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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)
Charlotte and Alvin Ferst, Jr. papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1038
Scope and Content
This collection contains reports, correspondence, meeting minutes, and memoranda from organizations in which either Alvin or Charlotte Ferst were active during their professional and civic careers. Among these organizations are the High Museum of Art, the Museum Trustees Association, Rich's Department Store, Central Atlanta Progress, TransFact Inc., the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, and the United Way. The collection also contains personal correspondence from Charlotte and Alvin Ferst,...
Dates:
1954-2009, undated
George Aristides Poulos papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS850
Scope and Content
This collection contains four financial ledgers of Poulos Soda Company and the successor business as well as the business license and other related records. Included are sales, purchases, and salaries with amounts in dollars. Column headings are in Greek.
Dates:
1911-1960
George Muse Clothing Company photographs
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS467
Scope and Contents
This collection contains images of the George Muse Clothing Company on Whitehall Street and Peachtree Street. Included are building exteriors and interiors of store departments, such as the custom tailoring and lingerie department, as well as advertisements from catalogs and store displays. There are also photographs of staff, including tailors Lewis Hutcheson (1881-1965) and J. W. Appel, as well as five company presidents: George Muse; William Wooten Orr (1869-1927); James H. Alexander...
Dates:
1895-1962, undated
Joseph S. Reynolds Papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS203
Scope and Content
This collection includes correspondence and financial documents involving Joseph S. Reynolds and his family. Reynolds correspondents mostly included mortgage brokers, attorneys, property managers, and insurance agents in Georgia and several Southeastern and Midwestern states. The content of these typed letters relate to the maintenance, finance, and sale of Mr. Reynolds properties. Included among the letters is a business proposition from H.A. Etheridge of Atlanta, who was seeking investors...
Dates:
1911-1923, undated
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
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
Parker Lowell Photograph Collection
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS136
Scope and Contents of the Records
Included in this collection are photographs of Atlanta buildings and parks. Images include the Atlanta Federal Penitentiary, Piedmont Park, the Cyclorama building in Grant Park, the Hurt Building and Hurt Park, the Municipal Auditorium, Rich’s Department Store, and The Temple and other scenes on Peachtree Street.
Dates:
1949
Philip T. Shutze visual arts materials
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS351
Scope and Content
This collection contains architectural drawings, sketches, artwork, and photos of Shutze's professional work, his travels, his personal life, and his antiques. The architectural drawings are from the firms of Norrman, Hentz & Reid; Hentz & Reid; Hentz, Reid & Adler; Hentz, Adler & Shutze; and Shutze & Armistead, as well as drawings representing historic buildings designed by other architects and firms. Among his most well known buildings are Swan House owned by Edward and...
Dates:
1820-1993, undated
Rich's, Inc. records
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1245
Scope and Contents
This collection contains records of the downtown Atlanta flagship store and retail stores throughout the Southeastern United States. Included in the collection are annual reports, biographical materials of founding members and executives, business history, employee publications, employee training materials, lists of officers and directors, newspaper clippings, publicity materials, and scrapbooks, as well as materials on store openings and expansions, promotions, and special events....
Dates:
1877-1988, undated
Robert Rothberg photographs
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS374
Scope and Content
This collection contains photographs taken by F & L Photo Service and collected by Robert Rothberg of various downtown Atlanta buildings and businesses in the early 1930s. Notable scenes include the Alonzo F. Herndon (1858-1927) Crystal Palace barber shop on Peachtree Street, the Hurt Building, the J. P. Allen & Company department store, Chevrolet Motor Company, Moline Plow Company, King Hardware Company, and the Henry Grady Hotel.
Dates:
Approximately 1930-1935
Tucker Family Bills and Correspondence
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS205
Scope and Content
The majority of this collection includes monthly invoices, bills and other financial transactions initiated by Sarah Tucker after the death of her husband, Henry Holcombe Tucker. Almost all of the transactions involved businesses in downtown Atlanta. The collection provides insight into the lifestyle and monthly financial responsibilities of a wealthy widow in Atlanta during the 1890s. Included among Ms. Tucker’s purchases are groceries, dry goods, building supplies, labor, utility bills,...
Dates:
1877-1899, undated
W.M. Edwards Photographs
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS120
Scope and Contents of the Records
This collection contains images of businesses located in Atlanta’s commercial district, including the Ivan-Allen Marshall Company, and Belle Isle-Street Company. Images of store exteriors include those located on Auburn Avenue, Whitehall Avenue, Marietta Street, Peachtree Street, and Ivy Street.
Dates:
1923
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- Belle Isle Center (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
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- Burns Manufacturing Company (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
- Carlton Shoe and Clothing Company (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
- Carnegie Library of Atlanta 1
- Carter and Gillespie (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
- Carter, Jimmy, 1924- 1
- Catesby, Mark, 1683-1749 1
- Chamberlain, Johnson and Company (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
- Chattahoochee Brick Company (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
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- Constitution Publishing Company (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
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- Davison Paxon Stokes Company (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
- Dohme and Corrigan Grocery Company (Atlanta, Ga.). 1
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- Elkin, Watson Drug Company (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
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- Friedman Jewelers (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
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- Grant Field (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
- Guimarin, Engles and Stockton (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
- Henry Grady Hotel (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
- Hentz and Reid (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
- Hentz, Adler, and Shutze (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
- Hentz, Hal, 1883-1972 1
- Hentz, Reid, and Adler (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
- Ivan Allen-Marshall Building (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
- Ivan Allen-Marshall Company (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
- J. C. Bridger Coal Company (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
- J. P. Allen & Company (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
- James Pharmacy (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
- John L. Moore and Sons Opticians (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
- Joint Stock Grocery Company (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
- Keely Company (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
- Loftis Jewelers (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
- Lowell, Parker 1
- Ludden and Bates (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
- M. Rich & Bros. Co. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
- Marshall's Pharmacy (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
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- Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority 1
- Minis, Helen 1
- Mitchell, Carolyn Louis Reynolds 1
- Moline Plow Company (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
- Morgan, Dillon & Lewis (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
- Muse, George W., 1854-1917 1
- Neely, Frank Henry 1
- Norrman, Hentz, and Reid (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
- Phoenix Planning Mill (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
- Potts-Thompson Liquor Company (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
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