunteers and unidentified photographers, to document and study the neighborhoods and important structures to gauge their historic significance. Materials depict residences, commercial buildings, streetscapes, religious structures, schools, cemeteries, industrial sites, parks, and government buildings. Also included are city...
Dates:
1912-2005, undated (bulk 1973-1995)
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
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
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
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
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
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
John Pattillo visual arts materials
Collection
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
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
Kathryn W. Kemp photographs of the Little Five Points neighborhood
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS476
Scope and Contents
This collection contains photographs taken by Kathryn W. Kemp of the Little Five Points neighborhood in 1986, primarily of businesses on Euclid and Moreland Avenues. Businesses featured include the Little Five Points Pawn Shop, Major Furniture Company, Junkman’s Daughter, Wax ‘N’ Facts record store, the Eighteen Ninety Lighting Company, Sevanada Natural Foods Market, the Academy office building, and the Little Five Points Community Pub. Also included are images of the Little Five Points...
Dates:
1986
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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- Five Points (Atlanta, Ga.) 15
- Peachtree Street (Atlanta, Ga.) 12
- Broad Street (Atlanta, Ga.) 7
- Little Five Points (Atlanta, Ga.) 6
- Marietta Street (Atlanta, Ga.) 6
- Forsyth Street (Atlanta, Ga.) 5
- Houses -- Georgia -- Atlanta 5
- Aerial photographs 4
- Alabama Street (Atlanta, Ga.) 4
- Edgewood Avenue (Atlanta, Ga.) 4
- Streets -- Georgia -- Atlanta 4
- Transportation -- Georgia -- Atlanta 4
- Architecture, Domestic -- Georgia -- Atlanta 3
- Buckhead (Atlanta, Ga.) 3
- Cable cars (Streetcars) -- Georgia -- Atlanta 3
- Grant Park (Atlanta, Ga.) 3
- Hurt Park (Atlanta, Ga.) 3
- Local transit -- Georgia -- Atlanta 3
- Parks -- Georgia -- Atlanta 3
- Peachtree Center (Atlanta, Ga.) 3
- Piedmont Park (Atlanta, Ga.) 3
- Ponce de Leon Avenue (Atlanta, Ga.) 3
- Pryor Street (Atlanta, Ga.) 3
- Railroads -- Georgia -- Atlanta 3
- Stone Mountain Memorial State Park (Ga.) 3
- Stores, Retail -- Georgia -- Atlanta 3
- West Peachtree Street (Atlanta, Ga.) 3
- 10th Street (Atlanta, Ga.) 2
- Abandoned buildings -- Georgia 2
- Adams Park (Atlanta, Ga.) 2
- Aerial photography -- Georgia -- Atlanta 2
- Aerial views -- 1950-1960 2
- Aerial views -- 1960-1970 2
- Aerial views -- 1970-1980 2
- Apartments -- Georgia -- Atlanta 2
- Atlanta (Ga.) -- Pictorial works 2
- Automobiles -- Georgia -- Atlanta 2
- Buses -- 1950-1960 2
- Cabbagetown (Atlanta, Ga.) 2
- Candler Park (Atlanta, Ga.) 2
- Chastain Park (Atlanta, Ga.) 2
- Churches -- Georgia -- Atlanta 2
- Commercial buildings -- Georgia -- Atlanta 2
- Community development -- Georgia -- Atlanta 2
- Decatur (Ga.) 2
- East Atlanta (Atlanta, Ga.) 2
- East Lake (Atlanta, Ga.) 2
- East Point (Ga.) 2
- Historic buildings -- Georgia -- Atlanta 2
- Hotels -- Georgia -- Atlanta 2
- Housing -- Georgia -- Atlanta 2
- Houston Street (Atlanta, Ga.) 2
- Inman Park (Atlanta, Ga.) 2
- Lakewood Park (Atlanta, Ga.) 2
- Mass transit -- Georgia -- Atlanta -- 1970-1980 2
- Mechanicsville (Atlanta, Ga.) 2
- Midtown (Atlanta, Ga.) 2
- Mitchell Street (Atlanta, Ga.) 2
- Peachtree Park (Atlanta, Ga.) 2
- Piedmont Avenue (Atlanta, Ga.) 2
- Plaza Park (Atlanta, Ga.) 2
- Public housing -- Georgia -- Atlanta 2
- Restaurants -- Georgia -- Atlanta 2
- Reynoldstown (Atlanta, Ga.) 2
- Schools -- Georgia -- Atlanta 2
- Spring Street (Atlanta, Ga.) 2
- Stone Mountain (Ga.) 2
- Storefronts -- Georgia -- Atlanta 2
- Terminals (Transportation) -- Georgia -- Atlanta 2
- Universities and colleges -- Georgia -- Atlanta 2
- Urban renewal -- Georgia -- Atlanta 2
- Vine City (Atlanta, Ga.) 2
- West End (Atlanta, Ga.) 2
- Whitehall Street (Atlanta, Ga.) 2
- Adair Park (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
- Adamsville (Ga.) 1
- Advertising -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Aerial photographs -- Georgia -- Atlanta -- 1940-1950 1
- Aerial views -- 1930-1940 1
- Aerial views -- 1940-1950 1
- African American neighborhoods -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- African American schools -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- African American universities and colleges 1
- Almshouses -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Alpharetta (Ga.) 1
- Ansley Park (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
- Architecture -- Details 1
- Architecture -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Architecture, Domestic -- Georgia 1
- Architecture, Domestic -- Southern States 1
- Atkins Park (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
- Atlanta (Ga.) 1
- Atlanta (Ga.) -- Aerial views 1
- Atlanta (Ga.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. 1
- Atlanta (Ga.) -- Maps 1
- Atlanta (Ga.) -- Race relations 1
- Atlanta (Ga.) -- Social life and customs 1
- Auburn Avenue (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
- Automobiles -- 1930-1940 1
- Automobiles -- 1940-1950 1 + ∧ less
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- Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority 5
- Atlanta City Hall (Atlanta, Ga.) 4
- Biltmore Hotel (Atlanta, Ga.) 4
- Georgia State Capitol (Atlanta, Ga.) 4
- Fulton National Bank 3
- Union Station (Atlanta, Ga.) 3
- Ansley Hotel (Atlanta, Ga.) 2
- Atlanta Braves (Baseball team) 2
- Atlanta Civic Center (Atlanta, Ga.) 2
- Atlanta Memorial Arts Center 2
- Atlanta Municipal Airport (Ga.) 2
- Atlanta Transit System, Inc. 2
- Atlanta Urban Design Commission (Ga.) 2
- Atlantic Steel Company 2
- Carnegie Library of Atlanta 2
- Catholic Shrine of the Immaculate Conception (Atlanta, Ga.) 2
- Coca-Cola Company 2
- Cotton States Exposition (1895 : Atlanta, Ga.) 2
- DeKalb County Courthouse (Decatur, Ga.) 2
- Ford Motor Company. Assembly Plant (Hapeville, Ga.) 2
- Fulton County Courthouse (Atlanta, Ga.) 2
- General Motors Corporation. Atlanta Assembly Plant (Doraville, Ga.) 2
- Grady Memorial Hospital (Atlanta, Ga.) 2
- Henry Grady Hotel (Atlanta, Ga.) 2
- Hurt Building (Atlanta, Ga.) 2
- Hyatt Regency Hotel (Atlanta, Ga.) 2
- Oakland Cemetery (Atlanta, Ga.) 2
- Peters, Edward C. 2
- Stupich, Martin, 1949- 2
- Taylor, Henry L. 2
- Underground Atlanta, Inc. 2
- 10th Street Theater (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
- 688 Club (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
- Aaron, Betty 1
- Agnes Scott College 1
- Allen, Frederick, 1948- 1
- Allen, Ivan, 1877-1968 1
- Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Company 1
- American Motor Hotel (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
- American National Red Cross. Canteen Service 1
- American Red Cross 1
- Ansley Golf Club (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
- Archambault, Charlie 1
- Arnett, Bill 1
- Arrington, Marvin S. 1
- Art Institute of Atlanta 1
- Atlanta (Ga.). Bureau of Planning 1
- Atlanta Art Association 1
- Atlanta Bach Choir 1
- Atlanta Broom Company (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
- Atlanta Chamber Players 1
- Atlanta Constitution (Firm) 1
- Atlanta Constitution Building (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
- Atlanta Cyclorama (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
- Atlanta International Raceway (Hampton, Ga.) 1
- Atlanta Municipal Auditorium (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
- Atlanta National Bank Building (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
- Atlanta Peachtree Chorus 1
- Atlanta Public Library 1
- Atlanta Rhythm Section (Musical group) 1
- Atlanta Stadium (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
- Atlanta University Center (Ga.) 1
- Atlanta Water Works (Ga.) 1
- Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
- Austin, Paul 1
- Avon Hotel (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
- Bailey's Supreme Coffee Warehouse (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
- Banks, Carolyn 1
- Barnes, Roy E. (Roy Eugene), 1948- 1
- Barrow, Willie T. (Willie Taplin), 1924-2015 1
- Bass Organization for Neighborhood Development (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
- Beautiful Restaurant (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
- Beck and Gregg Hardware Company (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
- Bel-Air Hotel (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
- Belle Isle Center (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
- Brooks, Tyrone 1
- Brown, Julius L., 1848-1910 1
- Burch, Buford 1
- Butler's Southern Charm Shoe Store (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
- CAUTION, Inc. 1
- Candler Warehouse Co. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
- Capitol Avenue Baptist Church (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
- Carlisle family 1
- Carlisle, Isaac 1
- Carlisle, James Cosby 1
- Carlisle, Mary Isabella 1
- Carter, Jimmy, 1924- 1
- Cathedral of Christ the King (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
- Cathedral of St. Philip (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
- Citizens and Southern National Bank 1
- Clark College 1
- Clark, Betty 1
- Clarke, James 1
- Cleland, Max, 1942- 1
- Cleveland, Rob 1
- Cobb County Courthouse (Marietta, Ga.) 1
- Coffin, Zachary 1
- Colbert, Luther 1
- Colley, Van Buren 1
- Colony Square (Atlanta, Ga.) 1 + ∧ less
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